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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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Grazing the Rim

Don’t Call It A Comeback C’s erase 14-point deficit, go up 3-2. Starbury, C’s defense steps up...

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Van Gundy: “We Should Win This Series”

That’s what Stan Van (pictured above evaluating Rafer Alston’s shot selection) told the Orlando...

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Scal’s sick, Perk’s shoulder & Baby’s “Apology”

The Globe has a lot to report on the big man front this afternoon after the C’s morning...

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Should referees join the NBA’s Twitter fiesta?

How did we get to Twitter‘s vastly growing popularity reach the sports realm, specifically in the NBA? Did...

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Winning Without Threes

The Celtics beat the Magic on Sunday despite making just one three-pointer. How rare is that in the NBA? This...

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Is this a joke?

According to ESPN.com, the father of the fan who stood in Big Baby’s way after he hit the game winning shot,...

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Investigating Rondo’s Playoff Jumper

The Celtics as a team hit a couple big jumpers last night. You may have heard a thing or two about them. Yet,...

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The Morning “Big Baby” Links

‘Baby’ delivers the Celtics late: The Celtics set up nearly every option possible in a half-court set...

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Orlando’s Boys & Girls Club: Meet your worst nightmare

Big Baby > kid sitting courtside Comment of the night: The last play is an amazing testament to Pierce’s...

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OH BIG BABY!!!!!!

I could do without some of the mean-faced histrionics after the shot, but you can’t blame the young fella...

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