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8 days ago

Paul Pierce’s Contract: Dispelling The Myths and Stating The Facts

The first domino to fall this offseason is Paul Pierce’s contract. Until Danny Ainge figures out what he’s doing there, little else matters. As we wait for this decision, we also must face the rest of the offseason, which means it is also rumor season. With that time of year, comes plenty of information floating [...]

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8 days ago

Final Grade: Avery Bradley (C+)

In his third year in the league, in which promising players often make brash leaps from benchwarmer to starter, from starter to star, Avery Bradley took a big step back. But his regression might be deceptive. When he returned to the Celtics’ lineup on January the 2nd after two in-season months recovering from offseason shoulder [...]

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9 days ago

Danny Ainge Expects Doc Rivers & Kevin Garnett To Return, Unsure About Paul Pierce

A long, challenging offseason awaits Danny Ainge this summer. Before he dives in head first, he joined Salk and Holley on WEEI-FM 93.7 to discuss the multitude of decisions facing him this offseason, as well as the progress of Rajon Rondo in his rehab from ACL surgery. A few of the notable highlights from the interview. Ainge [...]

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9 days ago

Suns Hire Away Celtics’ Assistant GM Ryan McDonough

In one way or another, there will be change this offseason in Boston. That process started in the past couple days, with the first piece moving out coming as a name most C’s fans might not be familiar with. Yet, it was Celtics’ assistant general manager Ryan McDonough, one of Danny Ainge’s top lieutenants, who [...]

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10 days ago

Doc Rivers Finishes 13th in Coach of the Year Voting

It was a tough season for the Boston Celtics, and that includes for head coach Doc Rivers. The long-time coach battled to find the right fit for a lot of new pieces that were both underperforming and/or failed to pick up his schemes on both ends of the floor. Naturally, an unfortunate plethora of injuries [...]

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11 days ago

Overconfident Answers To Offseason Questions (Part 1)

It seems like every offseason since 2010 we’ve been through this: a myriad of questions and concerns about the Celtics’ roster that usually involve the possibility of the core of the team being dismantled. As we head into the summer of 2013, we’ve got a whole batch of questions, many of which will be familiar.  [...]

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Tierra Allen a Raider?

Over the weekend the Boston Globe floated the idea that Ray Allen may be in talks with the Celtics about signing...

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…and my parents bought me a pair of Celtics pajama pants for my birthday. This says: a) I am pathetically...

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My “Second Favorite” Team. Who’s Yours?

Kevin and Henry at TrueHoop are doing their best to get us through the dreary part of the off-season. One idea...

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Stop it, Stan. Now.

I want to like Stan Van Gundy, and I think I’m a semi even-keeled sports fan who (usually) steers clear of...

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Should We Fear Them? Four Questions for the Raptors

The story line in the Eastern Conference this season is going to be the possibility of having three 60-win...

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Links and Thoughts

Some good things that have appeared the last few days: • Tim Varner at 48 Minutes of Hell asks: Should NBA...

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Keeping Scal and TA in Perspective

Alright comment barrage-ers.  Do your worst.  I’ve listened to my high school basketball’s warm up...

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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...

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Report: Daniels Sign-and-Trade Unlikely

From the Indy Star, via RealGM: The Pacers and Celtics have been trying to work out a sign-and-trade for Marquis...

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When Your Girlfriend Prefers Lavender to Basketball

My girlfriend, who grew up in Croatia and visits every August, kindly cut her trip a bit short to fly back to the...

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