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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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I Knew This Would Happen Sooner or Later…

Last year the Celtics and Magic had a fairly epic Eastern Conference Finals series lasting seven games in which the Magic eventually prevailed.  The kicker?  Neither Jameer Nelson nor Kevin Garnett suited up for a single game.  The news swirled around how big of an impact the Garnett injury was the Celtics while Nelson’s generally fell by the wayside.

Why? Because they are obviously incomparable.  Jameer Nelson, while a great player, was not Orlando’s best player like Kevin Garnett was for the Celtics.  If you were to interchange Nelson with Hedo Turkoglu or Dwight Howard, I would entertain a conversation on  the relative impact of their injuries.

Last year, after the Magic prevailed in seven games and given Stan Van Gundy’s proclivity to play the “No Respect” card, Van Gundy was appalled that no one gave the Magic any credit for beating the Celtics without Nelson- seriously, this guy feels slighted when people mistake him for Ron Jeremy rather than the other way around- but that is beside the point. 

The point is the Orlando Magic are ready-made excuse makers, and today’s AP article on ESPN is their first crack at it: Lewis says he has viral infection.

I say, “Here we go again.”

The most telling quote from Lewis is the following:

“Regular season, I probably would have sat out,” Lewis said. “Not to make no excuses, it is the playoffs. You just got to go out there and give it 110 percent. It’s the playoffs. I’ve got to drag myself out there if anything.”

Did you catch that?

Don’t you love when people say thing they aren’t doing something when it’s the very thing they are doing.  Not to make excuses…you mean aside from this one?  It’s like saying, “No offense, but you’re an ass.”  Of course they are meaning to be offensive!

As Zach would say: Game 5 starts in less than six hours…

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