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9 days ago

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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Celtics Pursuing Courtney Lee from Houston

Now that Ray Allen has left Boston for not-as-green pastures, Marc Stein reports that Danny Ainge and Doc Rivers are making a run at Rockets SG Courtney Lee as a potential replacement. Doc met with him Saturday night. Boston can’t afford to sign Lee as a free agent, but Houston has demonstrated a willingness to send Lee to Boston in a sign-and-trade deal. Hey, Daryl Morey: any interest in four years of a below-average shooting and rebounding SF?

The Timberwolves, Hawks, Pacers, Mavs, and Suns are all also in the market for Lee’s services, but the story about the Celtics’ interest is currently the number-five ESPN.com headline, territory normally reserved for Tiger losing a non-major or a blind high school football player kicking a field goal. Lee’s a worthwhile target because he’s only 26 and can hit 40% of his threes, gives good defense and operates well without the ball. He’s not Ray, even Ray at age 37, but he’s priced accordingly. He’d also work pretty well off the bench alongside a creator like Jason Terry and a whatever-Jeff-Green-is like Jeff Green.

The question is how the Celtics could actually end up with him: Ainge has plenty of young tradeable assets to offer, but Houston just ended up with three first-rounders and probably aren’t desperate to carry more on their roster. Looking elsewhere on the roster, Avery Bradley appears to be about Lee’s equal in value at the same position and a much lower price, and the rights to Nenad Krstic aren’t lighting up the phones like they used to. Ainge could always offer future picks, but those eventually start coming in handy when two of your stars turn 38 and 39 and they’re still on your books. Maybe Kevin McHale could help out with this one?

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