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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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Doc: Shaq Expected To Play In Postseason, Could Travel to NY

The Celtics just wrapped up their film session over in Waltham, and with the heavy minutes and nagging injuries, the starters, Delonte West and Glen Davis have been given the day off from on-court activities, according to reports. The rest of the roster playing a 4 vs. 4 game with C’s assistant and former point guard Tyronn Lue taking part in the action.

The big news of the day however, was the latest on Shaquille O’Neal from Doc Rivers. According to Scott Souza of the Metrowest Daily News, Doc made a few statements regarding his much discussed “regular” starting center.

* Shaq would “try to do some things” tomorrow.

* He’s showed continued improvement with the injury, but doubts he will play in Game 3.

*If Shaq travels to New York for Games 3 and 4, there is a “good chance” he will play Sunday for Game 4.

*Doc fully expects Shaq to return before the end of the postseason.

Once again, this is pretty much par for the course at this point regarding Shaq’s status, albeit it sounds a lot more promising than Bill Burt’s NBA source suspicions in a previous post. For now, the best move appears to be a holding pattern when it comes to O’Neal’s status. Hold out hope, while remaining skeptical until the big man is seen back on the floor.

In the meantime, the Celtics have a host of other problems to solve, including the lackluster bench play, inconsistent rebounding, and offensive ball movement to say the least.

On the Knicks end of things, both Amar’e Stoudemire and Chauncey Billups are set to undergo precautionary MRI’s this afternoon for their respective back and knee injuries according to Alan Hahn of Newsday. We’ll have further news on their statuses for Game 3 Friday as it comes out.

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