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Celtics

Can the Celtics go undefeated?!?

November 4, 2009

The Celtics' fast start has one person who follows them thinking history.

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Cavs lose the opener to Boston

October 27, 2009

Not a great opening night for the Cavs, who looked like a team still trying to find itself.
LeBron James called it a "transition period."
Coach Mike Brown said: "We will get better."
The cynic in me started to ask why Boson's transition seemed so much easier, but there is an easy reason. Boston's new guys — Rasheed [...]

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Another NBA free agent goes to a Cavs competitor

July 6, 2009

Well the Boston Celtics just got better. Rasheed Wallace for two years at the mid-level exception. I kind of wish the Cavs had done that, though clearly there is risk involved. Cavs GM Danny Ferry is very good at laying low until he finds the right guy, and there are guys available (Shawn Marion, Josh [...]

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Give the Celtics their due

May 18, 2009

I honestly thought Boston would win Game 7 against Orlando, because … well … because they're Boston. They were 32-0 in Game 7s and Red Auerbach and Bailey Howell and Don Nelson bouncing free throws off the roof and Paul Pierce claiming Red guided one in against the Cavs last season (rolling eyes) and all [...]

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Two things on the Celtics-Magic

May 12, 2009

1) Bib Baby apologized. End of THAT story.
2) The Magic sure know how to close out a game, eh?

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I share the father's feelings

May 11, 2009

I don't know about you, but if I were the father of this 12-year-old and my kid got shoved in the back by an NBA player like this, I'd have been upset too. Might not have gone to the media about it, but I'd have been upset. That being said, what's with the comments following [...]

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Beat the rush — hate the Celtics now

May 11, 2009

Norman Chad and I once worked in desks within close proximity of each other as part-timers at the Washington Post. Chad went to his gig, I'm writing here. He writes of the Celtics: "I am still scarred from a childhood of watching the Celtics get call after call and win title after title; the only benefit [...]

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An interesting take on the Celtics

April 30, 2009

I take no credit for the presentation. The link is here, on www.waitingfornextyear.com.
But I do enjoy it. Thoughts?
"According to the Celtics …

"This is disrespectful.

"(This) is being a good teammate.

"This is not a cheap shot. 

"This is a good play.
"Everyone got that? There will be a test."

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Rondo skates

April 30, 2009

Dwight Howard was suspended for his elbow, but the NBA didn't agree with me on the Rajon Rondo foul. They determined he was making "a basketball play and going for the ball after a blown defensive assignment by the Celtic team," the league's Stu Jackson said.
No tears in Chicago, where they're saying "Blame Michael Jordan." [...]

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The first conspiracy theory of the playoffs

April 28, 2009

The Boston Globe reported this about Boston's game in Chicago on Sunday: "An NBA source pointed out before the game that two of the referees were Chicago natives (Marc Davis and Dan Crawford). Kennedy also was involved in an incident with (Celtics coach Doc) Rivers during the Bulls' St. Patrick's Day win in which both [...]

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Checking in on Boston

April 19, 2009

Boston lost to Chicago, and Doc Rivers wasn't very pleased with the effort of his defending champs, who played Saturday as if Kevin Garnett's injury meant they wouldn't win even if they tried. The Celtics looked "like they really don't give a darn … "

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The deeper meaning of Kevin Garnett's injury

April 17, 2009

The fact that Kevin Garnett will miss the playoffs has been a much-discussed topic. Either that or there wasn't much to discuss with the NBA off until Saturday. The injury clearly hurts the Celtics ability to repeat (assuming, of course, Garnett does not have some kind of out-of-his-wheelchair, miracle, back-in-the-locker-room recovery the way Paul Pierce did last [...]

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Boston's Garnett probably will miss all of playoffs

April 16, 2009

Celtics coach Doc Rivers said on Boston radio today that Kevin Garnett probably will miss the entire playoffs.
"After watching him run, there's no way," Rivers said on WEEI. "So, we're going to move without him. And the way I saw him move today guys, I don't know if he'll be ready."
This is obviously bad news [...]

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Celtics gripe over Allen's suspension

April 15, 2009

Ray Allen's one-game suspension for elbowing Anderson Varejao in the you-know-what will cost him $193,000 (not $158,000 as I first reported). Allen called the elbow an "unfortunate incident."
Umm. Yeah.
Then he and Celtics coach Doc Rivers blamed everything on Varejao.
"If I get thrown down on the ground, whether you call it retaliation or protection – you [...]

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A critical view of the Celtics game on Sunday

April 13, 2009

Fox's Charley Rosen said the Celtics' performance Sunday was "inexcusable." As in: "Garbage time was in effect for about the last 40 minutes of the game. And the Celtics played just hard enough to avoid being totally humiliated. Yes, Boston had every excuse to go belly up, but the ease with which they rolled over [...]

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Here's what Ray Allen did to Andeson Varejao

April 13, 2009

No wonder Varejao was angry.

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On the Cavs: This was Gino last season in Boston

April 13, 2009

Did this insult anyone last season in Boston? I don't think so. It was irritating to the teams on the losing end, but insulting? Don't think so.

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The view from Boston on the Cavs having so much fun

April 13, 2009

Boston is a serious sports town, and the Boston media handles things quite well. So it was good to see that they did not make a big to-do out of the Cavs dancing on the bench in the fourth quarter of Sunday's blowout. Ray Allen didn't like it, but I really feel it was just [...]

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Cavs enjoy themselves again, and it's too bad if Boston didn't like it

April 12, 2009

Someone asked Mike Brown after the game if he worries that the Cavs' in-game, on-the-bench celebrations are becoming too much, whether other teams might resent them. The same person asked LeBron James if he worried that dancing and celebrating on the bench "disrespected" another team. No problem with the question. The guy who asked — [...]

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Kevin Garnett's status in Boston remains up in the air

April 6, 2009

The Celtics keep saying Kevin Garnett will be fine for the playoffs, that he'll play in Game 1 of the first series. No doubt he will. It's tough to keep a competitor like Garnett out of the playoffs. But Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo opines that there's a lot more uncertainty and wonder in Boston about [...]

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A Celtics item

April 2, 2009

The Celtics full expect Kevin Garnett to be ready for the playoffs.It's pretty important he return, just like it's pretty important the Cavs avoid a key injury these final games. Yes, insights like these are why you pay so much money for this frog.

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The Cavs are ever so close to the top seed in the East

March 16, 2009

Boston seems to have lost hope of gaining the East's No. 1 seed. The Cavs haven't clinched it yet, but it would take an epic collapse for Cleveland not to have home court advantage. A win over Orlando Tuesday night would only make things that much clearer. After Sunday's win, the Cavs are given an [...]

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Some wild finishes for the Cavs and at the MAC tourney

March 11, 2009

Nice win for the Cavs last night in LA. Yes it's the Clippers and you wish they'd have put them away early, but a win is a win is a win. A wise man once said that.

ESPN.com covered the Cavs pursuit of the overall home court playoff advantage. They also wrote about Mo Williams. Which [...]

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Looking back at the Cavs loss in Boston

March 10, 2009

It's been a few days, but a bout with dizziness (which thankfully seems to be subsidizing … I would not wish that experience on anyone) allows one to blend the past and present.
The Cavs loss in Boston was more than disappointing. Losses to the Celtics, Lakers and Magic have shown the formula for beating the [...]

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Marbury a boon to Boston?

March 3, 2009

Ian O'Connor does not seem to be a fan of Stephon Marbury.

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