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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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7 hours ago

5-on-5: Predicting All-Star Reserves

I was a panelist on the 5-on-5 today at ESPN, choosing reserves for the Eastern and Western Conference all-star teams. I took two Celtics, as noted below. Hit the link to read the rest. 1. Which East and West point guards should be chosen as All-Star reserves? Ryan DeGama, CelticsHub: East: Deron Williams, Rajon Rondo [...]

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2 days ago

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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Walking Wounded Update: Updates on Pierce, KG, and Rondo’s Status for Next Week

It’s halftime and the C’s have a tidy 10 point lead against the Raptors. We’ll have more on that later, but there was a lot of news today in the pregame tonight from Doc and company regarding the status of the injured starters. Chris Forsberg of ESPNBoston.com gets us up to date on the latest:

First KG:

“KG’s still 10 days, maybe, I don’t know,” said Rivers. “I have no idea, I honestly don’t. There is some history with hyperextended knees that we kind of know that it takes at least two weeks, sometimes three. We know it won’t be longer than that, but we don’t know how quickly. There’s a history there — not with [Garnett] — but with league history.”

That’s not good…..sounds a little hokey but the time to be cautious is now. Give the guy all the rest he needs.

Next, Paul Pierce and Rajon Rondo:

“Rondo and Paul would be first in line,” said Rivers. “I think Rondo will play in the Miami game. I think Paul is 50/50, he’ll try to practice on Monday and we’ll see how it feels,” said Rivers. “With infections, hell, we don’t know how to treat that, nobody [here] has ever had that. We’ll find that out. We don’t know what will happen once he practices. It could swell, it could feel great. We just have to wait and see.”

So there you have it. Mike Gorman commented that he has a “feeling” we wouldn’t see The Truth until the end of next week and given the fact that Pierce commented he still can’t bend his knee fully right now, a Wednesday return seems a bit optimistic, even maybe foolish to push it that hard, so soon.

Back to the game for now, much more on these injuries and tonight’s game in the upcoming hours.

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