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9 days ago

Paul Pierce’s Contract: Dispelling The Myths and Stating The Facts

The first domino to fall this offseason is Paul Pierce’s contract. Until Danny Ainge figures out what he’s doing there, little else matters. As we wait for this decision, we also must face the rest of the offseason, which means it is also rumor season. With that time of year, comes plenty of information floating [...]

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9 days ago

Final Grade: Avery Bradley (C+)

In his third year in the league, in which promising players often make brash leaps from benchwarmer to starter, from starter to star, Avery Bradley took a big step back. But his regression might be deceptive. When he returned to the Celtics’ lineup on January the 2nd after two in-season months recovering from offseason shoulder [...]

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10 days ago

Danny Ainge Expects Doc Rivers & Kevin Garnett To Return, Unsure About Paul Pierce

A long, challenging offseason awaits Danny Ainge this summer. Before he dives in head first, he joined Salk and Holley on WEEI-FM 93.7 to discuss the multitude of decisions facing him this offseason, as well as the progress of Rajon Rondo in his rehab from ACL surgery. A few of the notable highlights from the interview. Ainge [...]

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10 days ago

Suns Hire Away Celtics’ Assistant GM Ryan McDonough

In one way or another, there will be change this offseason in Boston. That process started in the past couple days, with the first piece moving out coming as a name most C’s fans might not be familiar with. Yet, it was Celtics’ assistant general manager Ryan McDonough, one of Danny Ainge’s top lieutenants, who [...]

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11 days ago

Doc Rivers Finishes 13th in Coach of the Year Voting

It was a tough season for the Boston Celtics, and that includes for head coach Doc Rivers. The long-time coach battled to find the right fit for a lot of new pieces that were both underperforming and/or failed to pick up his schemes on both ends of the floor. Naturally, an unfortunate plethora of injuries [...]

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12 days ago

Overconfident Answers To Offseason Questions (Part 1)

It seems like every offseason since 2010 we’ve been through this: a myriad of questions and concerns about the Celtics’ roster that usually involve the possibility of the core of the team being dismantled. As we head into the summer of 2013, we’ve got a whole batch of questions, many of which will be familiar.  [...]

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Leon Powe Returning To Boston?

How about the return of old friend Leon Powe to ease the sting of Kendrick Perkins’ departure?

Powe and Pau

Yahoo Sports’ Marc Spears was on WEEI’s Big Show this afternoon and suggested that it’s a distinct possibility. Paul Flannery has the writeup:

Spears said that he talked to former Celtic Leon Powe who was waived by Cleveland and that Powe wants to return to the team. “The Celtics are the front-runners for him. New York and the Lakers are also interested in him. Leon says his knees are fine and he can really help the team right now and he knows the system.”

It’s unclear how much interest Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers have in the PF, who played a key role off the bench in the 2008 championship but who has undergone multiple knee surgeries since then, and has seen precious little floor time in Cleveland. Rivers loved Powe during his time in Boston, and he’s a great fit from a chemistry perspective but it’s also unclear how much he could give the Celtics.

One thing we know for sure is that Ainge won’t be swayed by nostalgia or emotion, particularly given that the Boston frontline has other injury risks amongst its bigs. You may remember that after Powe suffered a season-ending knee injury in the 2009 playoffs, Ainge declined to re-sign Powe, despite Rivers’ public statements that he wanted him back anyway.

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