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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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Ray Allen Speaks On Future With C’s

The senior member of the C’s Big Three was the latest in  WEEI’s round of interviews with players today: The entire interview was a good read, but a couple questions about Ray’s potential long-term future with the team and in the league are worth pointing out:

On his NBA future: “When I decide to stop playing, it won’t be because of me. I think it will be more because of my circumstances. … Obviously, for one, if I’m not here anymore, that’s a huge deterrent. You end up having to play somewhere that’s not to the standards of where I’ve been in here for these last four or five years. Physically, I’m in a great place. So, I don’t worry about that at all. But again, there’s so many unforeseen circumstances that can take place that can cause me to say it’s time for me to hang it up.”

On re-signing with the Celtics when his contract expires after this season: “Am I thinking about it? Yeah, of course I’m thinking about it. I don’t need or want to go anywhere. But we’ve got to get the rally hats going so we can sign that new deal. That’s a Danny Ainge question. But of course I’d love to continue to be here.”

We’ll dissect the cap situation moving into the next week, but it’s certainly promising to see Ray showing his true colors here. The problem Allen and Ainge will be facing for that matter, as he admits is the fact keeping Ray and signing a premier free agent in 2012 will be a tough move for Ainge to pull off.

Ray is a prideful guy, so I don’t see him settling for a veteran’s minimum deal, or something close to that while he still producing at a high level. If you want to see him back though, in addition to a max-type player, that kind of paycut, or a very significant one at the very least, may be what it takes. Luckily, we don’t have to worry about that for another year at least.

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