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8 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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8 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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9 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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9 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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10 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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11 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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Olympic Basketball Preview

The C’s won’t be playing any games for the next couple months, but that doesn’t mean the...

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Why A Rondo-Gasol Trade Makes Sense

Rumors of alleged Boston interest in moving Rajon Rondo (plus parts) for Pau Gasol were again floating around...

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….it’s not every day you use TWO bad puns in a headline that don’t really make sense!...

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Around The NBA: Hornets Didn’t Get Enough?

David Stern voided the big 3-team deal in the NBA last night involving the Lakers-Hornets-Rockets. Apparently the...

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Not So Fast: NBA Kills CP3 to Lakers

So, this just happened: More to...

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Woj: Paul to Lakers in Three-Team Trade with Rockets

WOJ CORRECTION: Now it’s Paul to Lakers, Gasol to Rockets, and Odom, Goran Dragic, Kevin Martin, and Scola...

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Rumor Minutiae: Lakers Could Deal for Paul Via Houston, East Rivals Beef Up

Mannix and Amick over at Sports Illustrated are twitting that LA’s working on a deal to get Chris Paul in...

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Around the NBA: What Should The Lakers Do Now?

The joy and satisfaction that Celtics fans felt after watching the Lakers get swept was short lived, thanks to the...

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Talkin’ All-Star Weekend Blues

All-Star Weekend is a drag. Every season as it approaches, I study the calendar’s five-day stretch absent...

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