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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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Friday Notebook: Preseason Games, Gauging Big Baby’s Interest, Would Scal Come Back?

A few items to kick off our Friday morning, before we present out 3-on-3 on Ray Allen later this afternoon:

–We will begin with an announcements from the Celtics, that there will be a grand total of two preseason games at the end of December. The home-and-home series with Toronto will start at Air Canada Centre on December 18th at 1 p.m. and the C’s will return the favor at the Garden on Wednesday December 21st at 7:30 p.m. Tickets for these contests, as well as the regular season games should be going on sale next week (reportedly December 12th) so keep your eyes peeled for that, as preseason basketball may actually be exciting for once with a mere two games per team.

– Yesterday also marked the first day of players be able to return to use team facilities. A. Sherrod Blakely of CSNNE.com reported Ray Allen was in attendance yesterday in Waltham, and Rajon Rondo made an appearance as well in the after hours of the day, according to C’s media relations. Perhaps to avoid the media conglomerate that spent much of the day in Waltham?

–According to a report from Yahoo! Sports Glen Davis has drawn interest from five teams (as well as the C’s) so far in free agency:

Boston Celtics free-agent forward Glen Davis appears to be in good shape after working out at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fla., the past two months. In addition to the Celtics, Davis has drawn interest from New Jersey, Portland, Atlanta, Orlando and Philadelphia, sources said.

Davis is good friends with Magic center Dwight Howard, dating back to their AAU days.

We will keep a close eye on Baby’s market in the days ahead, as whatever his price range may be should have a huge influence on the C’s options moving forward, either by re-signing him, or in a potential sign-and-trade deal.

–Finally, according to Sportando Basketball on Twitter, Brian Scalabrine has parted ways with his Italian team Benetton Treviso and plans to return to the NBA. Sources have him looking to return to the Bulls, but given the roster space, you can’t help but think Danny Ainge would at least give Scal a call to help fill the void at the end of the bench, and dare I say it…..cause a little popularity buzz around here.

More on the way later today…..

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