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8 days ago

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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Notebook: Frank Interviews in Golden State, Doc’s Highest Paid NBA Coach, Will Shaq Return?

A few nuggets for everyone on this Thursday afternoon. We’ll start with more news on top lieutenant Lawrence...

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The Importance of Jermaine O’Neal Returning Next Season

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More Thoughts On Rebuilding & The Frontline

“Clearly, we have to be more athletic next year.” — Doc Rivers Not true, Doc. You have to be...

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Miami’s Fatal Flaw: The Three-Ball?

Let’s start with some full disclosure here. This is an article I had first planned on writing during the...

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Could LeBron James be the next Karl Malone?

As in, one of the greatest players to have never hoisted the Larry O’Brien trophy in triumph.  Common...

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Doc Undergoing Throat Surgery, Lawrence Frank Gets Second Look in Houston

A few odds and ends on a dreary Tuesday here in Boston. We’ll start with the news from Mark Murphy of The...

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KG’s Final Blog Of The Season

The veteran power forward checked in with his final ANTA BLOG of the 2010-11 season this morning. Unsurprisingly a...

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Doc Rivers Talks Big Baby, New Contract, & Paul Pierce Off Bench Possibility

Doc Rivers was interviewed on Dennis and Callahan this morning over on WEEI and hit on a number of topics from his...

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Harden versus Green

By now you all have heard the rumor from the Bill Simmons B.S. Report Podcast (h/t: ESPN Boston) that the Celtics...

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Five Tenets For the Rebuild/Reload

Whether you believe the big four has another title run left in it or not, I wanted to present some guidelines for...

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