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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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Injury Update: KG a Week Away? Sheed Monday?

ESPNBoston.com’s Chris Forsberg has a pre-game rundown of the C’s lengthy injury list. Here we go:

• KG could be back as early as next Friday against Portland, though the C’s are not even close to settling that as a definitive date:

“Portland — there’s an outside chance that could be the return game,” said Rivers. “Outsidechance. There’s a chance.” 

Rivers said, with a day off after a visit to Detroit Wednesday night, the Celtics could potentially get Garnett a day of practice Thursday before getting him back into action. 

But he stressed that the team would not rush his return. 

“We’ll play him when he’s ready,” said Rivers. 

• Sheed could be back as early as Monday (the C’s next game after tonight). 

• Marquis Daniels could have his cast removed within two weeks and is still aiming to return shortly after the All-Star break next month: 

“I’ll get it off in a week or two, maybe run and shoot a little bit, but no passes from [Rajon] Rondo,” joked Daniels, who aggravated the injury on a bullet pass from Rondo during a December practice. He was examined by team doctors soon after and a torn ligament in his left thumb was discovered. 

“I’m been doing a lot of running, but that means nothing once you get out there and get ready to play in actual games,” said Daniels. 

• Big Baby had his thumb swell up after a collision against the Nyets, but he’s a go for tonight and says he won’t sit out unless his thumb is broken. He also apparently likes the show “Heroes”:

Davis said he wished he could be Claire (played by Hayden Panettiere) from the TV show “Heroes.” 

“You ever see ‘Heroes?’” asked Davis. “Clair, she can never die, she heals so fast.” 

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