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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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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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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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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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Doc to Sheed: Cut the 3s

Well, for those of you who have been waiting, it finally happened: Doc told Sheed to maybe think twice about the occasional three-pointer. Frank Dell’Apa has the most interesting tidbit of all the game stories from yesterday’s win over Golden State:

The Celtics have become 3-point happy at the wrong times this season. Coach Doc Rivers finally stepped in, telling Rasheed Wallace to limit the threes, during the final quarter of last night’s 109-95 win over Golden State.

“I got on him, and I rarely do, about the threes,’’ Rivers said of Wallace. “Because even though he was wide open, it’s really tough. I mean, he was wide open and he took two, but we had just taken two quick ones. But he’s got an incredibly high basketball IQ. He’s been phenomenal in the locker room. So, I’m just happy to have him.’’

Sheed’s taking 10 three-pointers per 36 minutes, an unprecedented rate for a rotation player. (In NBA history, only Dee Brown has played 500 minutes or more in a season and jacked that many threes on a per-minute basis, according to Basketball Reference). He has made 26 of them—31 percent. That is not good enough.

As some commenters have mentioned, Sheed is not jacking ‘Toine-esque threes even though he’s taking them at a rate even ‘Toine never reached. These are not off-the-dribble bombs taken outside the flow of the offense. I’ll bet if you watched all 70 of Sheed’s threes this season, you’d find his feet were set on 68 of them.

But not all of Sheed’s threes are equally good looks. I’ve been surprised by his willingness to shoot them even with a defender essentially in his face or within a foot or two of him on a close out. If you watch those threes, Sheed’s release is (out of necessity) a bit quicker than it is when he has a second longer to line up the shot.

And I’ll bet his percentage on those quicker shots is disastrously low. Someone with access to a film service like Synergy should take a quick look at those 70 threes and test out that theory.

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