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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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What Does This Quote Remind You Of?

Stan Van Gundy, via Adrian Wojnarowski’s jarringly gleeful evisceration of Vince Carter at Yahoo!:

“At some point, somebody is going to come from 3-0 down and win a series,” Magic coach Stan Van Gundy said.

Hey may as well have followed up with that familiar refrain: Why not us?

In other news:

• Rajon Rondo was suffering from some sort of muscle spasms when he left the court before halftime, and he was complaining of fatigue before that (via Chris Forsberg at ESPNBoston.com). Doc and Rajon downplayed the spasms:

“I didn’t even know [about Rondo retreating to the locker room],” Rivers said after the game. “I knew early on he said he was fatigued. He told, I think [trainer] Eddie [Lacerte] and maybe when he went in, that was the spasms he was talking about. Honestly, I didn’t check. When I came in at halftime, he said he was good. I don’t really ask. If the trainer comes to you, then you know it’s something serious. If he doesn’t, you just let it go.”

• Rondo also appeared “a bit steamed” about the final play call of regulation, when Doc opted not to call a timeout (even as Rajon paused and looked to the bench, expecting one), though Rajon’s quotes on their own don’t betray much anger:

Asked his thoughts on the final play and not calling a timeout to set something up, Rondo noted, “That’s what Doc wanted, we just didn’t come up with the shot.”

And did the play develop as it should have?

“Yeah, we wanted [Pierce] with the ball, [but] they made the play.”

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