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5 Questions With Kemba Walker

I had a chance to talk with Bobcats rookie Kemba Walker prior to the Celtics game against Charlotte on Tuesday night.  Here is what the UConn star, who is averaging 12.3 points, 4 rebounds, and 3.6 assists per game had to say. 1. How much communication have you had with Michael Jordan this year? Walker: [...]

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1 day 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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2 days 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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3 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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3 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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5 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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Well, We Didn’t See That One Coming

In all the offseason chatter, in all the dozens and dozens of posts at the dozens and dozens of basketball blogs out there, I don’t think a single person mentioned the possibility that the Celtics would sign Shelden Williams, a Dukie who has basically been a failure as an NBA player (at least considering his position as the #5 pick in the 2006 draft — go Hawks!).

From the Globe:

Forward Shelden Williams has agreed to a one-year contract with the Celtics, according to an NBA source. Williams is expected to sign a deal worth the veteran’s minimum salary of $1.306 million.

CelticsBlog points us to a Spears tweet in which Mr. Spears says this signing has NO bearing on the C’s decision regarding Big Baby. Which is interesting. Because I think we’ve all been thinking–wrongly, perhaps–that the re-signing of Big Baby would complete the C’s front court for 2009-10.

I don’t have time to post any sort of detailed analysis now, but the roster is getting very crowded. By my count (and I’m doing this very quickly off the top of my head, with more to come later when I have time), the C’s will have 13 players guaranteed money if they sign Marquis Daniels without surrendering anything in a sign-and-trade with the Pacers (i.e. they use the biannual exception on Daniels). That would leave two open spots for Glen Davis and, possibly, Lester  Hudson or another back-up PG–and teams often like to leave that 15th spot open for various reasons.

So does the Williams signing mean the C’s anticipate completing a sign-and-trade with the Pacers in which they lose one of those 13 players?

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