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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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KD: C’s Should Sit Pierce

Kelly Dwyer saw what most observant watchers saw yesterday: Paul Pierce’s thumb injury is impacting the Truth’s shooting—badly. And Dwyer, writing as always at Yahoo!, is calling for Pierce to sit out until he gets right (or closer to right), something Doc (and Pierce) mentioned as a possibility after yesterday’s loss at Denver.

Here’s KD:

The guy’s been shooting the ball a certain way for two decades now, and that certain way has been taken away. Technically, the thumb shouldn’t have a huge roll in how that rock rolls out of your hand and to the hoop, but any change in the routine is bound to create chaos. You overcompensate. You think too much. Or even if you achieve nirvana, passing on the compensation, declining to ponder as you pull up, you’re still shooting a basketball on national TV with four fingers and no guiding thumb. No matter your particular outlook, the shot is not going to be the same.

Which is why Paul needs to sit. For as long as it takes.

And, then, this:

I’m not going to tell you that the Celtics can afford for him to take a break, because they cannot. ThoughRay Allen is having a throwback month and Kevin Garnett actually caught and finished an alley-oop yesterday, the C’s are in a dogfight. Every win counts…The goal is a championship. And if it means losing home court advantage to the Hawks in the second round, so be it.

So, what do you think: Sit Pierce for a prolonged period, even if it means losing ground to Orlando and Atlanta?

I think the answer is clear.

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