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8 days ago

Rajon Rondo Reads Mean Tweets About Himself on Jimmy Kimmel Live

Despite all the rehab, Rajon Rondo is finding ways to keep busy this offseason. Just a couple weeks after appearing on E!’s Fashion Police show, the point guard was back on TV last night, in a fun segment on Jimmy Kimmel Live called Mean Tweets. In it, celebrities, or in this case NBA players, read [...]

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21 days ago

Why Are People So Eager To Trade Paul Pierce?

The whispers around Paul Pierce’s future with the Celtics continue to surface in the fourth week of Boston’s offseason. Unconfirmed report after unconfirmed report has circled in, stating anything from Pierce’s house being on the market, to the team being “likely” to buy him out. Locally, plenty of Celtics fans seem resigned to the fact [...]

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23 days ago

Terrence Williams Tells His Side of the Story on Arrest

It was a tough start to the offseason last week for Terrence Williams. After standing out as one of the bright spots on the Celtics roster late last season, he was taken into custody last week with the disturbing allegation that he pulled a gun during a domestic dispute with his son’s mother and her [...]

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24 days ago

Video: Rajon Rondo on E! Fashion Police

What has Rajon Rondo been up to this offseason beyond rehabbing his ACL injury? Rubbing elbows with Joan Rivers, that’s what. Just one summer after spending some time showing off his fashion sense in an internship with GQ, Rondo went one-on-one with Rivers on E’s Fashion Police, since well he has some time on his [...]

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25 days ago

Jason Terry’s 2012-13 Final Grade

  Acquiring any player, whether it’s via trade, free agency, or the draft, comes with an air of uncertainty. The NBA has no guaranteed covenant and all sales are final, no matter how talented, proven, or productive the player may have been in year’s past. But these memories—especially recent ones—often clouds the judgment of a [...]

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25 days ago

Why Is Doc Rivers Waiting to Confirm His Return to the Celtics Next Season? A Theory on The Wait

The waiting is the hardest part. At least that’s what the Celtics’ brass must feel like about their coveted head coach. A week after Danny Ainge confirmed to The Boston Globe that Doc Rivers would be returning to the Celtics’ bench next season, we’re still waiting for a direct word from the head coach himself. [...]

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Sunday Shoveling Notebook: Technicals Are Bad!

Two good things about living in a city during a massive snowstorm: 1) I don’t have a car anymore; 2) I live...

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Saturday Blizzard Notebook: Candace Parker Can’t Play in the NBA, Daniels is Out Till February and Sheed is a “Grown Man”

Shelden Williams may be receiving some unfriendly correspondence from David Stern, because he is not exactly on...

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Sunday Notebook: Pierce Wants to Stay, Rondo’s a Bad Ass and Ray Copes

• Quote of the day definitely goes to Rajon Rondo, who has this to say about the Brad Miller flagrant foul (via...

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Ray’s “Nothing But Net” Moment

Oh man, am I jealous of Kevin Arnovitz (of TrueHoop and ClipperBlog) today, because he just finished up watching...

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Saturday’s Don’t Worry Be Happy Stat

For all the hemming and hawing about the C’s rebounding issues, Boston still ranks 10th in the league in...

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Saturday Notebook: Hudson’s Value, Rondo’s J, the Bulls

It’s all about Rajon Rondo in the papers this morning, and the Herald’s Steve Bulpett has this...

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Gratuitous Wolf on Human Violence

You’re having a fairly calm Friday night, cleaning the apartment after dinner out with your girl, and then...

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Update: “Nolan Ryan Rondo” Aggravates Daniels Injury

The Herald’s C’s blog has an update on Marquis Daniels’ left thumb/hand, and apparently Marquis...

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Daniels Out Tuesday; Tony Allen Back?

Marquis Daniels apparently aggravated his left wrist injury in practice today and has already been ruled out for...

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Saturday Notebook: Talkin’ ‘Bout Practice (and Road Trips, and Kobe)

• Everyone is quite happy with the C’s 4-0 road trip, and we’ll get to this in a second. But I...

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