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8 days ago

Paul Pierce’s Contract: Dispelling The Myths and Stating The Facts

The first domino to fall this offseason is Paul Pierce’s contract. Until Danny Ainge figures out what he’s doing there, little else matters. As we wait for this decision, we also must face the rest of the offseason, which means it is also rumor season. With that time of year, comes plenty of information floating [...]

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8 days ago

Final Grade: Avery Bradley (C+)

In his third year in the league, in which promising players often make brash leaps from benchwarmer to starter, from starter to star, Avery Bradley took a big step back. But his regression might be deceptive. When he returned to the Celtics’ lineup on January the 2nd after two in-season months recovering from offseason shoulder [...]

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9 days ago

Danny Ainge Expects Doc Rivers & Kevin Garnett To Return, Unsure About Paul Pierce

A long, challenging offseason awaits Danny Ainge this summer. Before he dives in head first, he joined Salk and Holley on WEEI-FM 93.7 to discuss the multitude of decisions facing him this offseason, as well as the progress of Rajon Rondo in his rehab from ACL surgery. A few of the notable highlights from the interview. Ainge [...]

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9 days ago

Suns Hire Away Celtics’ Assistant GM Ryan McDonough

In one way or another, there will be change this offseason in Boston. That process started in the past couple days, with the first piece moving out coming as a name most C’s fans might not be familiar with. Yet, it was Celtics’ assistant general manager Ryan McDonough, one of Danny Ainge’s top lieutenants, who [...]

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10 days ago

Doc Rivers Finishes 13th in Coach of the Year Voting

It was a tough season for the Boston Celtics, and that includes for head coach Doc Rivers. The long-time coach battled to find the right fit for a lot of new pieces that were both underperforming and/or failed to pick up his schemes on both ends of the floor. Naturally, an unfortunate plethora of injuries [...]

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11 days ago

Overconfident Answers To Offseason Questions (Part 1)

It seems like every offseason since 2010 we’ve been through this: a myriad of questions and concerns about the Celtics’ roster that usually involve the possibility of the core of the team being dismantled. As we head into the summer of 2013, we’ve got a whole batch of questions, many of which will be familiar.  [...]

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Larry Hughes?

You know how crazy people—at least as portrayed in the movies—believe that everything happening on TV is somehow about them? That the president is talking directly to them, or that advertisements have hidden messages only they can understand?

There was a moment this morning when I could briefly relate to that sort of movie insanity. When I read in this Boston Herald story that the Celtics are at least kicking the tires on Larry Hughes (recently bought out by the Kings after being dealt there in the massive Houston/New York/Sacto deal centered around T-Mac), I thought to myself, “It’s as if the Celtics are conducting a personal experiment to see how many of my least favorite players they can sign before I get really angry.” And I suspect I’m not alone feeling this way.

Of course, the answer is basically infinity, since loyalties are to the uniform and all. But between Stephon Marbury, Nate Robinson (whom I believe I can grow to like) and the mere mention of the name Larry Hughes…yikes.

I mean, Larry Hughes inspired someone to buy the domain name and create the site called www.heylarryhughespleasestoptakingsomanybadshots.com.

If you like contested 20-footers, Larry Hughes is your guy.

Larry Hughes hasn’t shot higher than 40.9 percent from the floor since 2005!

I’ll say this, though: When Hughes is motivated and part of a non-dysfunctional team, he can be a competent—and sometimes even trouble-making—defender and a decent ball-handler.

Oh: He also has a broken finger.

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