The Team

If you enjoyed 80s basketball, you’ll enjoy reading Grantland’s oral history on the Houston Rockets: The Greatest Team that Never Was.  Here’s something I didn’t know; Red Auerbach wanted Ralph Sampson to leave college early for the Celtics. Had Sampson obliged, Robert Parish and Kevin McHale might never have worn green. After Sampson averaged 14.9 [...]

We often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and bloggers are saying about the Celtics. Here’s a look at some enemy chatter from Washington. With 2:02 left in the overtime period, and the Wizards down, 93-92, Bradley Beal had the ball in his hands looking to make a play. He dribbled up the right [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump.  “You can’t speed chemistry up,” said KG. “I think the more practice, the more you get familiar with each other. There’s no hit the fast forward button [...]

Welp, the Celtics are still working in the new guys in and while it was ugly, they get their second straight win over the Wizards, 100-94 in overtime. It felt like a repeat of Saturday’s game as the Celtics come out strong to an 11-2 run and everyone getting a bunch of assists. Paul Pierce [...]

There is no Celtics player under a bigger spotlight than Jeff Green this year.  Or maybe it’s more accurate to say no Celtics player is under more spotlights this season than Jeff Green.  There are people watching to see how he returns from his heart surgery.  Others are looking to see if he lives up [...]

The Celtics defense right now sucks.  I mean… it flat-out sucks.  It will get better, but watching plays like this just make me want to vomit. I know it will get better, because the Celtics’ best defender will be back next month.  And there’s no way guys on the court can play lazy, terrible defense [...]

NOCTV is back with episode VI of “Jason Terry is a Celtic”. In the latest installment, JT tries his hand at parking cars before a Sox game near Fenway. You can also check out a playlist put together by NOCTV that shows Jet’s “favorite NBA highlights“. [...]

Via Mike Petraglia of WEEI.com Brandon Bass was asked after Monday’s practice how much of a challenge it will be for him to go from starting role to the bench and back. “That’s life, man,” said Bass. “You wake up, you don’t know what to expect. Sometimes it’ll be like that. You’ve just got to make [...]

Yep, that’s Rajon… teaching math.  Today he tweeted: Twitter / RajonRondo: Teaching freshman algebra with … via kwout Which of course, inspired a series of “Good Will Hunting” jokes.  Of  course, they apply, since I can totally see Rondo doing this (some NSFW language) I honestly have no idea if the math on the board [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big storyline. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. “We thought it would be a lot smoother, but it’s not always as easy as you think it will be. It’s good that we’re going through it. [...]