The Boston Celtics are keeping the band together. The off-court band, that is. After tying for the third-best record in the Eastern Conference, the Celtics have announced extensions for team president Danny Ainge and head coach Brad Stevens. The announcement came via the team’s official website: The Boston Celtics announced Wednesday that they have extended [...]
When it comes to the Boston Celtics’ haircut game, head coach Brad Stevens doesn’t hesitate to give his stamp of approval. Talking with Brian Robb for Bleacher Report, Stevens refused to choose a player with whom he would trade hairdos. He did, however, indicate he was proud of his team for acing the barbershop test: [...]
February 3, 2016
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The Boston Celtics are, on paper, one of the NBA’s most intriguing teams heading into 2015-16. This is both a good and bad thing. The Celtics are intriguing because they’re so damn deep, and that’s good. But that leaves head coach Brad Stevens with the task of deciding whom to play, and that’s a steep [...]
October 12, 2015
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JaVale McGee to the Boston Celtics? He wouldn’t. Not with him ostensibly negotiating a buyout with the Philadelphia 76ers just so he could play on a postseason-bound team. And they wouldn’t. Not with McGee’s track record, a resume rife with injuries, conditioning issues, inconsistent play and, at times, apparent mental lapses. Well, McGee would. And [...]
March 5, 2015
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Rajon Rondo is back. Almost. The Boston Celtics All-Star point guard has been sidelined since the middle of last season with an ACL injury, and his return has been uncertain. According to the Boston Globe‘s Baxter Holmes, however, that’s on the verge of changing. A source told Holmes that Rondo is dunking again in practice [...]
November 26, 2013
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The Boston Celtics don’t need to send Rajon Rondo anywhere. Apparently. Much has been made of Boston’s decision to hire analytic-guru and rookie head coach Brad Stevens, no conjecture more powerful than that which questions Rondo’s future in Bean town. After watching the Celtics trade away Kevin Garnett, Doc Rivers, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry, [...]