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15 hours ago

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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You’ve been drafted!

The 2011 NBA Draft is just seven short days away and it’s time to start talking about it.  It’s time for two reasons: 1) the 2010-2011 NHL season has ended in the most awesome way possible; and 2) because we can’t talk about free agents.  Let me repeat that for the skimmers: we CAN’T talk about free agency.

It sucks, but it’s true.  If there is an NBA season next year, I can guarantee you that the collective bargaining agreement will look decidedly different.  This prohibits Celtics’ fans (or any fan of a team over the current salary cap) from dreaming up mid-level exception possibilities or sign-and-trades involving Glen Davis.  These strategies of salary cap circumvention may not be possible so I don’t want to hear your ideas.  What I do want to hear about is who you think the Celtics should draft in the first round.

The Celtics have the 25th overall pick which means getting an impact player will take some luck and some scouting savvy.  Danny Ainge has shown evidence of possessing both with trading for the rights to Rajon Rondo in 2006 (21st overall) and drafting Ryan Gomes, Glen Davis, Semih Erden, and others out of the draft lottery.

So who is the lucky prospect that gets invited into the Celtics’ family this year?

We’ll be doing a lot of draft talk for the next seven days so stay tuned for prospect breakdowns, who each of us would draft, why the Celtics won’t draft certain players, and a second round poll all coming soon.

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