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Game 6 Will Be Wednesday Night at 8pm on ESPN

After the Thunder finished up their series by routinely dismantling the Lakers last night to send them packing in five games, a time has been announced for the C’s-Sixers Game 6 on Wednesday night. It will tipoff shortly after 8pm on ESPN. Looking ahead in the postseason, if the C’s do win Game 6, and [...]

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2 days ago

Highlight: Rondo Leads The Break

I love this decision-making from Rajon Rondo. While leading the break, you can see him eyeballing Ray Allen, who runs the wing and spots up on the arc. The Sixers have a 1-2 disadvantage but are mostly concerned about Allen’s three balls, which allows Mickael Pietrus to make an unmolested baseline cut behind the defense. [...]

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2 days ago

Celtics-Sixers Game 5 Tips off at 7pm

A note to all you local C’s fans out there that may be attending the game tonight at TD Garden. The game will start just after 7pm and will be broadcast nationally on TNT. However, unlike most TNT regular season games during the season, the tip will not come 15-20 minutes after the scheduled start [...]

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10 days ago

(Video) Rajon Rondo Continues To Dominate In Postgame Interview

Rajon Rondo is a tremendous player, but he tends to have a little bit of an issue scoring the ball late in games. I won’t go as far as saying he is scared, but he does pass up shots and defer to teammates in crunch-time….well a lot. Last night though may have been his coming [...]

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11 days ago

Video: Full Kevin Garnett Reaction After Game 1

Garnett followed up his season-best effort against Atlanta in Game 6 with a new season-high in points and another sensational double-double, as well 60 percent shooting (12-of-20) from the field. Over his past two contests, Garnett is averaging 28.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, two steals and four blocks a game. After the game, KG was candid [...]

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11 days ago

The Enemies List: Philadelphia, Part II

Before every playoff series this season, we’re doing some rundowns on the opposing roster for each team. Now that the Hawks have been dispensed with, we’re onto the Sixers. Here’s Part II. Players are listed in alphabetical order. Andre Iguodala: There are five guys in the league who have a claim on the title of [...]

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Q-Richardson the X-Factor?

This morning I woke to news that Quentin Richardson was yet again on the trade block (thanks to Jerry Zgoda and HoopsHype.com).  This is hardly surprising considering the T’Wolves massive rebuilding operation and Richardson even calling it himself.

If you’ve read any of my stuff before, you know that as soon as I read this news, I went immediately to the ESPN NBA Trade Machine and tried to figure out ways in which this could help the Celtics.  The best option I could come up with is Richardson being the X-factor in the sign-and-trade for Marquis Daniels.  The Celtics are currently looking for a third team to make it work and Tony Allen and Brian Scalabrine’s expiring contracts may make the T-Wolves happy to oblige.  The most glaring potential road block is the number of players under contract with the T’Wolves, as I have them taking back three players in the deal.  It seems weird that Minnesota do a three-for-one considering they just did one themselves in getting Richardson.  The only difference is, Sebastian Telfair’s contract had a player option while all three contracts I sent to Minnesota were expiring, which would give Minnesota a total of 5 expiring contracts (not including Atkins and Brown), making them a major player in the 2010 free agent sweepstakes.

The details of the trade are after the jump.

Because the Trade Machine doesn’t have a sign-and-trade feature, I had to improvise.  I sent three contracts from the Pacers totally $5.4 million, Quentin Richardson to the Pacers, and Brian Scalabrine, Tony Allen, and Travis Diener to the T’Wolves…

…and in case your windering, I did also complete a straight up trade involving Richardson for Scal, Allen, and J.R. Giddens, which worked.  Despite not really needing him, Richardson is even less likely to come to the Celtics given their past squabbles.  He also seems to be fading into obscurity (his new team will be his fourth team in the last year) and I think we’ve learned our lesson on that here and here.

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