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2 days ago

Avery Bradley Likely Done For Season

On the back of a horrific game six performance, Gary Washburn of the Globe piled on with more bad news: Avery Bradley is almost certainly done for the season. Washburn: A source close to Bradley told the Globe that it’s in the “high 90s” percentile that Bradley will be shut down and will perhaps need [...]

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3 days ago

Game 6 Will Be Wednesday Night at 8pm on ESPN

After the Thunder finished up their series by routinely dismantling the Lakers last night to send them packing in five games, a time has been announced for the C’s-Sixers Game 6 on Wednesday night. It will tipoff shortly after 8pm on ESPN. Looking ahead in the postseason, if the C’s do win Game 6, and [...]

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4 days ago

Highlight: Rondo Leads The Break

I love this decision-making from Rajon Rondo. While leading the break, you can see him eyeballing Ray Allen, who runs the wing and spots up on the arc. The Sixers have a 1-2 disadvantage but are mostly concerned about Allen’s three balls, which allows Mickael Pietrus to make an unmolested baseline cut behind the defense. [...]

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4 days ago

Celtics-Sixers Game 5 Tips off at 7pm

A note to all you local C’s fans out there that may be attending the game tonight at TD Garden. The game will start just after 7pm and will be broadcast nationally on TNT. However, unlike most TNT regular season games during the season, the tip will not come 15-20 minutes after the scheduled start [...]

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12 days ago

(Video) Rajon Rondo Continues To Dominate In Postgame Interview

Rajon Rondo is a tremendous player, but he tends to have a little bit of an issue scoring the ball late in games. I won’t go as far as saying he is scared, but he does pass up shots and defer to teammates in crunch-time….well a lot. Last night though may have been his coming [...]

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12 days ago

Video: Full Kevin Garnett Reaction After Game 1

Garnett followed up his season-best effort against Atlanta in Game 6 with a new season-high in points and another sensational double-double, as well 60 percent shooting (12-of-20) from the field. Over his past two contests, Garnett is averaging 28.5 points, 12.5 rebounds, two steals and four blocks a game. After the game, KG was candid [...]

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Done Deal: Doc Rivers Agrees to Five(!)-Year $35 Million Extension

Doc Rivers made no secret of his intentions to return to this team in the interim, but I don’t think anyone was expecting any news as good as this. Nonetheless, sideline reporter Greg Dickerson of CSNNE.com has confirmed with Danny Ainge that the C’s have come to terms with Rivers on a five-year deal.

Terms were not disclosed, but it has been speculated that the coach’s new deal would earn him approximately $6 million per year.

Danny Ainge will be meeting with the media momentarily at the team’s practice facility in Waltham, where we could get a formal announcement. Stay tuned to CelticsHub for full coverage of the latest developments. For now we can take comfort in the reality that Rivers will command this team in a final push next year, and as they reload going forward, which will be crucial in the quest to recruit free agent talent to Boston long-term.

UPDATE: Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports is reporting according to his sources that Rivers will earn $7 million dollars a year over the course of his new 5-year deal.

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