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Paul Pierce’s Contract: Dispelling The Myths and Stating The Facts

The first domino to fall this offseason is Paul Pierce’s contract. Until Danny Ainge figures out what he’s doing there, little else matters. As we wait for this decision, we also must face the rest of the offseason, which means it is also rumor season. With that time of year, comes plenty of information floating [...]

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8 days ago

Final Grade: Avery Bradley (C+)

In his third year in the league, in which promising players often make brash leaps from benchwarmer to starter, from starter to star, Avery Bradley took a big step back. But his regression might be deceptive. When he returned to the Celtics’ lineup on January the 2nd after two in-season months recovering from offseason shoulder [...]

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9 days ago

Danny Ainge Expects Doc Rivers & Kevin Garnett To Return, Unsure About Paul Pierce

A long, challenging offseason awaits Danny Ainge this summer. Before he dives in head first, he joined Salk and Holley on WEEI-FM 93.7 to discuss the multitude of decisions facing him this offseason, as well as the progress of Rajon Rondo in his rehab from ACL surgery. A few of the notable highlights from the interview. Ainge [...]

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9 days ago

Suns Hire Away Celtics’ Assistant GM Ryan McDonough

In one way or another, there will be change this offseason in Boston. That process started in the past couple days, with the first piece moving out coming as a name most C’s fans might not be familiar with. Yet, it was Celtics’ assistant general manager Ryan McDonough, one of Danny Ainge’s top lieutenants, who [...]

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10 days ago

Doc Rivers Finishes 13th in Coach of the Year Voting

It was a tough season for the Boston Celtics, and that includes for head coach Doc Rivers. The long-time coach battled to find the right fit for a lot of new pieces that were both underperforming and/or failed to pick up his schemes on both ends of the floor. Naturally, an unfortunate plethora of injuries [...]

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11 days ago

Overconfident Answers To Offseason Questions (Part 1)

It seems like every offseason since 2010 we’ve been through this: a myriad of questions and concerns about the Celtics’ roster that usually involve the possibility of the core of the team being dismantled. As we head into the summer of 2013, we’ve got a whole batch of questions, many of which will be familiar.  [...]

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Celtics/Knicks First Round Series Schedule Finalized (With Times)

It took until late last night, but with the Lakers escaping in Sacramento after blowing a 20-point fourth quarter lead to close out the Kings stay in Arco Arena, all of the dates and times for the Celtics first round schedule with the Knicks has been finalized. Get your calendar ready folks.

Game 1: at BOS, Sun. April 17, 7 p.m. ET, TNT, CSN
Game 2: at BOS, Tue. April 19, 7 p.m. ET, TNT, CSN
Game 3: at NYK, Fri. April 22, 7 p.m. ET, ESPN, CSN
Game 4: at NYK, Sun. April 24, 3:30 p.m. ET, ABC
Game 5: at BOS, Tue. April 26, If Necessary, CSN
Game 6: at NYK, Fri. April 29, If Necessary, CSN
Game 7: at BOS, Sun. May 1, If Necessary, ABC

The best news about this schedule for local C’s fans is that CSN still has the rights to air the games for the entire 1st round (except for ABC games). That means for at least four more games, you get the opportunity for best play-by-play in the business from Mike Gorman and unabashed and insightful homerism from Tommy Heinsohn. Enjoy it while it lasts.

A closer look at the dates, reveal a pretty favorable draw for Boston as far as timing goes. An extended three days off before Sunday’s opener is huge for preparation purposes and, the easy travel schedule combined with two day breaks upon changing venues (after Game 2 and Game 5) will be a big help considering both Game 3 and Game 6 (if necessary) will both take place on the road. Hopefully only one of those contests will be necessary, but both will be equally crucial in the scheme of things.

Much more on the way later today, as we’ve just started to scratch the surface of CelticsHub’s coverage of this series.

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