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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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Practice Report: Injury Updates on Big Baby, Delonte West, Von Wafer, & Shaq

The Celtics had an open practice in Waltham today in front of select friends/season ticketholders which lasted about 90 minutes before a small crew of Celtics, including new addition Carlos Arroyo, fielded questions from the media. Here’s a quick rundown of what we learned.

Glen Davis Takes Questions: The power forward who has missed the team’s last two games with a strained patella tendon, was upbeat upon taking questions from the media and felt great about his progress in recovering from the injury. Nonetheless, he still was unsure about his potential return date, although Doc Rivers hinted the team was planning on keeping him out “at least a couple more games” in order to get him back on the floor completely healthy. 

Carlos Arroyo’s Intro: The newest Celtic point guard took questions from the media for about seven minutes in a rather uneventful session. Arroyo seemed surprised about how the Heat released him and appeared unsure of why he went from the starting lineup to the waiver wire so quickly. However, the veteran guard was savvy enough to sidestep any extra resentment or revenge questions towards the Heat, saying he only “wanted to win a championship” with Boston. Naturally, a crying question was asked as well about the Miami locker room, but Carlos delivered a playful no comment to that one as well. His line of the day? “I like to say you guys got 4 million new followers in Puerto Rico, they’re truly excited about my situation.” Welcome to CelticsHub Puerto Rico fans!

Doc’s Endless Injury Updates:

  • Von Wafer will be “out for awhile.” Didn’t get any more specific than that, but doubtful we will see him for the next couple weeks from the sounds of it, perhaps even more. Not good news for a thin wing depth chart.
  • Delonte West is doubtful for both tomorrow and Friday night’s game against Philadelphia. He rode a stationary bike during the practice session and his new target return date is Sunday, although that date has changed 2-3 times in the past couple weeks. Clearly, the team just wants to get him healthy and with Arroyo ready to suit up tomorrow night, there’s no reason to rush West back from his sprained ankle.
  • No new news on Shaq, just some playful banter on his 85 percent comments from yesterday.
  • Overall, just 10 players dressed in the practice session and that’s who will dress it looks like for the next two contests at the very least. Let’s hope Carlos can pick up this offense quickly.

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