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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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Shaquille O’Neal Is Retiring

The news comes straight from the horse’s mouth, as O’Neal posted the brief video announcement on his Twitter account just moments ago. Here’s the text of his video: You can watch the video posted on Tout.com

“We did it. Nineteen years, baby. I thank you very much and that’s why I’m telling you first: I’m about to retire. Thank you. Talk to you soon.”

We’ll have plenty of time to further reflect on one of the greatest careers in NBA history, but in the short term, this shouldn’t come as any sort of surprise to Celtics fans.

In a way, Shaq hurt the C’s prospects this year more than he helped, not because of anything he should be specifically blamed for. Rather, Shaq played so well with the starting five on the onset of the season, that the performance was impressive enough for the team’s front office to rely on Shaq’s iffy health down the stretch. Unfortunately the 39-year-old’s frame was unable to hold up.

Through the first half of the season however, he gave us plenty of entertainment both on and off the floor, as a crucial part of one of the most entertaining Celtics locker rooms in history. The whispers will undoubtedly remain (like they did with Sheed) about Shaq returning for one last March/April run if we have basketball next season, but for now let’s pay tribute to one of the most dominant centers ever to play the game.

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