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6 days ago

3-on-3: Will Doc Rivers Return Next Season?

With the Doc Rivers coaching watch heating up to a fever pitch in the past few days with a countless number of credible reports, we decided it’s time to get our crew back together and address the speculation. 1. On a scale of 1-10, how confident are you Doc Rivers will coach the Celtics next [...]

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9 days ago

Rajon Rondo Reads Mean Tweets About Himself on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Despite all the rehab, Rajon Rondo is finding ways to keep busy this offseason. Just a couple weeks after appearing on E!’s Fashion Police show, the point guard was back on TV last night, in a fun segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live called Mean Tweets. In it, celebrities, or in this case NBA players, read [...]

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22 days ago

Why Are People So Eager To Trade Paul Pierce?

The whispers around Paul Pierce’s future with the Celtics continue to surface in the fourth week of Boston’s offseason. Unconfirmed report after unconfirmed report has circled in, stating anything from Pierce’s house being on the market, to the team being “likely” to buy him out. Locally, plenty of Celtics fans seem resigned to the fact [...]

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24 days ago

Terrence Williams Tells His Side of the Story on Arrest

It was a tough start to the offseason last week for Terrence Williams. After standing out as one of the bright spots on the Celtics roster late last season, he was taken into custody last week with the disturbing allegation that he pulled a gun during a domestic dispute with his son’s mother and her [...]

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25 days ago

Video: Rajon Rondo on E! Fashion Police

What has Rajon Rondo been up to this offseason beyond rehabbing his ACL injury? Rubbing elbows with Joan Rivers, that’s what. Just one summer after spending some time showing off his fashion sense in an internship with GQ, Rondo went one-on-one with Rivers on E’s Fashion Police, since well he has some time on his [...]

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26 days ago

Jason Terry’s 2012-13 Final Grade

  Acquiring any player, whether it’s via trade, free agency, or the draft, comes with an air of uncertainty. The NBA has no guaranteed covenant and all sales are final, no matter how talented, proven, or productive the player may have been in year’s past. But these memories—especially recent ones—often clouds the judgment of a [...]

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Quickie: No Bowen

CelticsBlog has the skinny (via Hoopsworld and Sam Amico) on Bruce Bowen, and though it’s unclear exactly why, Bowen is apparently not going to be a member of the 2009-10 Boston Celtics.

As Roy Hobbs at CB notes, the level of interest on the Celtics side in signing Bowen is unclear. But Roy is dead on about one thing: If the C’s indeed had interest, it could mean that the team is comfortable delegating back-up point guard duties to House/Daniels, since signing Bowen would give the C’s the maximum 15 players under contract (and therefore require waiving Lester Hudson).

It could also mean that any signing of Bowen was contingent on dealing someone (likely Tony Allen or Brian Scalabrine) to the Pacers in the Daniels deal. With both of those guys on the roster, Bowen’s skill set is probably redundant—especially considering his age.

Then again, he brings something to the table both our main expiring guys don’t. He can hit the corner three (unlike TA), and he can serve as a lockdown defender on shooting guards and some small forwards (unlike Scal).

That said, I don’t think Bruce Bowen is going to determine the balance of power in the East. And I think we’ve also exhausted your (and our) level of interest in the drama surrounding the Celtics 15th man. We’re ready for next season. Let’s get it on.

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