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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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It’s Official: Chris Paul to the LA Clippers

Just in case you were holding your breath for the C’s to take one last run at the All-Star point guard, the NBA Dell Demps came to terms with the Los Angeles Clippers tonight to deal Chris Paul for an fairly impressive package. Here’s the full scoop from Marc Stein at ESPN.com:

The Los Angeles Clippers have agreed to a deal in principle with the league-owned New Orleans Hornets to acquire guard Chris Paul, according to sources close to the process.

The Clippers, sources said, will send guard Eric Gordon, center Chris Kaman, forward Al-Farouq Aminu and Minnesota’s unprotected 2012 first-round pick to the Hornets for Paul.

The Clippers will also receive two future second-round picks, according to sources.

“I didn’t know it was going to happen. I was told yesterday that it wasn’t going to be done,” Kaman said. “Everybody thought it was nixed, that it was dead. Then I guess something came back up today.

“I don’t know what to expect, I don’t know what to anticipate. I’m just going to try to move forward and play basketball like I’m capable of doing.”

The deal is expected to be approved by the league Wednesday night, sources said.

Gordon found the deal “disappointing.”

Awwww, sorry Eric! Maybe Danny will sign you next year with all his cap room. While this is probably the best place Paul could have gone for most C’s fans (much better than Lakers obviously), there’s still some bad news about this transaction. What’s that you ask?

There won’t be a showdown between Chris Paul and Rajon Rondo at the TD Garden this year. Boston faces off only once with Blake Griffin and company, and that contest is at the Staples Center on Monday March 12th. Just another reason to loathe the lockout.

For now, the Rajon Rondo rumor mill can be put to rest, (until the trade deadline). The bigger question is, did the Hornets get a better haul here than they would have in the LAL/HOU three-team deal? It’s certainly a subject for debate.

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