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5 days ago

Terrence Williams Arrested on Gun Charges, Following Domestic Dispute

Terrence Williams was on the verge of coming back to the Boston Celtics next season after being one of the few bright spots of the Celtics’ postseason. Now, that journey is just an afterthought. According to a report from the Kent Reporter, a newspaper in Williams’ home state of Washington, the point guard was arrested yesterday [...]

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7 days ago

Kevin Garnett Will Avoid Foot Surgery

As we await Kevin Garnett’s decision about whether or not he will play a 7th season with the Boston Celtics, an important physical limitation has been avoided for the big man. After laboring through the last couple months of the season with a foot/ankle injury, which caused him to miss much of the regular season, [...]

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8 days ago

Danny Ainge is Waiting on Talking Future with Kevin Garnett

Yesterday was a good day in Boston. We found out Doc Rivers would definitely be coming back as a head coach, the Bruins won in overtime, and the Sox had a big comeback as well. As the first big decision of the Celtics offseason came in though, a brighter light begins to shine down now [...]

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9 days ago

Jeff Green’s 2012-13 Final Grade

Unless we’re discussing the eight or nine best players in the world, it’s impossible to separate a contract’s price from a player’s expectations, value, and overall performance. Jeff Green is the manifestation of this theory. In August he was guaranteed $36 million over four years, even though he didn’t play a single game during the [...]

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10 days ago

Painful Reminders (Part I): The Celtics Drafted JaJuan Johnson Instead of Jimmy Butler

On June 23rd, 2011, Brian Robb and I stood around a high top bar table in Tommy Doyle’s in Kendall Square.  Before us lay one of the biggest mounds of buffalo chicken wings I had ever endeavor to make disappear.  These 25 cent flappers- one of the few indulgences afforded to the participants of our [...]

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10 days ago

Chris Wilcox: 2012-13 Final Grade

There are a number of contextually-appropriate ways to craft this post. One would be to forgo words entirely, and represent Chris Wilcox’s entire season with a series of videos. That would involve one part of this: For every eight parts of this: Tweet

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Summer League: Celtics 87, Jazz 56

That’s right folks, the first summer league game is in the books and it is a W.  Before I go through some...

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Otis Smith Doesn’t Like Big Baby

If you believe anything an NBA executive says during the free agent signing bonanza, you can scratch Orlando off...

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Do the Celtics Really Have Rajon Rondo By the You-Know-Whats?

There’s been a lot of worry about how much money Rajon Rondo might command on the open market next season,...

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Sheed: Please Don’t Be a Carlos Baerga

So, that happened. Rasheed Wallace is going to be a member of the Boston Celtics after signing a two-year deal...

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Almost Official: Wallace to sign with Celtics

According to J.A. Adande from ESPN, Rasheed Wallace is going to sign a two year deal for the full mid-level...

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Cuban Tweets Down Tanguay

From Mark Cuban’s Twitter: If you believe NBA execs during free agency, you can now ignore Gary...

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Hedo Backs Out–Marion Available at Mid-Level?

It’s July 4th, so I’m going to be quick: I’m sure you all know by now that Hedo Turkoglu backed...

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Hedo to Portland; Marion Close

So Orlando loses Turkoglu and Lee and gains Carter.  I’ll say it again: I’m not worried about what...

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A Less Depressing Departure, Plus a Round-Up

The Celtics made the absolutely correct decision to offer Stephon Marbury only the veteran’s minimum, and...

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C’s make Rasheed an offer

The Celtics have been hot in their pursuit of Rasheed Wallace since the free agency period began yesterday and it...

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