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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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All-Star Saturday: James Jones and Blake Griffin, Really?

3-point Shootout

Actually I’m not gonna hate on James Jones. He won fair and square, so congratulations to him. At least the Miami Heat found a way to beat the Celtics in something this year. You can’t really blame Ray Allen or Paul Pierce here. They made it to the finals, but then the shots just wouldn’t fall. It happens.

As for Pierce, though. Do you think he really wonders why the L.A. crowd was booing him and not Ray? Because that’s what he said when Sheryl Miller asked him about it. Come on, Paul. Is it remotely possible that the L.A. fans were booing you because you have a big mouth and sometimes have a tendency to be a little dramatic? And maybe Ray got some love because he just so happens to be one of the classiest players in the history of the NBA. I mean seriously Paul, you’re my favorite player of all-time, but let’s not kid ourselves.

Dunk Contest

Best three dunks of the night:

1. Javale McGee – It took him several tries, but that two-ball dunk was extremely impressive. Probably required the most skill of any dunk we saw.

2. Demar Derozan - The lob pass to himself, followed by a one-handed, over-the-shoulder, reverse dunk where he wasn’t even really looking at the basket. And he got it on the first try.

3. Serge Ibaka – Dunk from the free-throw line. What score did he get for that? Like a 45? A huge disservice to him on that. At least Charles Barkley came to his defense, because the judges didn’t seem to be paying attention.

But the NBA and all its text-loving fans decided 3 weeks ago that Blake Griffin was going to win, so in the end, nothing really mattered anyway. In Blake’s defense, McGee laid an egg during the final round, but his overall body of work should have won him the title. But Griffin’s two final dunks (the elbow-in-the-rim one and the jumping-over-the-car one) didn’t really do it for me. Too much show, not enough substance.

Either way, a great dunk contest, even if it left me a little disappointed with the results.

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