The LatestShocker: Red's Army predicts the Celtics will win Banner 18 this year. We've heard all the knocks – the Big 3 are aged, tired and worst of all – satisfied. Posey is gone and so is P.J. Brown. That criticism is legit. But the main reason why I believe the Celtics could/should repeat: what the C's gained in playoff... [More]
Jess Camerato reports from practice today that Paul Pierce jammed his right index finger. He's fine… but he won't be later: Stephen A. Smith is in Waltham to interview the Big Three for ESPN. Tomorrow's headline will be "Big 3 Out With Ruptured Eardrums." Why… Why does ESPN keep him around? By the way, Jess was... [More]
This thing is awesome. The Celtics showed a preview of their rings last night. They also let loose and, shocker, Glen Davis got a ton of laughs. What more can I write? Here are the links… and then you'll see two side views after the jump. Examiner: 2008-09 Celtics Primer | Globe: Plenty of fight in them ... [More]
For once. Kobe Bryant and I both want the same thing this year: A Celtics-Lakers final. "Of course, [I want Boston]," Bryant said. "If you see a guy that you fought at lunchtime and he knocked you out, oh, I'm coming back the next day. I don't want the little 4-foot guy. I want the big football player,... [More]
Pau Gasol is a strong offensive player. He's got skills. But as a 7-foot post player, he's ridiculously soft. Marshmallow soft. Goose-down pillow soft. So soft, he really cost as they got smoked by the Celtics. But that hasn't stopped Pau from saying this about himself on a Spanish sports site: "I think I'm a... [More]
Just a few days left before the banner is raised… and the defense of our title commences! Just figured you could use a reminder... [More]
It's announcement time! I've been asked to be the Boston Celtics Examiner for Examiner.com… which is launching it's Examiner Boston site. That just means I'll be covering the Celtics for them. For those of you regulars… on mornings when I've written something for them… I'll post the link here. Today is the first of those... [More]
It's time for third annual Red's Army Fantasy Challenge. Here's your last chance to enter: Go to Yahoo's fantasy basketball home and click "sign up now." It's right next to the picture of Paul Pierce… who is the Yahoo fantasy sports cover boy this year. Then join a custom league. The league ID# is 46226 The password is: bigthree... [More]
John and I left the Celtics/Comcast media luncheon this afternoon in awe. Two jackass-wannabes had the chance to break bread (and drink lots of free wine and beer) with Danny Ainge, Mike Gorman, Donny Marshall, Greg Dickerson and various other obscure members of the New England print and radio media. In the Q&A session with... [More]
It's time for third annual Red's Army Fantasy Challenge. Here's your first chance to enter: Go to Yahoo's fantasy basketball home and click "sign up now." It's right next to the picture of Paul Pierce… who is the Yahoo fantasy sports cover boy this year. Then join a custom league. The league ID# is 46224 The password is:... [More]
