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Avery Bradley Likely Done For Season

On the back of a horrific game six performance, Gary Washburn of the Globe piled on with more bad news: Avery Bradley is almost certainly done for the season. Washburn: A source close to Bradley told the Globe that it’s in the “high 90s” percentile that Bradley will be shut down and will perhaps need [...]

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2 days ago

Game 6 Will Be Wednesday Night at 8pm on ESPN

After the Thunder finished up their series by routinely dismantling the Lakers last night to send them packing in five games, a time has been announced for the C’s-Sixers Game 6 on Wednesday night. It will tipoff shortly after 8pm on ESPN. Looking ahead in the postseason, if the C’s do win Game 6, and [...]

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2 days ago

Highlight: Rondo Leads The Break

I love this decision-making from Rajon Rondo. While leading the break, you can see him eyeballing Ray Allen, who runs the wing and spots up on the arc. The Sixers have a 1-2 disadvantage but are mostly concerned about Allen’s three balls, which allows Mickael Pietrus to make an unmolested baseline cut behind the defense. [...]

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3 days ago

Celtics-Sixers Game 5 Tips off at 7pm

A note to all you local C’s fans out there that may be attending the game tonight at TD Garden. The game will start just after 7pm and will be broadcast nationally on TNT. However, unlike most TNT regular season games during the season, the tip will not come 15-20 minutes after the scheduled start [...]

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11 days ago

(Video) Rajon Rondo Continues To Dominate In Postgame Interview

Rajon Rondo is a tremendous player, but he tends to have a little bit of an issue scoring the ball late in games. I won’t go as far as saying he is scared, but he does pass up shots and defer to teammates in crunch-time….well a lot. Last night though may have been his coming [...]

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11 days ago

Video: Full Kevin Garnett Reaction After Game 1

Garnett followed up his season-best effort against Atlanta in Game 6 with a new season-high in points and another sensational double-double, as well 60 percent shooting (12-of-20) from the field. Over his past two contests, Garnett is averaging 28.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, two steals and four blocks a game. After the game, KG was candid [...]

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No Rondo Deal; Baby To Be Suspended

According to WEEI, Rondo was not seeking anything near the max:

A source close to the situation has told Jeff Goodman of WEEI.com and FoxSports.com that the Celtics’ offered point guard Rajon Rondo a contract extension worth five years and $45 million, with Rondo’s representatives asking for between $55-60 million over the same number of years.

Our old friend Marc Spears has this tidbit over at Yahoo:

[Rondo's agent Bill] Duffy, who also counts Steve Nash(notes) among his clients, said he is seeking a contract that would pay Rondo like one of the NBA’s top five point guards.

The Celtics, Duffy said, “feel differently.”

I don’t have time right now to find out where a $9M/year salary would actually rank among the league’s PGs. For comparison’s sake, Andre Miller is making about $7M/year for Portland, Steve Nash is earning somewhere around $12/M per year in Phoenix and Jose Calderon is at over $9M/year for the next four seasons. Mo Williams is at $8.5M/year in Cleveland.

Deron Williams and Chris Paul are earning around the NBA maximum–an escalating deal ending at about $17M/season.

I’m also taking all these reported numbers on the Rondo extension with a huge grain of salt. I mean, less than 12 hours ago, no less a reporter than David Aldridge was reporting Duffy wanted a five-year deal worth about $80M—basically the max. And now we’re seeing these numbers. So be cautious.

So there you go: Rondo’s a restricted free agent after this season. I remain unconcerned.

• And this just in courtesy of the Globe (via CelticsBlog): Wyc Grousbeck is apparently angry at Big Baby and the team is planning to suspend him.

Also, Baby may be out “indefinitely” if his broken hand requires surgery.

I hate LSU. That is all.

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