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9 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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9 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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10 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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11 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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12 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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Celtics Cut Jamar Smith and Dionte Christmas

The vast majority of preseason cuts come towards the end of October, which makes today’s developments a bit...

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Rookie Watching

As I watched the Celtics take on the Knicks on Saturday night I could not help but think about Iman Shumpert. ...

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Summer Forecast: Who’s #15?

Brian fielded the latest question over at ESPN Boston, this one on the prospective identity of the 15th man on the...

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The Celtics have a shooting guard problem*

The Celtics lost one of the game’s best shooting guards this offseason, and they have responded like any...

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Mickael Pietrus or Dionte Christmas?

Three years ago prior to the 2009 NBA Draft, I had two guys pegged as potential picks for the C’s.  It didn’t...

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Dionte Christmas Signs Partially Guaranteed Deal With Celtics

Dionte Christmas knew things were going well in Summer League in Orlando when the Celtics invited him to stick...

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Vegas First Impressions: Celtics Dominate Hawks in 87-69 Win

The Celtics kicked things off in Las Vegas with a bang Monday afternoon, shaking off a brutal offensive start in...

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