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Avery Bradley Likely Done For Season

On the back of a horrific game six performance, Gary Washburn of the Globe piled on with more bad news: Avery Bradley is almost certainly done for the season. Washburn: A source close to Bradley told the Globe that it’s in the “high 90s” percentile that Bradley will be shut down and will perhaps need [...]

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3 days ago

Game 6 Will Be Wednesday Night at 8pm on ESPN

After the Thunder finished up their series by routinely dismantling the Lakers last night to send them packing in five games, a time has been announced for the C’s-Sixers Game 6 on Wednesday night. It will tipoff shortly after 8pm on ESPN. Looking ahead in the postseason, if the C’s do win Game 6, and [...]

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3 days ago

Highlight: Rondo Leads The Break

I love this decision-making from Rajon Rondo. While leading the break, you can see him eyeballing Ray Allen, who runs the wing and spots up on the arc. The Sixers have a 1-2 disadvantage but are mostly concerned about Allen’s three balls, which allows Mickael Pietrus to make an unmolested baseline cut behind the defense. [...]

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4 days ago

Celtics-Sixers Game 5 Tips off at 7pm

A note to all you local C’s fans out there that may be attending the game tonight at TD Garden. The game will start just after 7pm and will be broadcast nationally on TNT. However, unlike most TNT regular season games during the season, the tip will not come 15-20 minutes after the scheduled start [...]

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11 days ago

(Video) Rajon Rondo Continues To Dominate In Postgame Interview

Rajon Rondo is a tremendous player, but he tends to have a little bit of an issue scoring the ball late in games. I won’t go as far as saying he is scared, but he does pass up shots and defer to teammates in crunch-time….well a lot. Last night though may have been his coming [...]

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12 days ago

Video: Full Kevin Garnett Reaction After Game 1

Garnett followed up his season-best effort against Atlanta in Game 6 with a new season-high in points and another sensational double-double, as well 60 percent shooting (12-of-20) from the field. Over his past two contests, Garnett is averaging 28.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, two steals and four blocks a game. After the game, KG was candid [...]

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The Spurs Coaching Tree

I wanted to highlight this story on Doc Rivers by Mike Monroe, the outstanding Spurs beat writer for the San Antonio Express-News beat writer. It’s a nice, quick read, and I personally enjoyed reflections from members of the mid-1990s Spurs teams that have now produced four NBA head coaches—Doc, Vinny Del Negro, Monty Williams and Avery Johnson. Toss in the Admiral, Terry Cummings and even Dennis Rodman (whom Doc says had the highest hoops IQ of anyone on that team), and you apparently had a pretty heady bunch. 

What’d  they do for fun? Here’s Perdue:

“Sitting at Doc’s house, whether we were just hanging out or if I’d mooched a dinner, we would watch other games,” he said. “That’s what he did on off nights, critiquing, breaking down, talking about it.

“He’s just a basketball junkie.”

True story: This is exactly what the 2008 Knicks did on most evenings at Zach Randolph’s house. It’s sort of cool to think about a basketball team hanging out, drinking beers and watching other teams play, right? That’s the kind of team I’d like to play. 

The story gets into what this Finals could mean for Doc’s legacy, a topic I’m not going to address at this point, but you may find it interesting.

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