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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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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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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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Big Baby injures hand, misses practice–and longer? (UPDATE)

Update from the Herald: Davis suffered the injury in some sort of fight with an ex-teammate who was visiting him over the weekend. Big Baby was apparently defending himself and is “very upset” about what happened.

Save the jokes about Big Baby taking his MMA training too far. This is a potential minutes problem for the Celtics, and the season hasn’t even started. Baby looked fantastic in pre-season, and he’s the key to making sure the old guys in the C’s front court don’t have to play too much.

So, yeah: Enter Shelden Williams!

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Original post: Via The Boston Herald:

Glen Davis was not at practice today because of a “hand injury” that seems rather mysterious at this point.

Doc Rivers said the injury did not occur at practice and that Davis was sent for X-rays. Rivers also did not know what hand was injured or how it happened.

Sources, however, are saying now that it is Davis’ right thumb that is injured and that the full extend is unknown.

CelticsHub’s Take: With this injury, it appears that the C’s new bench depth may very well be tested in its very first regular season game. Clearly we have no idea when, where, and how exactly Baby injured his thumb, but one would expect the C’s to err on the side of caution if the injury is anything remotely serious.

The C’s are all ready down to 12 healthy players for the opener with TA, Walker, and Scal being ruled out with injuries. If Baby has to sit in Cleveland with the thumb injury, Shelden Williams could be forced into some minutes, especially if Perk gets into foul trouble trying to body up Shaq. Not exactly encouraging news, considering the guy could barely crack the rotation in the team’s preseason games.

No need to speculate on this more now, given the lack of report on the severity of the injury, but surely something to keep an eye on as the injury bug is all ready biting the C’s again early this year. Let’s hope it stays away from the starters.

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