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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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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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Rondo Suffering From “Mild” Case of Plantar Fasciitis

It started last Wednesday night. Head coach Doc Rivers commented that Rajon Rondo was in such pain, he was unable to bring the ball up the floor for a few possessions. “Sore feet” was the initial explanation in the postgame.

Well last night, after Rondo third double-double on the season the diagnosis got a little more specific as Doc admitted in his postgame press conference that Rondo was suffering from a “mild” case of plantar fasciitis. Here’s a collection of quotes from all the parties involved last night, starting with Doc:

On Plans To Sit Rondo Out Friday
“Listen, this morning, Eddie told me that Rondo wasn’t playing because of his foot. And 10 minutes later, I go down so we can watch film and Rondo said, ‘I’m playing; I’m fine.’”

On Changing His Subbing Plans

““I walked over to him before the tap and told him, ‘Hey, listen, if I see anything, I’m taking you out,’ But you could see he was good. The only thing we did, and you could tell, we subbed him early, “I think with five or six minutes left in the first quarter we subbed him. And then we did it again after halftime. And, overall, that may have helped him with his wind.”

Rondo’s Take On The Injury:
“”It’s fine, it’s cool. It’s sore, that’s all. I was able to tolerate it tonight,We’re just taking precautions, that’s all. It’s going to take a lot to keep me out of these type of matchups. I like competing, especially against guys like Derrick.”

I’ll have a lot more thoughts on this tomorrow, but for right now this is an alarming situation to me. The C’s are pushing the gas too hard on Rondo who is leading the league in minutes/game thus far. This condition which affects the bottom of the foot can linger for quite awhile if it becomes serious and has affected many notable NBA stars including Ron Artest and Joakim Noah last year.

For now the C’s want to win games and they need Rajon Rondo to do that with Delonte West out and Nate Robinson struggling mightly with his shot. With four tough road games coming up, don’t expect Rondo to ask out of the lineup. That truth makes me worried about how this situation could worsen this week. Delonte can’t come back soon enough.

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