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18 hours ago

I Am Awesome!

Yes. This is a “pat myself on the back” post because a) I’m a jackass and b) I predicted something correctly. Back on January 8th, I predicted that the next ten games will tell us everything we need to know about this Celtics’ team. If they struggled, it was time to blow it up. If [...]

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1 day ago

Pierce Wins Eastern Conference Player Of Week

One day before he’s scheduled to pass Larry Bird for second on the Celtics’ all-time scoring list, Paul Pierce won the Eastern Conference Player of the Week award. Pierce averaged 22 points, 6.3 assists and 5.8 rebounds in four Boston wins, playing point forward in Rajon Rondo’s absence. Pierce is only 9 points behind Bird [...]

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2 days ago

Garnett’s Wondrous 3-point Rant

Via ESPN Boston’s Chris Forsberg, who knows a great, playful rant when he hears one, here’s Kevin Garnett discussing his not-so-newfound aptitude for three-point shooting after the C’s took down the Grizzlies. “When I walk around the streets, y’all stop acting like y’all shocked that I can shoot 3’s. Everybody in Boston, everybody in the [...]

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2 days ago

5 Questions With O.J. Mayo

I talked with Memphis guard O.J. Mayo prior to the Celtics-Grizzlies, Super Bowl Sunday game at the Garden.  Here is what the 4th year man out of USC, who is averaging 12.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2 assists per game had to say. 1. You started every game your first two years in the league, [...]

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4 days ago

5 Questions With Landry Fields

I talked with New York starting guard Landry Fields prior to the Celtics-Knicks game at the TD Garden.  Here is what the 2nd year man out of Stanford, who is averaging 10 points, 3.7 rebounds, and 3.1 assists had to say. 1.  I’m sure you guys are frustrated with your record to this point of [...]

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5 days ago

New CelticsHub Poll – Please Vote!

We’ve added a new poll (left hand side) to the site soliciting your input on our coverage and what you want to see more of in the future. Please take time to vote. You can choose up to 2 of the available topics. You can also write us longer messages by email at celticshub@gmail.com or [...]

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UCONN Backcourt?

This morning I woke up, made coffee, turned on SportCenter and saw Marcus Williams had 17 assists yesterday in a summer league game.  Really?

The former UCONN product rode the bench last year on Golden State before being released in March, something to give GMs concern.  Especially coupled with the laptop stealing scandal he was involved in while in college.

However, let’s look at his recent body of work.  Everyone knows Don Nelson doesn’t play young players even if he should (ie: Anthony Randolph and Marco Belinelli) so one could attribute that to his lack of PT at GS.  After getting cutting, instead of taking the ‘Sweetney route’ and trying to eat his way back into the league, he immediately started playing professionally in Puerto Rico where he averaged 15.0 points per game, 5.3 rebounds and 9.3 assists, great numbers for any level of competition.  Seventeen assists in a summer league game also tells me that he’s playing unselfish even with unpolished players, he’s matured to the point where he’s not only looking for his own shot, and he knows what to do to get him noticed and back into the league.

The great thing about summer league is that free agents are just that, regardless of what summer league they are playing for.  That means the Celtics are free to pilfer any of these guys whose rights aren’t owned by the team their playing for.  Is Marcus Williams on the Celtics radar as a cheap back up point guard option should they not extend Gabe Pruitt?  Who knows.  But after yesterday’s performance, he’s on mine.

Should he be? Is he on yours?

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