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13 hours ago

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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Getting to Know the Enemy Part III: Central Division

The Central Division has undergone a lot of changes in the offseason.  LeBron James headed south, which is exactly where his former team, the Cleveland Cavaliers, will be heading in the standings.  The fringe playoff teams also got A LOT better.  The Chicago Bulls signed Carlos Boozer to bolster their star power next to Derrick Rose and also added some solid role players in Kyle Korver, C.J. Watson, and Ronnie Brewer.  The Milwaukee Bucks may have overpaid, but they added some solid roles players in Corey Maggette and Drew Gooden to accompany stars Brandon Jennings and Andrew Bogut.  Given these changes, here are some questions to consider before you read these previews:

Are the Bucks ready to make the jump from potential first-round upsetter to second-round contender?  Are the Bulls going to have enough defensive firepower to combat the East’s top teams?  Will Darren Collison, Danny Granger, and the young guys surprise some people this year?  Will the Cavaliers surprise everyone by winning the NBA title as prophesied by owner Dan Gilbert? (No.)  Will the Pistons continue to be terrible?

Read these and decide for yourselves:

Bucks: Brew HoopNBAMateSBNation Recap

Bulls: Blog-A-BullSBNation Recap

Cavs: Fear The SwordWaitingForNextYear

Pacers: Indy Cornrows

Pistons: DetroitBadBoysDetroit BasketballNeed4Sheed.comSB Nation Detroit

Recaps: All Previews

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