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16 hours ago

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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Announcing the Winnahs: Stumbling On Wins

CelticsHub.com is happy to announce the winners of the Stumbling On Wins book contest. Since all of the winners happened to  have contacted me via email, I don’t feel comfortable publishing their full names. So I have decided to give them Celtic last names. At any rate, they have already been contacted and the books are in the mail. Without further adieu, the winners of David Berri and Martin Schmidt’s book Stumbling On Wins are:

Kevin “Garnett”
John “Havlicek”
Jay “Humphries”
Sam “Jones”

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest.  We here at CelticsHub.com really appreciate your time, attention, and fantastic- discussion- promoting commentary.  Please, keep up the good work and we will try to do the same.

Answers to the contest questions after the jump.

1) In Stumbling On Wins, there is a chapter entitled “Defending Isiah” which discusses Isiah Thomas terrible reign as GM of the Knicks.  In this chapter, a chart is provided which displays the actual wins produced by the Stephon Marbury, Jamal Crawford, Quentin Richardson, Eddy Curry, and Zach Randolph acquisitions.  For the 2007-2008, how many wins did each of these players collectively give the New York Knicks?

A) 14.5

B) 7.9

C) 6.9

D) 4.3

2)From 1989-2005, how many current Celtics led their draft class in wins produced?

A) 1

B) 2 Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce

C) 3

D) 4

3) What jersey number did Pete Maravich wear when he played for the Celtics?

A) 7

B) 44

C) 23

D) 91

4) Who was the tallest player on the 2002-2003 Celtics team?

A) Tony Battie

B) Bruno Sundov (7’2″)

C) Mark Blount

D) Mikki Moore

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