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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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10 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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13 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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Game 2/66: Celtics (0-1) @ Heat (1-0) Open Thread

Boston at Miami 8:00 P.M. ET AmericanAirlines Arena TNT Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 104.0 points/100...

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Game 72/82: Celtics (50-21) @ Timberwolves (17-56) Open Thread

Boston at Minnesota 7:00 P.M. Target Center CSNNE Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 104.4 points/100 possessions...

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Game 49/82: Mavericks (33-15) @ Celtics (37-11) Open Thread

UPDATE: Kendrick Perkins will make his first start of the year in place of Shaquille O’Neal who is out with...

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Game 25/82: Celtics (20-4) @ Hawks (16-10) Open Thread

Atlanta @ Boston TD Garden 8:00 PM CSNNE/TNT Offensive Efficiency Boston: 107.2 points/100 possessions...

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Game 23/82: Celtics (18-4) @ Bobcats (8-14) Open Thread

Boston at Charlotte Time Warner Cable Arena 7:00 pm CSN Offensive Efficiency (Hoopdata) Boston: 107.1 points/100...

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Game 21/82: Nuggets (13-7) @ Celtics (16-4) Open Thread

Denver at Boston 7 P.M. ET TD Garden ESPN Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 107.1 points/100...

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Game 18/82: Trail Blazers (8-9) @ Celtics (13-4) Open Thread

Portland at Boston 7:30 P.M. ET TD Garden CSNNE Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 106.6 points/100...

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C’s-Wizards: 68% Shooting Made Depressing Somehow

Pace: 85 possessions (glacial) Offensive Efficiency: 134.1 points/100 possessions (2nd highest of any NBA game...

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Game 10/82: Celtics (7-2) @ Grizzlies (4-5) Open Thread:

Offensive Efficiency: Boston: 104.6 points/100 possessions (13th) Memphis: 102.2 points/100 possessions...

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