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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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Ray Allen Exercises Player Option, Will Return Next Season

Although it was a mere formality after his comments following the season-ending Game 5 loss against Miami, the C’s sharpshooting guard made his return official this afternoon according to the Celtics Twitter account:

Guard Ray Allen has exercised his option for the 2011-12 season. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

The option is the final part of a two-year deal Allen signed last summer. Like last year, Allen will earn a $10 million dollar salary this season. The number may appear to be high at first glance, but when you realize just how well the 35-year-old played last season, it becomes clear  just how much of a bargain he will be at that price entering next season.

I’ll have a full column coming up on Allen tomorrow, but just in case you forgot how well Allen played during this postseason run, check out his numbers following Boston’s 2nd round exit:

PPG: 18.9
FG%: 52.3%
3ptFG: 57.1%
FT: 96.1
MPG: 40.1

Now a lot of those numbers were piled up against the hapless Knicks, nonetheless it’s incredible, maybe even painful to see those numbers go to waste after a five-game defeat to Miami. And after a career best shooting regular season in both FG percentage (49%) and from downtown (44.4%), here’s hoping next season won’t be the last in a C’s uniform for Allen. As long as he can avoid having his numbers fall off a sharp cliff like other shooters his age next year, we could (and should) be seeing Ray in Boston for years to come.

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