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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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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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