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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 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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