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8 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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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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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 23: Celtics (12-10) @ Spurs (18-6) Open Thread

Boston at San Antonio 8:30 P.M. ET AT&T Center CSNNE Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 103.4 points/100...

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Celtics-Rockets Grades

Boston Celtics 89 Final Recap | Box Score 101 Houston Rockets Kevin Garnett, PF 27 MIN | 6-12 FG |...

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Game 22/82: Celtics (12-9) @ Rockets (10-11) Open Thread

Boston at Houston 8:00 P.M. ET Toyota Center CSNNE/ESPN Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 103.9 points/100 possessions...

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Rajon Rondo, Kevin Garnett Top Early All-Star Voting Results

There’s still more than a month remaining for All-Star balloting, but the NBA released their first batch of...

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Celtics-Mavericks Grades

Dallas Mavericks 115 FinalRecap | Box Score 117 Boston Celtics Kevin Garnett, PF 40 MIN | 7-15 FG...

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Foul: Celtics 117, Mavericks 115

That was ugly and exhausting to watch.  I can only imagine what it was like to play in this game. The refs...

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Game 21: Mavericks (11-10) @ Celtics (11-9) Open Thread

Dallas @ Boston TD Garden 8:00 PM EST CSNNE/ESPN Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 101.58 points/100 possessions...

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Just How Much Is Boston’s Defense Improving?

“It’s been great, it really has been. We can’t string a streak of wins together yet, but you can feel us...

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