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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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Krstic: MRI Negative, Day To Day with Bone Bruise

The news is good on Nenad Krstic. From Chris Forsberg at ESPN Boston:

The Boston Celtics can breathe a sigh of relief after an MRI on center Nenad Krstic‘s injured right knee came back negative Saturday, according to the team.

Krstic is listed as day-to-day and the team said he simply has a bone bruise.

CH: A definite sigh of relief here. Krstic has regressed to the mean since his early success with the Celtics, but he remains an important piece of the Celtics’ playoff rotation. Not just for his offensive skills, size and six fouls, but for the way his presence hedges against future injury or ineffectiveness from Shaquille O’Neal or Jermaine O’Neal. His length can also bother guys like Tim Duncan (see Thursday’s game) in ways that guys like Glen Davis can’t.

The remaining question on Krstic is focused around whether “day-to-day” means anything coming from the Celtics. It wouldn’t be surprising if days stretched into weeks.

More — as the saying goes — as the story develops.

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In other Eastern Conference big man news today, Yahoo Sports’ Adrian Wojnarowski reports Miami may sign Eddy Curry for the playoffs.

Curry’s weight and personal problems have derailed what had been a productive career, and yet Riley has been hopeful Curry could somehow give the Heat a limited inside presence in the postseason. It is believed Curry still weighs more than 350 pounds.

One league source listed the probability of Miami signing Curry at “better than 50-50.” The Heat would need to cut a player for the playoffs, with rookie Dexter Pittman(notes) as a likely candidate to be waived.

CH: Feel free to write your own jokes on Curry but if nothing else, he does fill up space in the middle. And if he’s effectively the replacement-level center at this time of year, it does shine a kinder light on Krstic, no matter what your opinion of his play so far.

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