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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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Appreciating Rajon: The 2nd-Best QB in New England?

Over the past 10 days, Rajon Rondo has made two absolutely insane passes. They weren’t behind-the-back passes or no-look dishes, and they didn’t lead to spectacular dunks, so they are the type of plays that recede out of public consciousness amid an 82-game season.

Not here. Enjoy.

First, from 3/26 against the Kings:

But then Rondo topped himself against the Rockets on Friday:

(Essential slow-mo at :29):

I remember watching Game 4 of the 1997 Finals between the Bulls and Jazz with my Dad. This was the game in which Utah rallied late behind an incredible series of plays by John Stockton, including a sequence with about 50 seconds left in which Stock, with Utah trailing 73-72, rebounded an MJ miss and threw a one-handed pass almost the entire length of the court and over two Chicago defenders pursuing the target receiver (Karl Malone). The pass hit Malone in stride, and The Mailman laid the ball in for the lead. (You can see the pass at about the 50 second mark of this video).

My Dad just marveled at that pass. He said a casual sports fan would just have no idea how difficult a pass that was. And to risk it with the Utah season on the line! He couldn’t get over it, and he was right.

These Rondo passes? Sure, nothing significant was at stake. But they’re just as good as that Stockton pass.

Now if Rajon could ever learn to shoot like Stock…

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