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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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Celtics’ 2011-12 Schedule Released

The full NBA schedule was released just minutes ago on the C’s team website. You can find it in full over there, but for now, here’s some quick analysis of the 82-game slate, which is fairly unlikely (to put it kindly) to be played in full this season.

The Celtics will open with the Cleveland Cavaliers (and top pick Kyrie Irving) at home on November 2nd at TD Garden.

Their first national game is on Friday November 4th against the Atlanta Hawks on ESPN. Overall, they will play 10 games on ESPN, 10 games on TNT, and four games on ABC for a grand total of 24 nationally televised contests. That doesn’t include six additional games that will be broadcast on NBATV.

A quick look at the overall slate has the C’s playing 20 of their games on a back-to-back. While that number is fairly average compared to the rest of the league (the C’s played 19 of these last year, which was bottom-third of the league in that department), they will play 16 of those 20 games on the road.

That is just a brutal number and is largely due to NBA national game scheduling combined with TD Garden conflicts (with the Bruins). Clearly, it’s the price you pay for being one of the NBA’s main attractions, while also sharing a building, but don’t look for the team’s paltry record on the second night of these consecutive contests to improve this year.

For a few more key dates to circle on the calendar, check these out, courtesy of Chris Forsberg from ESPNBoston.com:

Nov. 16: Boston at Miami (Back to where the 2010-11 season ended)
Dec. 1: Miami at Boston (Heat’s first visit to the Hub)
Dec. 25: Boston at New York (Christmas in the Big Apple)
Jan. 11: Dallas at Boston (First meeting with the world champs)
Jan. 16: Oklahoma City at Boston (Kendrick Perkins back in the Garden)
Feb. 9: L.A. Lakers at Boston (Rematch in L.A. on March 11)
Feb. 12: Chicago at Boston (First meeting with Bulls; ABC Sunday broadcast)
Feb. 22: Boston at Oklahoma City (Jeff Green’s return to OKC)
April 18: Orlando at Boston (Regular-season finale at Garden)

More analysis of the schedule on the way later today…..

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