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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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Classic Box Score: Down Goes Lebron James and the Cavs

No team from the Eastern Conference has taken down LeBron James in the postseason for a couple seasons now. Well,...

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Doc Rivers Talks Free Agent Possibilities, Garnett Retirement Talk, and Delonte West

Doc Rivers had his regularly scheduled appearance on Dennis and Callahan this morning on WEEI-FM 93.7, one day...

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Danny Ainge Admits Celtics Are Looking At Signing Delonte West

Danny Ainge took part in his weekly interview on WEEI-FM 93.7 this afternoon with Glenn Ordway and Michael Holley....

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Shelvin Mack Is A Strong Candidate to Sign With C’s, Delonte West Ruled Out

Plenty of buzz out there from national writers as well as Celtics beat guys about the team’s possibility...

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The Benefits of a Celtics Roster Set In Stone

Roster turnover is a reality on most NBA teams. Contracts expire, valuable chips are traded, rookies are drafted,...

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Miami-Boston: Why This Year Will Be Different

“I love where we are at. I told them after the game, ‘This is exactly where we thought we would be, and...

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No Moral Victories: Celtics 85, Mavericks 90

ESPN Box Score • The Two Man Game • Mavs Moneyball Offensive Efficiency: 90.4 points/100 possessions (second...

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Delonte Does Dallas

…you knew that headline was coming.  Sorry. According to Tzvi Twersky of SLAM Magazine, the Dallas...

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Monday Practice Notes: Chris Wilcox Signed for MLE, Jeff Green Having Issues with Physical

Plenty of news from Waltham here as the C’s just wrapped up their fourth day of training camp. A few key...

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C’s Free Agency: An Overview and Who Gets The 3 Million Mid-Level?

So the Chris Paul trade speculation is over, for now anyway.We’ll have plenty more on the hysteria around...

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