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Greg Stiemsma’s Contract To Become Fully Guaranteed

The C’s gave their 26-year-old rookie a vote of confidence before Tuesday’s game. By not waiving the seven-footer, Stiemsma’s contract will become fully guaranteed on Friday, allowing the shot blocker to breath a little bit and perhaps unpack some boxes for good in Beantown. Here’s Chris Forsberg of ESPN Boston with some reaction from Stiemsma and [...]

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1 day ago

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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2 days 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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3 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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4 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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4 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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Wrapping Powe, Thinking Minutes on a Summer Friday

Some quick Celtics-themed notes before I head to a friend’s wedding in Pennsylvania (congrats Tim and Kelly!):

• The Herald gives us a little more on the Leon Powe contract talks. I find this story equal parts revealing and confusing. This is the meatiest excerpt, in which it is revealed that the Celtics offered Powe the same deal he ended up signing with Cleveland—only to have Leon reject it:

Ainge said yesterday that there was considerable discussion within the front office about whether to make Powe a qualifying offer. The executive director of basketball operations also said that he raised the possibility of signing Powe to a veteran’s minimum two-year contract with a team option in the second year – the very deal Powe just signed with Cleveland – but that the forward rejected the idea.

The Celtics, in turn, weren’t interested in bringing back Powe for one year.

If you’re not suffering from Leon overkill yet, I’d suggest reading the whole story and seeing if you can hash out an exact or semi-exact timetable of who said what to whom and when. I couldn’t. It’s unclear exactly when the Celtics made this offer, and whether they did so only after Cleveland had done the same.

For the record: The minimum qualifying offer for Powe would have been about $996,000.

• I’ve been tinkering with some minutes distribution charts, but Red’s Army beat me to the punch yesterday, complete with pie graphs. (Mmm…pie graphs). Red’s limited the charts to a nine-man rotation, so they have no time allotted for Walker, Scalabrine, TA, etc. They’ve got Ray Allen and Paul Pierce limited to 30 minutes each, which is probably a bit optimistic, and they’ve got House playing 10 minutes of point guard per game.

Red’s has Perk entrenched as the team’s center for 30 minutes per night. It will be very interesting to see if he maintains his grip on that position, especially during crunch time.

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