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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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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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