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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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Sheed is Starting to Behave

Rasheed Wallace has been the subject of much disdain on this website, not just for his subpar play, but racking up technical fouls at an astounding rate. Sheed was far and away at the top of the pack for T’s with 13 technical fouls through just 53 games, setting a strong pace. The magic number for technicals is 16, in which a player receives a one game suspension, seemed almost a formality at that point in the year for Wallace.

Then a funny thing happened though…..Sheed cooled off and decided to keep his mouth shut on the floor for awhile.

Well maybe keeping his mouth shut would be an overstatement, but he has maintained a more….let’s say reasonable……on the court demeanor, in his last 18 games, racking up a whopping 0 technicals in that timespan.

So what has been the difference these last few weeks with Sheed? There have been certainly a few less “AND 1′S” and “BALL DON’T LIE” coming from the big man’s mouth. Given Sheed’s and the team’s poor play, prior to the past couple weeks, I would hope it’s possible that Wallace got the message that his antics weren’t helping the team…..well at all.

It’s one thing to rack up T’s when you’re the star of a team, it’s another if you are doing it while putting up one of the worst 3 point shooting seasons in Celtic history.  Adding to the disappointment with selfish technicals and an eventual suspension was just pouring salt on the wound for this offseason mistake by The Green brass. Even Sheed could see that.

So don’t applaud Sheed for being able to keep his mouth shut the past month. This kind of on court demeanor should be demanded from a role player like Wallace. So now that Sheed has wised up with his 3 point attempts and technicals, let’s see if he can make the next step in his game, becoming the X Factor for this team we all hoped he would be last summer.

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