What Jeff Green did to the Suns tonight wasn’t nice at all. Let’s just say Doc picked the right game to rest KG and start Jeff. The Suns had NO answers for Green as he dropped 31 on 11 of 14 shooting in a 113-88 win. And that was just the start. Let’s get to [...]
February 22, 2013 John - Red's Army Celtics News, Recaps Folks, we have a true legend in our midst in this installment of “Celebrity Fan Friday”. Her name is Susan Sykes, but most know her as “Busty Heart”. Susan busted-out onto the scene during an appearance on CBS during the 1986 NBA Playoffs. This video is pure gold. You get to watch Danny Ainge tackle [...]
There’s a report out of Washington, DC that the Celtics and Wizards initially agreed on the inclusion of Chris Wilcox in the deal for Jordan Crawford. I can’t blame Wilcox for blocking the deal. One, he won’t get a chance at the playoffs in Washington. Two, waiving Bird rights could cost him money. [link] The [...]
February 22, 2013 Chuck - Red's Army Celtics News, Chris Wilcox 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 related to the deal for Jordan Crawford. BNIE: A. Leandro Barbosa wasn’t giving their second unit real punch when on the court, is out anyway and is expiring at the [...]
February 22, 2013 Chuck - Red's Army Danny Ainge, Enemy Chatter, Jordan Crawford Hearing that Celtics have former Charlotte big man D.J. White in their sights for 10-day deal now that White’s season in China is over — Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) February 22, 2013 White’s yet another under-sized big (6’9″)… but at this point, under-sized bigs are better than no bigs. White has had success at every level [...]
February 22, 2013 John - Red's Army Celtics News, Rumors 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. One of the obstacles in the way of the Celtics getting more things done is the fact they were looking at so many different types of deals, [...]
February 22, 2013 John - Red's Army Celtics News, Danny Ainge, The Morning Dump Celtics dropped the second game of their west coast road trip to the Lakers last night. L.A. prevailed 113-99 as the Celtics’ defense simply did not show-up. Boston is now in Arizona for tomorrow night’s game against the Phoenix Suns. Tip-off is set for 9pm EST. Now that the trade deadline is over, relax a bit [...]
A lot of rumors led to one piddly little trade, but it still left a lot of questions for the Celtics. What do they do now with the two open roster spots they have? What free agents might be out there? How does Jordan Crawford fit into the Celtics? Those questions and more will be [...]
February 21, 2013 John - Red's Army Celtics Stuff Live Source: Wizards guard Jordan Crawford will be traded to the Celtics. — David Aldridge (@daldridgetnt) February 21, 2013 I know, right?? It’s EXACTLY the big splash you’ve been waiting for. The Celtics are reportedly going to acquire Jordan Crawford from the Washington Wizards, in exchange for Leandro Barbosa Celtics will send the Leandro Barbosa expiring [...]
February 21, 2013 John - Red's Army Celtics News, Trades Trade deadline day started with a small tremor… a report from Chris Broussard that the Celtics are interested in Wizards shooting guard Jordan Crawford: The scale moved from small to mild when Yahoo’s Adrian Wojnarowski reminded us of the Celtics interest in the Hawks Josh Smith: “Darkhorse” doesn’t sound too promising, but it appears some [...]