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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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Thibodeau Update: Chicago Looks Likely

The Herald reported last night that the Bulls are close to offering their head coaching job to Thibodeau, and Marc Stein follows up at ESPN by saying the Hornets have moved on to Portland assistant Monty Williams. Sources say a single tear slowly flowed down the left cheek of New Orleans GM Jeff Bower’s face as he de-friended Thibodeau on Facebook and deleted all of Thibs’ e-mails. *

*Sources may not have said this.

Stein also reports that Thibodeau is “no longer interested in the Hornets job,” and cites a Chicago Tribune report that the Bulls may make Thibodeau their offer by the end of the weekend. 

There will be those that criticize Thibodeau for stringing the Hornets along as he waited for better offers to materialize. And I get that, considering that Bower was (as Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo! put it in criticizing Thibodeau’s handling of the situation) the first NBA GM to give Thibodeau a shot at the top chair.

But this is business, and Thibodeau wanted the Bulls job. And it’s a better job, with a superior young nucleus, cap space galore this off-season (or next, if things don’t work out this time) and a foundation of players that can play outstanding defense. Not Derrick Rose, but you know what I mean.

What a testament to Thibodeau’s work in Boston.

He’s about to get one of the league’s prime head-coaching jobs at a moment in which every front office coaching move is framed around the question, “Does this guy appeal to Wade/Bosh/LeBron?” 

Bulls fans: You are getting a guy with prime pedigree. Winning is never guaranteed in the NBA. Coaching success isn’t, either. But Thibodeau’s record suggests he is ready.

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