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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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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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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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5 Questions With Ronnie Brewer

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5 Questions With Josh McRoberts

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Reports: C’s Dangling Sheed, Aiming for Redick; Cavs to Call Ray

Well, that didn’t take long:

Via Adrian Wojnarowski at Yahoo!:

Wallace has yet to file retirement papers, so the $6.32 million owed him next season and $6.79 million in 2011-12 would come off a team’s books after Wallace is traded to them. They could do a deal and not take on his money. Ainge is trying to use the Wallace contract to bring back a power forward or center to replace Wallace and the injured Kendrick Perkins.

The Celtics could then use their midlevel exception for a different player. Several sources believe that Ainge’s target is Orlando’s J.J. Redick, who is a restricted free agent.

Boston has strong interest in Brad Miller in free agency and could try to acquire Dallas center Erick Dampier.

Some of this is new to us, some not. The Sheed news is encouraging. If his contract can bring back a big man (and Michael Beasley is a target that makes a lot of sense), the C’s could use their mid-level on a wing player without worrying too much about an ultra-thin front line.

Could that wing player be J.J. Redick?

Well, Redick is a restricted free agent, meaning Orlando retains the right to match any offer for Redick. And they want Redick back, according to the Orlando Sentinel. The best case scenario with Redick is likely forcing Orlando to spend more than they’d like to keep him. 

As for Dampier, his $13 million expiring deal is completely unguaranteed, meaning a team could trade for him and just waive him. In other words: Damp is a super-valuable asset, and I’m not sure what Boston could offer Dallas to get him. It’s more likely Boston would wait for another team seeking cap space to deal for Dampier and waive him, making him a free agent the C’s could then sign with a cap exception. I’m assuming that’s what Woj means in this report.

Update: Brian Windhorst, the Cavs beat writer for the Cleveland Plain-Dealer, tweets that the Cavaliers plan to contact Ray Allen today.

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