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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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Shaq Will Not Play vs. Bobcats Tonight

The C’s depth will be tested once again tonight as veteran center Shaquille O’Neal will sit out his second straight game to rest a lingering sore calf injury. Here’s the report from the A Sherrod Blakely from CSNNE.COM down in Charlotte:

When Boston’s medical staff decided that O’Neal would not play in the C’s 102-101 win at Philadelphia on Thursday, the decision was made then to sit him out for tonight’s game.

“He should be able to play by the New York game (on Wednesday),” Rivers said.

 O’Neal wants to play, but the Big fella understands the big picture here in Boston.

“That’s considerate of them,” O’Neal said of holding him out. “We all have the same vision ahead of us. We’re doing good right now. It gives Semih a chance to get some burn (playing time), J.O. comes back soon. Further down the road, we’ll have our whole team back.”

O’Neal has said previously that he would take pain killers in order to play now, but the C’s have resisted the need for a quick-fix and have instead focused on him rehabilitating his injuries with time and rest.

“They’re saying, ‘get it right,’” O’Neal said. “That’s very commendable of the Celtics organization to say, ‘get it right.’ I’ll take these next couple of days off just try and get it right.”

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