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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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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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Doc, Pierce, Garnett and Terry Get the Day Off At Practice

Chris Forsberg of ESPNBoston.com was on the scene today in Waltham for a C’s open practice after Boston took the day off Saturday. Despite the day of rest, some additional downtime was in order for key veterans today and even the head coach as Forsberg explains:

Coach Doc Rivers and his family made the trek up to Portland to watch eldest son Jeremiah play for the Maine Red Claws with the D-League season winding down. The team’s 35+ club of Paul PierceKevin Garnett and Jason Terry were in attendance for the session, but were told to stay off their feet as much as possible as Boston enjoys a three-day break before playing in Philadelphia on Tuesday. 

“Doc has contacted everyone, we know what he wants to run, what we have to do as far as the offense, defense, running through plays and repetition,” said assistant coach Armond Hill, tasked with Rivers’ unenviable media responsibilities. “We’re trying to get the young guys, the new guys to understand what we’re looking for in a play. And repetition is the only way, so we have to keep going over and over and over. 

“Everybody’s going to be here, we’ll go through some shooting drills, go through our drills. [Rivers] wants to rest KG, Paul and JET, then everyone else goes through the practice.” 

Hill joked that the veterans can do whatever they want during the session (“The most important thing is they’ll be off their feet”) and they all quickly disappeared into the back to lift weights or get treatment.

With a back-to-back looming later this week, count me among those who feel like the added downtime is a good idea. Head on over to over at ESPNBoston.com.

After taking a little bit of the Sunday to unwind after finishing up the MIT Sloan Analytics Conference the past two days, we’ll e back at you guys with more news and analysis at the Hub later tonight.

 

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