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6 days ago

3-on-3: Will Doc Rivers Return Next Season?

With the Doc Rivers coaching watch heating up to a fever pitch in the past few days with a countless number of credible reports, we decided it’s time to get our crew back together and address the speculation. 1. On a scale of 1-10, how confident are you Doc Rivers will coach the Celtics next [...]

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9 days ago

Rajon Rondo Reads Mean Tweets About Himself on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Despite all the rehab, Rajon Rondo is finding ways to keep busy this offseason. Just a couple weeks after appearing on E!’s Fashion Police show, the point guard was back on TV last night, in a fun segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live called Mean Tweets. In it, celebrities, or in this case NBA players, read [...]

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22 days ago

Why Are People So Eager To Trade Paul Pierce?

The whispers around Paul Pierce’s future with the Celtics continue to surface in the fourth week of Boston’s offseason. Unconfirmed report after unconfirmed report has circled in, stating anything from Pierce’s house being on the market, to the team being “likely” to buy him out. Locally, plenty of Celtics fans seem resigned to the fact [...]

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24 days ago

Terrence Williams Tells His Side of the Story on Arrest

It was a tough start to the offseason last week for Terrence Williams. After standing out as one of the bright spots on the Celtics roster late last season, he was taken into custody last week with the disturbing allegation that he pulled a gun during a domestic dispute with his son’s mother and her [...]

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25 days ago

Video: Rajon Rondo on E! Fashion Police

What has Rajon Rondo been up to this offseason beyond rehabbing his ACL injury? Rubbing elbows with Joan Rivers, that’s what. Just one summer after spending some time showing off his fashion sense in an internship with GQ, Rondo went one-on-one with Rivers on E’s Fashion Police, since well he has some time on his [...]

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26 days ago

Jason Terry’s 2012-13 Final Grade

  Acquiring any player, whether it’s via trade, free agency, or the draft, comes with an air of uncertainty. The NBA has no guaranteed covenant and all sales are final, no matter how talented, proven, or productive the player may have been in year’s past. But these memories—especially recent ones—often clouds the judgment of a [...]

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An Old Home for House?

According to Julian Benbow of the Boston Globe, the Celtics have had “preliminary discussions” about bringing back Eddie House for another run at a title.  In an offseason which has seen the Celtics retain a back-up point guard, draft combo guard, and lose a primary back-up wing, this news leaves me a little nonplussed.

Don’t get me wrong.  I love Eddie House and he was an integral part of putting up the Celtics 17th Championship Banner.  But, as Benbow points out in his article, there was a reason the Celtics traded him away for Nate Robinson last year: House shot 38% from the floor last season r  (second worst of his career).

Bringing House back doesn’t just present a potential playing time issue.  House also occupies what could be a very valuable roster spot.  As it stands now, the Celtics depth chart is as follows:

Point Guard

Rajon Rondo, Nate Robinson, Avery Bradley

Shooting Guard

Ray Allen

Small Forward

Paul Pierce, Marquis Daniels

Power Foward

Kevin Garnett, Rasheed Wallace, Glen Davis, Luke Harangody*

Center

Kendrick Perkins, Jermaine O’Neal, Semih Erden

*Assuming the Celtics sign Harangody

The Celtics appear painfully thin at the wing, however that perception could be easily changed given the Celtics’ evaluation of Avery Bradley’s game.  Given his height (6’3″ on a good day) I can only assume Bradley is going to play point guard in the NBA.  Still, given his supposed prowess on the defensive end, he may end up being the Celtics back-up wing/ defensive stopper.

Even with that possibility, the Celtics do not really need Eddie House.  Just like they probably don’t really need Luke Harangody, Semih Erden, or Shaquille O’Neal.

What do you all think?  Anyone want Eddie House back?  At the expense of defense, a roster spot, roster flexibility, and the chance that could be given to a young player?

Unfortunately, I do not think I do.

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