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9 days ago

Rajon Rondo Reads Mean Tweets About Himself on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Despite all the rehab, Rajon Rondo is finding ways to keep busy this offseason. Just a couple weeks after appearing on E!’s Fashion Police show, the point guard was back on TV last night, in a fun segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live called Mean Tweets. In it, celebrities, or in this case NBA players, read [...]

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22 days ago

Why Are People So Eager To Trade Paul Pierce?

The whispers around Paul Pierce’s future with the Celtics continue to surface in the fourth week of Boston’s offseason. Unconfirmed report after unconfirmed report has circled in, stating anything from Pierce’s house being on the market, to the team being “likely” to buy him out. Locally, plenty of Celtics fans seem resigned to the fact [...]

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24 days ago

Terrence Williams Tells His Side of the Story on Arrest

It was a tough start to the offseason last week for Terrence Williams. After standing out as one of the bright spots on the Celtics roster late last season, he was taken into custody last week with the disturbing allegation that he pulled a gun during a domestic dispute with his son’s mother and her [...]

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25 days ago

Video: Rajon Rondo on E! Fashion Police

What has Rajon Rondo been up to this offseason beyond rehabbing his ACL injury? Rubbing elbows with Joan Rivers, that’s what. Just one summer after spending some time showing off his fashion sense in an internship with GQ, Rondo went one-on-one with Rivers on E’s Fashion Police, since well he has some time on his [...]

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26 days ago

Jason Terry’s 2012-13 Final Grade

  Acquiring any player, whether it’s via trade, free agency, or the draft, comes with an air of uncertainty. The NBA has no guaranteed covenant and all sales are final, no matter how talented, proven, or productive the player may have been in year’s past. But these memories—especially recent ones—often clouds the judgment of a [...]

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26 days ago

Why Is Doc Rivers Waiting to Confirm His Return to the Celtics Next Season? A Theory on The Wait

The waiting is the hardest part. At least that’s what the Celtics’ brass must feel like about their coveted head coach. A week after Danny Ainge confirmed to The Boston Globe that Doc Rivers would be returning to the Celtics’ bench next season, we’re still waiting for a direct word from the head coach himself. [...]

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Links of Some C’s Relevance, and a Note on Buyouts

• It’s among the most popular topics among diehards: How is Rondo shooting? Paul Flannery takes a look at WEEI.com’s Green Street blog and finds that Rondo has maintained his very solid (50 percent-plus) shooting on mid-range shots since Brian Robb last checked in on Rondo’s numbers last month. Rajon’s percentages from between the rim and 10 feet away and from between 10 and 15 feet out have actually dropped a bit since Brian wrote his piece, according to Flannery and Hoopdata.com. 

• When Matt Moore at Hardwood Paroxysm breaks out his charts, it’s always a must-read. Today, Matt charts how the projected Eastern Conference playoff teams are doing in terms of the so-called Four Factors of winning. There is good news and bad news here: Orlando and Cleveland are a level above Boston, but the C’s, all things considered, don’t fare as badly as you might think in certain categories certain writers harp on every single day. Check out Matt’s work. 

• With two days to go before the trade deadline, both the Celtics and Cavs are still discussing Antawn Jamison deals, according to Brian Windhorst at the Cleveland Plain-Dealer and Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Stay tuned.

• The Wizards are going to buy out Drew Gooden, according to NBC’s Pro Basketball Talk blog (via Wojnarowksi’s Twitter). He’d be on the open market, but he may sit out the mandatory 30 days and re-sign with Dallas. 

• The Clippers and Blazers completed their deal centered around Marcus Camby, and Camby is expected to debut for Portland this week, meaning he’ll be in the line-up when the C’s face Portland on Friday. 

• To make room for their new players (Steve Blake and Travis Outlaw), the Clippers waived Ricky Davis. Don’t even think about it. There are already some folks out there wondering if Danny Ainge will think about signing Ricky Davis (or some other buyout guy).

Let’s be clear: The Celtics are over the salary cap, so they can’t just sign players. The only exception the C’s have left is the veteran’s minimum exception, which means any buyout guy interested in coming to Boston would have to accept (as I understand it) a pro-rated chunk of the veteran’s minimum salary. The C’s used their mid-level exception on Rasheed Wallace and biannual exception on Marquis Daniels.

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