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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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C’s Injury Pool: Who Ya Got?

Via the Celtics Twitter account:

Eddie House has joined the team in Atlanta and went through today’s shootaround. However, Tony Allen did not practice (sick).

No direct word on whether TA will suit up tonight, but a missed morning shootaround can’t be a good sign. If Tony fails to play, that would leave the Celtics with a bench rotation of Eddie House, Scal, Big Baby, and Shelden Williams against one of the most athletic teams in the league…..d’oh!

Here’s hoping Tony is able to battle through the symptoms before gametime……if not that may open the door for J.R. Giddens to see some spot duty off the bench tonight. Zach Lowe will have a full preview on tonight’s action, later this afternoon.

In the meantime, I guess the bigger question though to me, is whose next to go? Right now, there are only FIVE Celtics remaining on the roster that haven’t had to sit out a game this year already due to injury/illness (Ray Allen, Kendrick Perkins, Rasheed Wallace, J.R. Giddens, Shelden Williams) That’s pretty astounding, considering we are only 33 games into this season.

I guess I’d take all of this happening now, but honestly what are the odds of that? In any case, place your bets here on whose the last Celtic standing in the Celtic injury pool. Meaning who do you think will go the longest on the Celtic roster without having to miss a game due to injury/illness? I’ll place my bet on Perk since he’s young and already fought through a bout of food poisoning. That guy truly is A Beast. Who do you guys got?

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