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Paul Pierce’s Contract: Dispelling The Myths and Stating The Facts

The first domino to fall this offseason is Paul Pierce’s contract. Until Danny Ainge figures out what he’s doing there, little else matters. As we wait for this decision, we also must face the rest of the offseason, which means it is also rumor season. With that time of year, comes plenty of information floating [...]

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9 days ago

Final Grade: Avery Bradley (C+)

In his third year in the league, in which promising players often make brash leaps from benchwarmer to starter, from starter to star, Avery Bradley took a big step back. But his regression might be deceptive. When he returned to the Celtics’ lineup on January the 2nd after two in-season months recovering from offseason shoulder [...]

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10 days ago

Danny Ainge Expects Doc Rivers & Kevin Garnett To Return, Unsure About Paul Pierce

A long, challenging offseason awaits Danny Ainge this summer. Before he dives in head first, he joined Salk and Holley on WEEI-FM 93.7 to discuss the multitude of decisions facing him this offseason, as well as the progress of Rajon Rondo in his rehab from ACL surgery. A few of the notable highlights from the interview. Ainge [...]

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10 days ago

Suns Hire Away Celtics’ Assistant GM Ryan McDonough

In one way or another, there will be change this offseason in Boston. That process started in the past couple days, with the first piece moving out coming as a name most C’s fans might not be familiar with. Yet, it was Celtics’ assistant general manager Ryan McDonough, one of Danny Ainge’s top lieutenants, who [...]

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11 days ago

Doc Rivers Finishes 13th in Coach of the Year Voting

It was a tough season for the Boston Celtics, and that includes for head coach Doc Rivers. The long-time coach battled to find the right fit for a lot of new pieces that were both underperforming and/or failed to pick up his schemes on both ends of the floor. Naturally, an unfortunate plethora of injuries [...]

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12 days ago

Overconfident Answers To Offseason Questions (Part 1)

It seems like every offseason since 2010 we’ve been through this: a myriad of questions and concerns about the Celtics’ roster that usually involve the possibility of the core of the team being dismantled. As we head into the summer of 2013, we’ve got a whole batch of questions, many of which will be familiar.  [...]

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Game 17/66: Celtics (7-9) at Magic (12-5) Open Thread

Boston @ Orlando
8:00 PM
Amway Center
TNT

Offensive Efficiency:
Boston: 100.4 points/100 possessions (20th)
Orlando: 105.2 points/100 possessions (9th)

Defensive Efficiency:
Boston: 99.1 points/100 possessions (5th)  
Orlando: 100.7 points/100 possessions (12th)

Probable Magic Starters: Jameer Nelson (PG),  Jason Richardson (SG), Hedo Turkoglu (SF), Ryan Anderson (PF), Dwight Howard (C)

Injury Report:
Orlando: None. Boston:  Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo are out. Jermaine O’Neal is doubtful. Keyon Dooling and Chris Wilcox are game-time decisions but will likely play.

View From The Opposing Bench: Magic Basketball

THUMBNAIL

Celtics’ fans are going to have to come to grips with a lot of things this season.  One of them being the realization that the sultry Serb above will be starting at shooting guard for the foreseeable future (depending on the health of Ray Allen and Mickael Pietrus).  The good news is that Sasha Pavlovic played really well on Monday night and should give fans a little hope going forward.  The bad news is that he also started in place of Paul Pierce while the C’s began the season with a hefty dose of suck.

Over the course of his parts-o-two-seasons in Boston, Pav has fared much better guarding shooting guards than he has guarding small forwards.  There probably isn’t enough data to actually make that conclusion valid (there isn’t) but we’re still riding high from Monday night’s drubbing of a good team! Right?!

As I said in today’s 5-on-5, I don’t think the Celtics are going to win this game.  I won’t think that until they show some kind of consistency in beating good teams.  My request to the C’s: Make me a believer.

PREDICTION
Celtics 89, Magic 96

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