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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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Around the NBA: Trade-a-Palooza

The NBA Trade Deadline, as we are all well aware of, came and went on Thursday afternoon.  All the Celtics did...

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Perkins Signs Extension with OKC

Well that didn’t take very long. The Oklahoman is reporting that Kendrick Perkins has signed an extension...

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When Is Jeff Green?

Syntactical silliness aside, I think the headline identifies the most telling question about new Celtics forward...

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Sunday Notebook: KG On Building Chemistry, Krstic’s Rebounding, Golden State Wanted Perk Too?

A few news and notes from around the web after the first win of the Green/Krstic era. We’ll start with some...

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Jeff Green & Nenad Krstic First Comments As Celtics, Update on Shaq, Perk Out 2-3 Weeks in OKC

Lots of news and notes to go through this evening, before the new-look Celtics make their debut tonight against...

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Bulpett: C’s Stars Were “Consulted and Aligned” About Trading Kendrick Perkins

There’s been plenty of fallout and mixed opinions in the past two days regarding the trade of starting...

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The Perkins Trade: An Offensive Move

“We’ve got to find ways to score, and no matter how great a defensive team you are, you still have to...

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Around The Interwebs: Reaction To Perk/Green Trade

Here’s a sampling of some of the reactions to the trade with Oklahoma City: John Hollinger of ESPN (Insider)...

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Ainge: Celtics Were Great Even Without Perkins

UPDATE: See second Ainge video interview after the jump. —- Danny Ainge was on WEEI tonight, talking about...

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Nate Robinson: Kendrick Perkins Was In Tears

Mark Murphy of The Boston Herald caught up with Nate Robinson this afternoon before he left the team hotel and he...

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