The TickerPainful Reminders (Part I): The Celtics Drafted JaJuan Johnson Instead of Jimmy Butler
On June 23rd, 2011, Brian Robb and I stood around a high top bar table in Tommy Doyle’s in Kendall Square. Before us lay one of the biggest mounds of buffalo chicken wings I had ever endeavor to make disappear. These 25 cent flappers- one of the few indulgences afforded to the participants of our [...]
18Chris Wilcox: 2012-13 Final Grade
There are a number of contextually-appropriate ways to craft this post. One would be to forgo words entirely, and represent Chris Wilcox’s entire season with a series of videos. That would involve one part of this: For every eight parts of this: Note the headline on that second clip. Someone was so amused/enraged by Wilcox’s [...]
12Rajon Rondo’s 2012-13 Final Grade
Here’s a sweeping general statement involving super specific statistics that may or may not mean anything: In the 1423 minutes Rajon Rondo played this season, the Boston Celtics were outscored by 1.3 points per 100 possessions. When he sat (including all contests after he tore his ACL), Boston was better than their opponents by 1.8 [...]
92Avery Bradley Elected to NBA All-Defense Second Team
Avery Bradley has been a standout defender for the past couple seasons…in the regular season anyway. Now he has a trophy to prove it. The NBA announced this afternoon that the third-year guard has been elected by coaches around the league to the second-team all-NBA defensive team for the first time in his career. Bradley [...]
13Paul 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 [...]
42Final 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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And lookie who pops in at number 10. Winston explains that ‘Sheed averaged about a +10 rating every year from 2001-06, so he’s dropped off considerably in the last three seasons for his overall decade average to be +7.5. But still—Sheed’s presence here suggests that his unique combination of long-range shooting from the four spot, defensive rebounding and heady post defense makes him more valuable to his team than traditional box score stats suggest.