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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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9 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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12 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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Sheed Sums It Up Perfectly

It’s been a rollercoaster ride this year for the big man. So few ups and yet so many more downs. We were told though, time and time again, just wait on him, since the real Sheed will show up when it matters.

Last night though, after the series clinching victory, Sheed summed up his season and in truth, this team’s entire regular season quite perfectly, after being asked about his terrific 4th quarter effort, and whether a moment like that was a reason why he came to Beantown:

“This is why I came here. I didn’t come here for the regular season. These last few games, we have been playing good. We just have to keep the chain rolling.”

Wow Sheed. I didn’t come here for the regular season? Understatement of the year? So blunt, yet oozing with the truth. Sheed finally showed up this series, coming up big last night by playing the entire 4th quarter and doing strong work on both ends of the floor.

With that quote in mind, it’s fun to realize that Wallace is under contract with this team for another 164 regular season games that he didn’t come here for. With an aging core that is likely to return fully intact, (C’s will re-sign Ray, you can take that to the bank), we are likely in store for another couple regular seasons full of trials and tribulations.

Despite the turmoil, you can’t help but be accepting of the arrangement. The regular season champs are making golf plans and the C’s are moving on. Can’t argue with that.

Sheed, like the rest of this team, still isn’t satisfied with just one upset:

“It’s not over yet. If we go ahead and win eight more times and then we could laugh about all of the talk about us being old. Right now we are sticking with ourselves, worrying about everyone here in our locker room and our camp. That’s it.”

Paul Pierce, a penny for your thoughts on the upset?

“I’m really not that proud of this truthfully, because our goal was to win a championship, we didn’t say we wanted to come into this year and beat the Cleveland Cavaliers in the playoffs, our goal is a championship.”

That’s your Captain right there, speaking the truth. Now onto Orlando.

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