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Not long after a supposed cousin of Courtney Lee’s tweeted his congratulations for signing with the Celtics come word from Yahoo’s Marc Spears that the Celtics will acquire Lee in a sign-and-trade for JaJuan Johnson Celtics to acquire G Courtney Lee from Rockets in a sign and trade sending back F JaJuan Johnson, sources tell [...]

Alex Kennedy of Hoops World has an update – if you want to call it that: The Houston Rockets rescinded their qualifying offer to Lee last week, but the shooting guard may still return to the Rockets. The two sides have been in contact and Houston is interested in re-signing Lee once the dust settles. [...]

Via ESPN.com’s Marc Stein and Chad Ford: Sources told ESPN.com that the Rockets, if they go ahead with their widely reported plans to release starting power forward Luis Scola via the NBA’s amnesty clause, are prepared to absorb the contracts of Jason Richardson, Glen Davis and Chris Duhon — in addition to sending Orlando multiple [...]

Enjoy some photos from last night's crazy OT game vs the Houston Rockets. Ray=Butter GIF after the jump.. [...]

Anyone else develop an ulcer from that game? The Celtics beat the Rockets 97-92 in overtime in a wildly inconsistent performance. For most of the second half, the Celtics resembled The Walking Dead. Doc Rivers ordered up some full-court pressure and it snapped them out of their funk. Ray Allen's (21 points) three-pointer with 35 seconds [...]

Tip: 7:30 PM     Court: TD Garden   Watch it: CSN  Hear it: WEEI                            Referees:  Rodney Mott, Matt Boland, Haywoode Workman  Get your tickets here The Matchup Record: 19-17 (2nd Atlantic, 7th East) Record: 21-17 (4th Southwest, 8th West) At Home: [...]

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 were all told by the league he was a trade-able player, and now they’re saying that Dell doesn’t have the authority to make the trade?” said [...]

Twitter / @WojYahooNBA: Hornets working to finaliz … via kwout Starting a new post just to manage this a little bit better.  Let's see how this all shakes out.  [...]

It's common knowledge that the Celtics are in desperate need of another big man. The Sporting News' Sean Devaney reports Houston's Chuck Hayes is their top target: Celtics are obviously looking for a low-cost, banger to put at center. Top target, I am told: Houston's Chuck Hayes. Would be a good fit. Hayes is 6-6, [...]

For one night, we can put all this lockout talk behind us and escape through the wormhole known as NBA TV.  You see, that lockout is preventing NBA TV from showing any players from the past couple of decades.  And you know what, that's fine with me, because Celtics history is rich enough (and at [...]