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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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Game 27: Celtics (13-13) @ Nets (14-12) Open Thread


Boston @ Brooklyn
12:00 P.M. ET
Barclays Center
ESPN

Offensive Efficiency:
Boston: 101.1 points/100 possessions (17th)
Brooklyn: 103.8 points/100 possessions (10th)

Defensive Efficiency:
Boston: 101.2 points allowed/100 possessions (11th)
Brooklyn: 103.5 points allowed/100 possessions (20th)

Probable Brooklyn Starters: Deron Williams (PG), Keith Bogans (SG), Joe Johnson (SF), Gerald Wallace (PF), Brook Lopez (C)

View From The Opposing Bench: The Brooklyn Game

Injury Report: Kris Humphries (abdominals) is day-to-day. Chris Wilcox (thumb) is out. Avery Bradley (shoulders) is day-to-day.

Thumbnail: Happy Holidays! The C’s are the first of the five Christmas games and there’s plenty of intrigue to thicken today’s plot, starting with the potential for some holiday bloodletting between two teams that like each other less every time they play. Brooklyn agent provocateur Humphries is nursing an abdominal problem and may not take the court, the upside of which is that Rajon Rondo may not get suspended again.

We’re also formally on Avery Bradley watch, as he prepares to rise like a phoenix from Arizona, turn the Celtics’ season around and completely reshape the league’s idea of what perimeter defense is all about. Or something like that.

Spill some rum into your eggnog, watch that inescapable commercial about the special Christmas uniforms one last time and let’s do this!

Prediction: A Christmas Miracle!

Boston 102 Brooklyn 96

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