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5 days ago

Terrence Williams Arrested on Gun Charges, Following Domestic Dispute

Terrence Williams was on the verge of coming back to the Boston Celtics next season after being one of the few bright spots of the Celtics’ postseason. Now, that journey is just an afterthought. According to a report from the Kent Reporter, a newspaper in Williams’ home state of Washington, the point guard was arrested yesterday [...]

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7 days ago

Kevin Garnett Will Avoid Foot Surgery

As we await Kevin Garnett’s decision about whether or not he will play a 7th season with the Boston Celtics, an important physical limitation has been avoided for the big man. After laboring through the last couple months of the season with a foot/ankle injury, which caused him to miss much of the regular season, [...]

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8 days ago

Danny Ainge is Waiting on Talking Future with Kevin Garnett

Yesterday was a good day in Boston. We found out Doc Rivers would definitely be coming back as a head coach, the Bruins won in overtime, and the Sox had a big comeback as well. As the first big decision of the Celtics offseason came in though, a brighter light begins to shine down now [...]

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9 days ago

Jeff Green’s 2012-13 Final Grade

Unless we’re discussing the eight or nine best players in the world, it’s impossible to separate a contract’s price from a player’s expectations, value, and overall performance. Jeff Green is the manifestation of this theory. In August he was guaranteed $36 million over four years, even though he didn’t play a single game during the [...]

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10 days ago

Painful Reminders (Part I): The Celtics Drafted JaJuan Johnson Instead of Jimmy Butler

On June 23rd, 2011, Brian Robb and I stood around a high top bar table in Tommy Doyle’s in Kendall Square.  Before us lay one of the biggest mounds of buffalo chicken wings I had ever endeavor to make disappear.  These 25 cent flappers- one of the few indulgences afforded to the participants of our [...]

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10 days ago

Chris Wilcox: 2012-13 Final Grade

There are a number of contextually-appropriate ways to craft this post. One would be to forgo words entirely, and represent Chris Wilcox’s entire season with a series of videos. That would involve one part of this: For every eight parts of this: Note the headline on that second clip. Someone was so amused/enraged by Wilcox’s [...]

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Avery Bradley’s Rip List Is Pretty Impressive

Avery Bradley has played just 33 regular season games this season. Yet it can be argued his defensive impact in that timespan make him a candidate for the NBA’s all-defensive team at the very least. We’ve covered the effect at CelticsHub he has had in helping to re-shape and improve Boston’s 3-point defense over the past couple months, but his ability to create ball pressure and turnovers is where he shines even more.

Chris Forsberg of ESPNBoston.com ran with that knowledge and created a fun list, which he called the rip list. Remember these are all of Bradley’s victims in just 33 games this season. Imagine what he could do with a full 82.

Introducing the Rip List.

Jason Kidd, Goran Dragic, Greivis Vasquez, Jimmer Fredette, Ty Lawson, Kemba Walker, Gerald Henderson, Nate Robinson, Damian Lillard, Earl Watson, Jarret Jack, Jeff Teague, Russell Westbrook, and Kyle Lowry.

It’s an impressive index of NBA playmakers who all have one common thread: They’ve been picked clean by Celtics guard Avery Bradley this season.

And if you don’t mind a little clutter to your on-court pickpockets, you can add Josh Smith, Luis Scola, Brandon Knight, Tyson Chandler, Kenneth Faried, Jimmy Butler, James Harden, Dwyane Wade, and Mario Chalmers to that list. Kobe Bryant got baited into a turnover, while Steph Curry managed to escape a mugging with his lunch money — barely.

In 33 games this season, Bradley has produced 41 steals. Those 1.2 swipes per contest won’t put him among the league leaders, but it’s how he generates his thefts: hounding or baiting some of the league’s top ball-handlers — often before the midcourt stripe — and picking them clean for easy transition buckets.

To check out the full piece by Forsberg CLICK HERE.

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