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10 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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10 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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11 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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12 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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13 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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Breaking: The Celtics are Old

But Matt Moore adds a little context for us over at CBS: How old are the Celtics in comparison to other title...

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Let the Ridiculous Mourning Officially Begin

The Bulls have signed Brian Scalabrine to a non-guaranteed deal, according to Yahoo! and a number of other...

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Erik Spoelstra and Rajon Rondo

Those who argue the five traditional positions are nearly obsolete look to the new Heat as evidence, and Erik...

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Rondo on Withdrawing from Team USA

Via Ric Bucher, who caught up with Rajon en route to Alcatraz, where Red Bull, one of Rondo’s endorsement...

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Who’s the Best Rookie Defender?

That was one question NBA.com asked 40 rookies during a photo shoot last month. The answer was...

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More on the Worst Rotation Players in Celtic History…

I’m a basketball junkie, but even I might have said no to this project: Finding the five worst rotation...

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Remember: There Was Another Way

As soon as I saw Chad Ford had given the C’s a relatively middling B- for their off-season moves, I knew it...

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Return of the “Rondo Is Stubborn” Meme

In discussing the ties between Nike and the U.S. national men’s basketball team, Adrian Wojnarowski of...

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Jermaine O’Neal on the Lure of Boston

Julian Benbow of the Globe has a very nice profile today of Jermaine O’Neal, one in which...

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This Will Probably Be Semih Erden’s Biggest Play of 2010-11

I don’t expect Semih Erden to contribute very much to the Celtics this season. He’s going to spend...

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