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15 hours ago

Rondo Replacing Johnson on All-Star Team

The Herald got it right from Rondo’s agent. According to his agent, Bill Duffy, the Celtics point guard has been named to the Eastern Conference All-star roster, presumably to replace Joe Johnson, the injured Atlanta Hawks guard. This would be Rondo’s third all-star appearance. Nice birthday present for RR, who probably should have been selected [...]

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3 days ago

Comments Deleting?

We apologize if your comments are being deleted (provided that they are not offensive). We are looking into why this is happening. We also want to apologize for the lack of a game thread for last night’s game.  We had a premonition that the Celtics would play that poorly and thought if we pretended the [...]

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7 days ago

5 Questions With Greg Monroe

I talked with Detroit star forward Greg Monroe prior to the Celtics-Pistons game on Wednesday night.  Here is what the 2nd year big man out of Georgetown, who is averaging 16.4 points, 9.7 rebounds, 2.5 assists per game had to say. 1. Just your 2nd year in the league, but playing so well, were you disappointed [...]

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8 days ago

Call for Responses: 5-on-5

Readers! Last week’s responses to the 5-on-5 questions were really, really great. We had way more qualified answers than we were able to use. So we’re going to keep doing it! FOREVER. Here are this week’s questions: 1. Are you concerned about Rondo’s media boycott this week? 2. The trade deadline is less than a [...]

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11 days ago

5 Questions With Ronnie Brewer

I talked with Chicago starting guard Ronnie Brewer prior to the Celtics-Bulls game on Sunday.  Here is what the 6th year man out of Arkansas who is averaging 7.6 points, 3.1 rebounds, and 2.1 assists had to say. 1. You guys have a lot of the same players back from last year’s team which was [...]

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13 days ago

5 Questions With Josh McRoberts

I talked to Los Angeles back up big man Josh McRoberts prior to the Celtics-Lakers game Thursday night at the Garden.  Here is what the former Duke Blue Devil, who is averaging 2.9 points and 3.8 rebounds in his first year in LA, had to say. 1. How have you guys been able to deal [...]

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KG OUT: Time to Panic (for real this time?)

A few hours ago Zach accurately satirized the amount of doom and gloom with the reactions to the Celtics losing two in a row.  I read his piece, chuckled to myself at how sensational writers can get (myself included), and metaphorically nodded in agreement with his “let’s not get ahead of ourselves” attitude.

And then this happened.

Zach is still correct.  It’s still early in the season and health for the post-season is what really counts.  We have seen what a healthy Celtics team can do to the opposition.  Hell, we’ve even seen what a semi-healthy team can do to the Orlando Magic.

And now, whether we like it or not, have to find out what a really sore Celtics team can do to the Phoenix Suns- and perhaps beyond.

What would I do?

Put Garnett on the shelf for the next two games. Doc brought up an excellent point.  If Garnett sits out the next two games it maximizes his time to get healthy and rested and minimizes the damage in which his absence will surely result.

Play Rondo 15 minutes total tonight, or none at all. Remember last year in the playoffs when Rondo had to be carried off the court because “his feet hurt”?  He’s young, yes, but Rondo plays extremely hard all the time.  It’s easy to see how he could have strained his hamstring.  A strained hamstring also seriously limits his ability to take over games with his quickness; probably his best asset.  In the game against Golden State, he couldn’t stay with his man in the second half, presumably due to his hamstring.  Why exacerbate that?  Especially if the team is already down Pierce and Garnett.

Play the young guys! You’ll get more of this in a post scheduled to publish at 5pm, which will already be a little out-dated, but the point is still the same: play the young guys.

This is where men are made.  This is where guys can play for the rest of their careers.  This is where Doc can make himself look like a genius or have a very convenient excuse should things implode.
Doing these things does not constitute giving up, giving in, or conceding defeat.  You have 15 guys, and you can’t play three of them.  Play the other 12 and whatever will be, will be.

This is big, and I want to know what YOU think Doc should do.

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