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5 days ago

Terrence Williams Arrested on Gun Charges, Following Domestic Dispute

Terrence Williams was on the verge of coming back to the Boston Celtics next season after being one of the few bright spots of the Celtics’ postseason. Now, that journey is just an afterthought. According to a report from the Kent Reporter, a newspaper in Williams’ home state of Washington, the point guard was arrested yesterday [...]

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7 days ago

Kevin Garnett Will Avoid Foot Surgery

As we await Kevin Garnett’s decision about whether or not he will play a 7th season with the Boston Celtics, an important physical limitation has been avoided for the big man. After laboring through the last couple months of the season with a foot/ankle injury, which caused him to miss much of the regular season, [...]

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8 days ago

Danny Ainge is Waiting on Talking Future with Kevin Garnett

Yesterday was a good day in Boston. We found out Doc Rivers would definitely be coming back as a head coach, the Bruins won in overtime, and the Sox had a big comeback as well. As the first big decision of the Celtics offseason came in though, a brighter light begins to shine down now [...]

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9 days ago

Jeff Green’s 2012-13 Final Grade

Unless we’re discussing the eight or nine best players in the world, it’s impossible to separate a contract’s price from a player’s expectations, value, and overall performance. Jeff Green is the manifestation of this theory. In August he was guaranteed $36 million over four years, even though he didn’t play a single game during the [...]

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10 days ago

Painful Reminders (Part I): The Celtics Drafted JaJuan Johnson Instead of Jimmy Butler

On June 23rd, 2011, Brian Robb and I stood around a high top bar table in Tommy Doyle’s in Kendall Square.  Before us lay one of the biggest mounds of buffalo chicken wings I had ever endeavor to make disappear.  These 25 cent flappers- one of the few indulgences afforded to the participants of our [...]

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10 days ago

Chris Wilcox: 2012-13 Final Grade

There are a number of contextually-appropriate ways to craft this post. One would be to forgo words entirely, and represent Chris Wilcox’s entire season with a series of videos. That would involve one part of this: For every eight parts of this: Tweet

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Game 5: Lessons in Bass-ematics

There’s this thing in math called the Golden Ratio. You, of course, know The Golden Ratio as Ace of...

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Instead of Voicing Frustration, Brandon Bass Stays Humble, Does His Job

It had been a relatively rocky road for Brandon Bass this postseason prior to Game 5 last night. After getting...

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Game 6 Will Be Wednesday Night at 8pm on ESPN

After the Thunder finished up their series by routinely dismantling the Lakers last night to send them packing in...

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Highlight: Rondo Leads The Break

I love this decision-making from Rajon Rondo. While leading the break, you can see him eyeballing Ray Allen, who...

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Big Fish: Celtics 101 Sixers 85

Philadelphia 76ers 85 Final Recap | Box Score 101 Boston Celtics Paul Pierce, SF 39 MIN | 3-7 FG |...

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Game 5: Sixers (2-2) @ Celtics (2-2) Open Thread

Game 5 Sixers @ Celtics 7:00 PM EST TNT TD Garden Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 95.4 points per 100 possessions...

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The Lavoy Allen & Thaddeus Young Problem

In the fourth quarter of Game 4, the Celtics ran into a bit of a problem. Out of the multitude of issues they...

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The Ryan Hollins Conundrum

In March, Ryan Hollins couldn’t get minutes on a below-average Cleveland Cavaliers team. Now he’s the...

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Celtics-Sixers Game 5 Tips off at 7pm

A note to all you local C’s fans out there that may be attending the game tonight at TD Garden. The game...

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Doc Showing Concern With Avery’s Shoulder

After taking a day off Saturday upon returning from Philadelphia, the Celtics were back at it Sunday in Waltham,...

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