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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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It Never Ends: Delonte West Sprains Ankle, Will Miss Tonight’s Game

The injuries are getting a bit comical at this point, but the C’s took another hit yesterday, when Delonte West sprained his right ankle during…..a skeleton drill of all things….by stepping on a teammate’s foot. I’ll let Julian Benbow of The Boston Globe take it from there:

“It’s not a bad sprain,” Rivers said. “If it was a playoff game, he’ll play. But you know how we are now. He’ll miss today, maybe even Wednesday’s game and then he’ll be back after that.”

Injuries have been the story of the Celtics season with nine different players missing a combined 177 different games.

“It’s been one of those years,” Rivers said.

After starting the season with a 10-game league suspension, West missed 39 games after breaking his wrist in November. He’s played just eight games this season.

“I don’t even think they noticed today,” Rivers said. “We were doing film and I said, ‘Delonte’s not here.’ The guys were looking around. I don’t even think they count anymore who’s in the room and who’s not. They just kind of focus on what they have to do and move forward.”

Obviously, not a huge blow, but given how terrific Delonte looked Saturday night against the Clippers, this setback if nothing else, may set back his rhythm a bit. Still a skeleton drill? Doc can’t even catch a break in non-contact practices.

As for tonight, luckily the Jazz are not as deadly at the point guard spot with Deron Williams shipped out of town. Look for Doc to go heavy on the minutes with Rajon Rondo and perhaps we see some Ray Allen/Paul Pierce point forward maneuvering like earlier in the year as well. There’s a chance of course Avery Bradley could be thrown into the fire as well in the second quarter, but that hasn’t gone well this year either, so Von Wafer will likely be beneficiary of most of the extra minutes that West has taken, with the Pierce/Allen/Rondo trio handling the point duties.

Finally, Benbow also noted via his twitter account that Danny Ainge expects Shaq back in 1-2 weeks and Jermaine O’Neal returning in 3-4 weeks. Take it for what it’s worth.

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