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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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New Details on C’s-CSNNE Rights Deal

First, here’s the key basic details from Chad Finn’s Boston Globe column yesterday:

Sports Business Daily reported yesterday that the Celtics are close to completing a media rights package with Comcast SportsNet New England that will extend the relationship with the regional sports network until 2038, 20 years beyond the end of the current agreement.

The Celtics also will become the latest professional sports team to branch into media ownership, according to the report, with the deal including an equity stake in the network that could be as high as 20 percent. The annual rights fee is also expected to grow significantly from its current estimated $15 million-$20 million.

Once the deal is agreed upon, it must be formally approved by the NBA.

Sports Business Daily reported that the deal had been in the works for more than a year but began to pick up steam in February, around the time the Lakers agreed to 25-year regional sports network deal with Time Warner that averages $200 million a year.

Here’s an update on that potential equity state in the network by the C’s from Forbes:

Besides a big increase in its annual rights fee the Celtics would get up to a 20% equity stake in the regional sports network. The increase in the rights fee, which is expected to be about $20 million a season, will be included in the league’s Basketball Related Income and therefore part of the salary cap. But none of the income the Celtics owners will get from their equity stake in the profitable RSN will be included in BRI and, by extension, player salaries.

The new deal will enrich its owners more than a comparable deal comprised entirely of a rights fee.

However you slice it, this should be a move that makes all parties involved happy, as CSNNE has done a tremendous job with it’s local coverage over the past 20+ years and that’s where they will be for another 20 more.

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