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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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I Miss Leon Powe

Not to put a damper on the day, but I couldn’t help but take notice of this excerpt from Monday’s Bullets on Truehoop:

John Krolik of Cavs: the Blog, describing the efforts of a player who has already once helped a gritty team win a title: “If I had to sum up what the Cavs did tonight in one word, that word would likely be POWESMASH. The Cavaliers beat the Pistons up in the paint and on the boards, and nobody was doing that better than Leon Powe. Despite barely leaving the ground, Powe was grabbing rebounds left and right and wouldn’t be denied when he got the ball in the paint. Every time he got it down low, Powe either finished the play or got to the line, and the rest of the team matched Powe’s effort en route to an easy win. Powe ended up drawing eight fouls on Sunday, but the Pistons were the ones who came out looking worse for the wear.”

(Proceeds to slam head into desk)

Listen, I’m not going to dwell on this too much. No need to rehash the past here. Three things though.

1) How surprised are you Leon Powe has made it back and is now a potential contributor on a Championship contender? If the answer is, “not at all,” you’re probably a Celtics fan. The man has heart and his body is still young. I’m happy for the guy and never really doubted the fact he could fight the adversity and make it back against another debilitating knee injury.

2) How worried are you that Powe will come back to haunt this team in a playoff series? I’ve been worried about this scenario since the offseason, and you know this storyline will be front and center when these two teams face off. The good news is Mike Brown is coaching the Cavs and will have Shaq and Ilgauskas back at his disposal, which we can only pray will keep Leon buried deep in the rotation, unable to enact much damage.

3) I have loved the majority of Danny Ainge’s recent moves, and I understand on the surface why we let go of this guy to pick up Shelden Williams. The injury woes this team has had, have proven the need for a healthy big man there. However, I can’t get over the fact we couldn’t find another roster spot for Leon, last summer. We couldn’t have cut bait with J.R. Giddens back over the summer? I understood he was on the hook for a million dollars this year, but what were the odds of him being a contributor this year and earning Doc’s trust? Next to zilch. That spot could have gone to Leon! They should have cut him or dealt him for a bag of basketballs.

Sorry, end of rant. It just really frustrates me. Thankfully, Glen Davis has resorted back to his 08-09 ways this year, helping the spirit of Leon Powe live again in Beantown on the blocks. For now though, we can only watch and wait, in hope that we will not be Pow(e)ned come May.

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