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5 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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8 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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9 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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Around the NBA: A New Kevin Durant?

Last Thursday the starters for the upcoming NBA All-Star game were announced. No Celtics crack the starting five...

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C’s-Lakers: Kobe Doin’ (All the) Work

So now we’ve had a few hours to let this sweet, sweet victory simmer. During this time, various outlets of...

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Pseudo-Statement Win: Celtics 109, Lakers 96

ESPN Box Score •  Forum Blue and Gold • Silver Screen and Roll I have never been happier to be wrong than I...

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Game 47/82: Celtics (35-11) @ Lakers (33-14) Open Thread

Boston at Los Angeles 3:30 PM Staples Center ABC Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 108.0 points/100 possessions...

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Doc Fined $15K, No Suspension for KG…..Beat LA!

We’re just four short hours away from a NBA Finals rematch, yet news is still filtering out regarding the...

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Sorting Out The Phoenix Craziness

The dust has settled in the past 12+ hours in an extremely eventful Friday night contest against the floundering...

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Worst Game Of The Season: Suns 88, C’s 71

Valley of the Suns (I’m not going to post a box score here for now, out of disgust more than anything...

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Game 46/82: Celtics (35-10) @ Suns (24-20) Open Thread

Boston at Phoenix 10:30 PM US Airways Center ESPN/CSNNE Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 106.7 points/100...

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Which Eastern Conference team scares you the most?

So last night I was watching the Heat-Knicks game and I couldn’t really decide which team I should root for....

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Establishing The Value Of Perk Defensively

There’s no doubt Kendrick Perkins has impressed in his two games back of action, moving more fluidly and...

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