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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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Thursday Notebook: C’s Have Concerns About Paul’s Knee?

A few odds and ends this Thursday morning, as we start to cool off from the trade rumor frenzy which took off on Tuesday.

Let’s begin with a report from A. Sherrod Blakely over at CSNNE.com that indicates the Celtics have their concerns over Paul’s surgically repaired left knee:

Slowly but surely, the talk of Chris Paul coming to Boston is beginning to die a slow death.

….One of the reasons that’s giving the C’s some reason to pause in their pursuit of Paul is his health; specifically, his surgically repaired left knee.

While he appears to have bounced back from the 2010 injury nicely, there is some concern that the injury could prove problematic in the future.

These concerns may be very well warranted (although Paul did play 78 games last season) but this smells of damage control to me. For now, it appears the C’s aren’t likely to acquire Paul given the reports about him not wanting to sign an extension, so rather than risk further damage, potentially to Rondo’s psyche about being thrown around the rumor mill so much, this shows them cooling on Paul. Not a bad way to control the conversation.

More free agent talk and a 3-on-3 on the whole Rondo situation is on the way later today. Also stay tuned for full coverage of Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers speaking to the media from Waltham. We could also hear from some players who can use team facilities for the first time today.

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