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9 days ago

Paul Pierce’s Contract: Dispelling The Myths and Stating The Facts

The first domino to fall this offseason is Paul Pierce’s contract. Until Danny Ainge figures out what he’s doing there, little else matters. As we wait for this decision, we also must face the rest of the offseason, which means it is also rumor season. With that time of year, comes plenty of information floating [...]

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9 days ago

Final Grade: Avery Bradley (C+)

In his third year in the league, in which promising players often make brash leaps from benchwarmer to starter, from starter to star, Avery Bradley took a big step back. But his regression might be deceptive. When he returned to the Celtics’ lineup on January the 2nd after two in-season months recovering from offseason shoulder [...]

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10 days ago

Danny Ainge Expects Doc Rivers & Kevin Garnett To Return, Unsure About Paul Pierce

A long, challenging offseason awaits Danny Ainge this summer. Before he dives in head first, he joined Salk and Holley on WEEI-FM 93.7 to discuss the multitude of decisions facing him this offseason, as well as the progress of Rajon Rondo in his rehab from ACL surgery. A few of the notable highlights from the interview. Ainge [...]

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10 days ago

Suns Hire Away Celtics’ Assistant GM Ryan McDonough

In one way or another, there will be change this offseason in Boston. That process started in the past couple days, with the first piece moving out coming as a name most C’s fans might not be familiar with. Yet, it was Celtics’ assistant general manager Ryan McDonough, one of Danny Ainge’s top lieutenants, who [...]

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11 days ago

Doc Rivers Finishes 13th in Coach of the Year Voting

It was a tough season for the Boston Celtics, and that includes for head coach Doc Rivers. The long-time coach battled to find the right fit for a lot of new pieces that were both underperforming and/or failed to pick up his schemes on both ends of the floor. Naturally, an unfortunate plethora of injuries [...]

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12 days ago

Overconfident Answers To Offseason Questions (Part 1)

It seems like every offseason since 2010 we’ve been through this: a myriad of questions and concerns about the Celtics’ roster that usually involve the possibility of the core of the team being dismantled. As we head into the summer of 2013, we’ve got a whole batch of questions, many of which will be familiar.  [...]

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Labor Deal Done: 66-Game Season Starts Dec. 25

Early Saturday morning, the NBA owners and players reached a handshake agreement on a deal for a new CBA. The 66-game 2011-12 season starts Christmas Day.

In the joint press conference that followed, both sides avoided discussing details of the agreement until it’s been put to their respective stakeholder groups. But we do have a few early details:

  • Training Camp and Free Agency will both begin Dec. 9. Danny Ainge will be able to talk to free agents in advance but won’t be able to ink them until the day Doc Rivers starts shouting at players that they’re in shape but not in “Celtics shape”. So, Boston will send no more than half a team to camp that first day (although it’ll likely be filled out quickly in the following days).
  • The Celtics will almost certainly open their season Dec. 25 against the New York Knicks, as originally scheduled.
  • It’s believed the final BRI split was the 49-51 band. (Per Chris Broussard of ESPN).
  • Some B-level issues still need to be worked out over the next few days (e.g. drug testing) but none have the volatility to scuttle the deal.

Here at the Hub, we’ll soon have a whole lotta content for you, after what has been a few annoyingly quiet months (for all of us).

So stay tuned.

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