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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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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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