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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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Shaq Out Until April?

Lost admist another gritty shorthanded Celtics win last night was another sobering setback when it comes to guy Doc Rivers wants to be manning the middle when the games count: Here’s A. Sherrod Blakely’s full report from CSNNE.com:

The C’s roster is coming together, for sure.

O’Neal?

Not so much.

It seems just when one ailment is on the mend, another one flares up.

The right Achilles tendon injury that O’Neal suffered last month is healing fine, but now he’s once again bothered by some right foot soreness.

Now it’s to the point where the Celtics have no idea when the 7-foot-1 center, who turned 39 years old Sunday, will return to action.

When asked about O’Neal and a likely return date, coach Doc Rivers acknowledged he had no idea.

Both Mike Gorman and Cedric Maxwell both hinted that an April 1st return date may in fact be too optimistic during last night’s broadcast, so it’s clear this is quite the setback for the 38-yea-old in his recovery from an inflamed Achilles’ suffered in January.

The recent success of new addition Nenad Krstic helps to ease some of loss in this department during the regular season, but it will be tough for Shaq to develop the cohesion he needs with the starters if he’s just thrown into the fire after a two month absence when April rolls around.

It’s incredible to think at this point, but we may end up seeing Jermaine O’Neal before Shaq back in the lineup, when push comes to shove. Given the fact that Shaq is only really needed for a eight week stretch in April, May and June, it’s no surprise the team is being as cautious as possible right now when it comes to this injury.

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