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6 days ago

Terrence Williams Arrested on Gun Charges, Following Domestic Dispute

Terrence Williams was on the verge of coming back to the Boston Celtics next season after being one of the few bright spots of the Celtics’ postseason. Now, that journey is just an afterthought. According to a report from the Kent Reporter, a newspaper in Williams’ home state of Washington, the point guard was arrested yesterday [...]

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7 days ago

Kevin Garnett Will Avoid Foot Surgery

As we await Kevin Garnett’s decision about whether or not he will play a 7th season with the Boston Celtics, an important physical limitation has been avoided for the big man. After laboring through the last couple months of the season with a foot/ankle injury, which caused him to miss much of the regular season, [...]

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9 days ago

Danny Ainge is Waiting on Talking Future with Kevin Garnett

Yesterday was a good day in Boston. We found out Doc Rivers would definitely be coming back as a head coach, the Bruins won in overtime, and the Sox had a big comeback as well. As the first big decision of the Celtics offseason came in though, a brighter light begins to shine down now [...]

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10 days ago

Jeff Green’s 2012-13 Final Grade

Unless we’re discussing the eight or nine best players in the world, it’s impossible to separate a contract’s price from a player’s expectations, value, and overall performance. Jeff Green is the manifestation of this theory. In August he was guaranteed $36 million over four years, even though he didn’t play a single game during the [...]

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10 days ago

Painful Reminders (Part I): The Celtics Drafted JaJuan Johnson Instead of Jimmy Butler

On June 23rd, 2011, Brian Robb and I stood around a high top bar table in Tommy Doyle’s in Kendall Square.  Before us lay one of the biggest mounds of buffalo chicken wings I had ever endeavor to make disappear.  These 25 cent flappers- one of the few indulgences afforded to the participants of our [...]

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11 days ago

Chris Wilcox: 2012-13 Final Grade

There are a number of contextually-appropriate ways to craft this post. One would be to forgo words entirely, and represent Chris Wilcox’s entire season with a series of videos. That would involve one part of this: For every eight parts of this: Tweet

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Rondo: “We’re Trying To Win 60+ Games”

The C’s All-Star point guard has been all over the news lately promoting his Alcantraz one on one...

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Erik Spoelstra and Rajon Rondo

Those who argue the five traditional positions are nearly obsolete look to the new Heat as evidence, and Erik...

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Rondo on Withdrawing from Team USA

Via Ric Bucher, who caught up with Rajon en route to Alcatraz, where Red Bull, one of Rondo’s endorsement...

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Who’s the Best Rookie Defender?

That was one question NBA.com asked 40 rookies during a photo shoot last month. The answer was...

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Atlantic Division Previews

Here’s a list of links to previews for the entire Atlantic Division.  These posts from our blogger brethren...

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More on the Worst Rotation Players in Celtic History…

I’m a basketball junkie, but even I might have said no to this project: Finding the five worst rotation...

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Remember: There Was Another Way

As soon as I saw Chad Ford had given the C’s a relatively middling B- for their off-season moves, I knew it...

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Scalabrine is the Worst Celtic Ever

Say it ain’t so, Haberstroh. But that is exactly what Tom Haberstroh of ESPN and HoopData.com fame is...

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Rajon Rondo Doing Work for NBA2K11

In just another sign that basketball season is on the horizon, NBA2K11 is hitting stores in just three weeks,...

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Laker Bloggers Like the Cs

Well, not exactly.  Brian Kamenetzky from the ESPN Los Angeles “Land O’ Lakers” blog pulled a...

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