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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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First Round Game Zero: C’s 99, Sixers 82

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Remember that commercial? Where a bunch of workaday men and ladies talk about Philly and how there’s a lot, a lot of culture there? One of my favorites ever. It makes Philly seem almost appealing as that game just did.

If that’s how the first round is going to look, I’m having a hard time getting upset about a number-three seed. Especially if Jermaine O’Neal continues to find his legs. And the new Celtics continue to improve. And Shaq returns to contribute 15-20 strong minutes against an undersized team. And Rajon Rondo starts looking like the zippy hummingbird we knew from fall and winter.

Those are four very boring things to talk about at this point, but they’re actually all starting to look like they could come together. The Perkins tradees looked a lot less out of place tonight than they did three weeks ago: Jeff Green played like an actual power forward and pulled down a team-leading seven boards and three blocks, and Nenad Krstic defied Celtics tradition by appearing to seriously hurt his knee but then returning after only two games. And with the production the Celtics got out of the center position tonight (combined 17 points on 8-11 shooting with 9 boards in 31 minutes), it’s fun to imagine what they could do with their starter.

We got a glimpse of Doc’s trimmed rotation tonight, and all the guys who got minutes made a positive contribution. There are fixes to be made here and there (ball protection, Jermaine’s rebounding, Ray getting more than seven shots in 35 minutes) but the news is good. Come back in a while for more!

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