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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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Retreats of Philadelphia: Sixers 82, C’s 75

Boston Celtics 75 Final

Recap | Box Score

82 Philadelphia 76ers
Paul Pierce, SF 42 MIN | 5-11 FG | 13-13 FT | 10 REB | 3 AST | 24 PTS | -5Depressing waste of a solid Pierce game on offense, especially the 13 made free throws. Pierce was a total masochist in this one. He went straight up Fifty Shades of Grey. But his teammates let him down, and when they look at his bruises it should remind them of their own failures.
Brandon Bass, PF 27 MIN | 2-12 FG | 4-4 FT | 5 REB | 0 AST | 8 PTS | -9Oh, right. Regression to the mean.
Kevin Garnett, PF 41 MIN | 9-20 FG | 2-2 FT | 11 REB | 0 AST | 20 PTS | -7KG decided the offensive paint was hot lava tonight and didn’t set foot in it. 20 shots, not a single one closer than 10 feet. You’re a center now, Kevin. I know Spencer Hawes gets to shoot only jumpers, but his parents both work so he gets away with more than you do. Go inside.
Ray Allen, SG 26 MIN | 4-11 FG | 0-0 FT | 3 REB | 0 AST | 9 PTS | -4Ray Allen has a tiny little knife in his ankle. That’s basically what a bone spur is. Every time he goes up to shoot, he gets stabbed with it. Every lateral step he takes to stay in front of Lou Williams: stabbed. He needs to sit more and shoot less, because he’s just not reliable on either end. On the bright side, at this point I could see Mike Breen fixing a Celtics-Spurs Finals just for the jokes he could make.
Rajon Rondo, PG 43 MIN | 4-14 FG | 1-2 FT | 9 REB | 6 AST | 9 PTS | -4That’ll show the coaches who voted him second team All-Defense. Nobody tells Rajon Rondo what he can and can’t do. NOBODY.

Rondo’s alter-ego Rojan Rando dressed tonight, bringing with him all the classic elements of a Rando game (poor shooting, gambling on the perimeter, sloppy turnovers, avoiding contact, becoming sleepy) as well as a new one in the form of not finding his teammates. Rando, you crazy freak! What are we gonna do with you?!

Ryan Hollins, C 11 MIN | 0-0 FG | 0-2 FT | 5 REB | 3 AST | 0 PTS | -6Ryan Hollins brings the valuable skill set of having six personal fouls. You can’t teach that.
Mickael Pietrus, SF 35 MIN | 2-6 FG | 0-0 FT | 4 REB | 1 AST | 5 PTS | 0Pietrus needs to take over Ray’s role so he can defend either Evan Turner, Jrue Holiday, or Lou Williams at all times. The game’s been over for a half-hour and Ray is still trying to catch up to Lou Williams on the drive. I wouldn’t even hate putting Pietrus on Iggy and switching Pierce over to Turner. But before the next game, Doc needs to call Pietrus into his office (along with the candle from Beauty and the Beast to serve as interpreter) and order him to stop chucking and start cutting.

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