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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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Highlight Gallery: Cavs 88, C’s 87

“Why do you guys do game highlights even when they lose?”

Because highlights ruuuuule!

3. Ray Allen Jimmies Open the Backdoor

Paul Pierce, now fully a point guard, hits Ray Allen on the bounce after Allen finds the biggest open lane you will ever see. As you can see, Antawn Jamison has still not listened to the audiobook on help defense that Anderson Varejao got him two Christmases ago.

Clip is extended to include this Mike-Tommy exchange at the end.

Mike: “The back door was wide open.”
Tommy: “The back door, the screen door, the garage door. Every door!!!”

“Back door, front door, side door,” would have been the obvious choice there. But if you’re looking for the obvious choice from Tommy Heinsohn, I suggest you stop looking.

2. Pierce Gets Pulled Over for Dunk Driving

Here Paul Pierce performs his impression of an Airbus A380 coming in for a landing at Rim International Airport. Antawn Jamison reprises his role of Air Traffic Controller.

1. Brandon Bass Exorcizes His Demons

Bass completely freezes Jamison ten feet from the basket and pours hot dunk all over his face. This concludes our trip inside the Antawn Jamison Defensive Bewilderment Mystery Cave.

Here’s an actual headline from December 24th, 2011: “Antawn Jamison Decides to Give Defense a Shot.” Here’s an actual Antawn Jamison quote from that article: “I think defensively I have to not be a liability, and when we watch film coach can always rely on me being in the right spots and not being the teaching point of our film sessions.” Aww.

0. The Last Nine Celtics Possessions

The last nine Celtics possessions went like this:

  • Sasha Pavlovic missed three.
  • Paul Pierce turns it over on a bad pass.
  • Ray Allen misses a layup.
  • Pierce misses a jumper.
  • Pierce misses a shot at the basket.
  • Ray misses a jumper
  • KG rebounds Ray’s miss but travels.
  • Bass rebounds on defense and immediately loses the ball.
  • Pierce misses a jumper at the buzzer.

I captured them all on video and cut them together. Here it is.

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