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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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2 days ago

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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3 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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4 days ago

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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Not A Sunny Night for C’s

Suns 116, Celtics 98

This one appeared to be lost from the start for the Green who came in missing four key rotation players, including The Truth and The Big Ticket. A few bullets on the lowlights, for now to hold you over until Brendan’s full recap in the a.m.

The Good:

* Eddie House finding his shooting groove for the first time in a few weeks. The C’s have needed some offensive firepower off the bench lately so hopefully this is Eddie getting over his shooting slump.

* Shelden Williams escaped from his anchoring to the bench to provide a solid 20 minutes of play, with 14 points, and even more impressively 10 trips to the line. We saw some of this in the opening few games of this season, so will be interesting to see if this is just a flash in the pan again.

The Bad

* Injuries, and lots of them. That’s a discussion for tomorrow though

* More sloppy defense (Phoenix shot 50 percent)

* Uninspiring efforts from Ray and Rasheed who combined to shot just over 25 percent from the field on the night

* Perk is close to surpassing Sheed’s technical pace.

* Not enough playing of the young guys on a night when they could (should?) have been given more minutes in place of a bruised, battered and tired C’s lineup.

That’s it for now, check back for a full recap from Brendan Jackson later this morning. In the meantime, the C’s try to pick up the pieces with a couple of nights off before a Saturday night tilt with Toronto at the Garden.

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