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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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Parsing Doc’s Words: The Nine-Man Rotation

In a larger column about Doc Rivers and the C’s younger players, Kevin Henkin at Celtics Stuff Live reminds...

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Some Monday Links: KG in the Onion and a Certain Free Agent Big Man

• In a really nice piece, Paul Flannery at WEEI gets Tony Allen to open up about the challenge of playing point...

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Doc Misses Practice, Pierce and Rondo Look Doubtful for Miami

A few noteworthy developments coming out of the C’s practice this afternoon in Waltham. Chris Forsberg of...

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What is Wrong With Brian Scalabrine?

On this site and just about every other Celtics site out there, we spend a lot of time picking apart Tony Allen,...

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Another Reason to Watch Rondo: Can Jameer Nelson Defend PGs?

One of the major themes of this season has been the notion that the Orlando Magic struggle to contain opposing...

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Mammoth Sunday Notebook: Pierce is Healing, the Offense Worked and Sheed Will Never Get It

• Let’s start with the important stuff: The team’s health. Brian Robb got you updated on the...

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Getting It Done: C’s 103, Raps 96

ESPN Recap • Raptors Republic Pace: 89 possessions (slow) Offensive Efficiency: 115.7 points/100 possessions...

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Steppin’ Up: C’s 103, Raps 96

Great win C’s fans.  Pretty much a wire-to-wire job and just what the C’s needed to get back on...

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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...

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Game #32/82: Toronto (16-17) @ C’s (23-8)

Toronto at Boston 7:30 p.m. EST TD Garden Local TV/Radio: CSN/WEEI Opposing viewpoint: Raptors...

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