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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: Tweet

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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...

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SAS: Clippers could deal for Pierce, Garnett… and Doc?

Got your industrial-size grains of salt? Good. Stephen A. Smith dropped a wicked crazy rumor today when he...

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What Now? Analyzing The Future of Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett

A long draining season has come to an end. There has been very little time for reflection in the interim, since...

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Notebook: Reaction To Boston’s Elimination

With no Celtics games for another five months, this week we’ll turn our attention to a retrospective of the...

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Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Doc Rivers and Jason Terry Unfiltered on Game 6, Next Season and Their Futures

The dust has started to settle last night. The sixth year of a three-year plan came to an end at the TD Garden as...

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Game 6: Knicks (3-2) @ Celtics (2-3) Open Thread

New York at Boston 7:00 P.M. ET TD Garden ESPN/CSNNE Postseason Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 91.7 points/100...

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Payback: Looking For Game 6 Garden Redemption against The Knicks

We’re six years into the KG-Pierce era in Boston. 94 playoff games have been played by this crew. Countless...

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Video: Expanding Terrence Williams’ Role in Game 6

Calling Terrence Williams’ performance on Wednesday night a “revelation” would be an over...

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Kevin Garnett is Rebounding Like There’s No Tomorrow

The standout performances from Boston’s Game 5 win were numerous. Brandon Bass played stellar basketball on both...

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