The team announced today that they have waived Darko Milicic. Darko’s mother is ill, and he has decided to go home to spend time with her and his family. “Darko has asked us to release him so he could deal with a personal matter,” said Celtics President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge. “The whole Celtics [...]
November 21, 2012 John - Red's Army Celtics News, Darko Milicic Darko Milicic hasn’t made up his mind whether he’s staying or going yet. But if he leaves, the Celtics don’t seem to be in any rush to fill his spot. “I don’t think we are in any rush to [fill the spot],” said Rivers. “If we see somebody out there that we think could help [...]
November 20, 2012 John - Red's Army Celtics News, Darko Milicic Darko Milicic is leaning toward leaving the Boston Celtics for season and returning to Europe to be with ill mother, league sources tell Y! — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) November 19, 2012 Darko was not with the team last night for personal reasons, and it appears those personal reasons have to do with the health of [...]
November 19, 2012 John - Red's Army Celtics News, Darko Milicic 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. “He works hard at his craft,” Pierce said. “It’s developing nicely over the years. I feel that with me, Kevin (Garnett) being around here, I’ve been a [...]
November 14, 2012 Nick Sannicandro Celtics News, The Morning Dump Greg Payne of ESPN Boston gives us our first look at Leandro Barbosa in Celtic green. Barbosa will not play tonight, as Greg tweeted, due to Visa issues. Also tonight we hear from CSNNE’s A.Sherrod Blakely that Darko will not play either. The Celtics do not want to “take any chances” with his injured wrist. [...]
“We told them before the (Brooklyn Nets) game that they were off (Saturday),” Rivers said of Pierce and Garnett. As for Bass, he is being held out as a precautionary measure after a right knee collision in the first half of Thursday’s win at Brooklyn. “If it were a regular season game, he would have played [...]
October 20, 2012 John - Red's Army Injuries When reports first surfaced about the Celtics interest in Darko Milicic, I was prepared to storm the offices on Causeway Street to make my point – Anybody but Darko. Sure, he’s a big body with p-p-p-otential, but I didn’t want my organization tainted by this laughingstock. Let’s just say I’m starting to come around. Celtics.com’s [...]
October 12, 2012 Chuck - Red's Army Celtics News, Darko Milicic 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. “I’m going to try it a couple of games,” Rivers said of Sullinger starting, “and then I’ll throw Brandon in and I’ll throw Darko in a couple [...]
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. The more Doc Rivers sees Darko Milicic, the more he appreciates the talents of the Serbian center. Milicic had nine rebounds and four blocked shots in 19 minutes Sunday against [...]
The Celtics weren’t about to become the first NBA team to drop both games in an NBA Europe trip. Rajon Rondo dominated the first quarter, the second unit pulled away in the second quarter, and then it was all a breeze from there in a 105-75 win. Here’s what stood out: Rondo, obviously, off the [...]