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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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West May Return In January

Jessica Camerato has encouraging news on Delonte West, who is ahead of schedule on his rehab:

“I might be back a lot sooner than people think,” he told CSNNE.com following the Celtics-Hawks game. “I’m pushing for mid-January.”

West has been sidelined since breaking his right (non-shooting) wrist on November 24 against the New Jersey Nets.

Even though there is no timetable set for his return and there were initial projections that West could miss the majority of the regular season, West believes he will be back sooner than that.

“I feel wonderful, first and foremost,” he said. “I use a bone stimulator for 10 hours a day. I get this cast off in two weeks, but I’ve already started conditioning, shooting jumpers and working out already.”

CelticsHub Analysis: Don’t count your chickens. While with Cleveland, West recovered from a similar injury in relatively short order (missing only 16 games), but until the cast comes off we probably won’t be able to assess how much of West’s optimism is just that.

That said, given we’re approaching the new year, when injuries caught up with the Celtics last year and sent them into that 54-game funk, West’s return would go a long way towards stabilizing the second unit through the dark winter months – and providing insurance should Rajon Rondo’s wave of injuries fail to crest. Plus, the C’s go through a difficult stretch from the middle of January through the middle of February with two games against Orlando, as well as matchups with Miami, the Lakers, Utah and Dallas. That run of games could have significant impact on playoff seeding as the road to banner #18 will probably go through at least two of those teams.

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