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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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10 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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10 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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10 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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11 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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13 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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Golly…Some Writers…

Did anyone catch the Celtics practice report written by our good friend Chris Forsberg over at ESPNBoston.com?  If you didn’t, you should really check it out not only because Forsberg notes some great quotes in the aftermath of such an emotional win, but also for what some reporter asks Rajon Rondo in the accompanying video clip.

On the notion that LeBron James may guard Rajon Rondo in Game 5, one unknown (or indecipherable anyway) reporter asks:

“Do you take that as a compliment? That LeBron is even talking about…(indecipherable over bouncing balls and what I assume is Tony Allen goofing around)…that he’s even talking about, ‘I need to go guard Rajon Rondo?’”

Let’s think about this for a second.  The day after Rajon Rondo has the most impressive game of anyone in the entire playoffs, some reporter essentially asks him if Rondo’s going to go home tonight and write in his diary about how LeBron James knows his name.

Ridiculous.

The look on Rondo’s face is priceless.  Something outsiders do not understand, and something that I can really only speculate about, is that to the rest of the players in the league, LeBron James is just another good player on the scouting report.  He is not the “King” and they are not “Witnesses.”

If that reporter wanted to ask a question, he should have asked LeBron after the talk got started about him checking Rondo, “Hey LeBron, Rondo is lightening quick and just put up a triple-double on your entire team.  Are you sure you can even guard this guy?”

If Dwight Howard can get in a tizzy over some writer fawning over his fashion sense, than shouldn’t Rondo have broken some cameras or hurled some expletives?  Anyone feeling me on this disrespect?

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