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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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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.

We’re back in bid’ness!

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