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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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8 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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9 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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9 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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10 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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11 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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Ray Allen Leaves Boston, Will Sign With Miami

It's Over.

Ugh.

The decision (The Decision) has been made and you’re going to be upset about it. Ray Allen has taken half the annual value Boston offered to play for the Miami Heat. He’ll make $3.09 million for the first year, to a maximum of $9.5 million over three prospective seasons (details are still to come on the length of the deal).

Miami owner Micky Arison broke the news on twitter:

 “It’s 2:30 a.m. in London and I was just woken up with great news: Welcome to the family, #20!!”

According to the Boston Herald, Allen was looking for a huge contract from the Celtics, reportedly in the neighborhood of 3 years and $27 million. And the Celtics were trying to talk him down to the $6 million per that had been widely reported over the last few days.

The fact Allen was looking for triple the value of the contract he eventually accepted suggests that his heart was no longer in Boston.

There were multiple reasons for Allen to leave.

During the season, details leaked out about Allen’s unhappiness about being supplanted in the starting rotation by Avery Bradley, although to his credit, he handled it professionally with the media.

There were also stories about friction between Allen and Rajon Rondo, and we’ll likely get more details on that in the future, as stories surface about the problems between the two. It would seem that they may have actually been understated, rather than overstated, as many assumed.

Allen also appeared frustrated that Danny Ainge shopped him at the trading deadline on more than one occasion, including this past season when he was nearly moved to Memphis for OJ Mayo.

The recent news the Celtics were bringing in Jason Terry couldn’t have helped, either. Allen plays long minutes, by pride and by choice, and the available selection in Boston obviously didn’t look as appealing as what the NBA champs could offer.

So, it’s Ray to Miami for what will likely be the final years of his NBA career.

We’ll have plenty more on Ray’s departure over the weekend and what it means for Boston’s 2012-13 roster (it’s not good).

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