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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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Celtics Interested in DaJuan Blair?

Danny Ainge has a lot of work to do in the coming weeks. In addition to filling a gap in the Boston backcourt, the C’s are also in need of another useful body in the front court, preferably someone who can help in the rebounding department with Jared Sullinger sidelined. That’s why it did not come as a complete surprise to see Chris Broussard of ESPN.com report the Celtics’ interest in 23-year-old DaJuan Blair:

 

Blair has been in and out of the rotation all season for the Spurs, averaging 5.2 ppg and 4.0 rpg for San Antonio in 39 games on 48% shooting, a career low for him. He’s undersized at 6-7, but rebounds well for his position with strong rates on both the offensive and defensive glass in the rebounding department. Defensively, his size and lack of speed make him a bit of a liability.

He’s also in the last year of his deal for the Spurs, earning 1.5 million dollars this season. Could the C’s use him? In a heartbeat. The bigger question is whether they have anything useful to offer the Spurs. Despite being left on the bench in most games, Blair is a pretty useful NBA player that San Antonio isn’t going to give away.

Knowing this, the C’s are very limited in what they could offer. For salary matching purposes, they could offer Barbosa, along with a second round pick and throw some cash in as well, but I’m not sure that’s enough to get San Antonio to bite. I doubt Danny is ready to give up on Fab Melo so early so he’s off the table in a deal for Blair and virtually everyone else on the C’s roster is needed, given how few healthy bodies the team has right now.

All things considered, while the C’s may be asking for Blair, I don’t think they have enough assets they are willing to do to get something done, unless San Antonio is only looking for some cash in a deal.

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