“These past two games, I think have been teaching points for us. I can speak for myself as a starter, [we’d] been blowing teams out, so in the fourth quarter we’ve been sitting on the bench. So I think it’s good for us to go through these fourth quarters where we’re down 6. We’ve got [...]
November 16, 2009 RedsArmyAdmin Uncategorized Every Sunday, we go back over the past week and count down the best plays. Disagree with the order? Let us know in the comments. #5: Rajon Rondo goes coast-to-coast in 3.8 seconds against Utah #4: Rajon Rondo finds Kevin Garnett for the alley oop in traffic #3: Paul Pierce finishes the fast break with [...]
November 15, 2009 RedsArmyAdmin Uncategorized You'll find six Celtics players on the NBA all-star ballot: Rajon Rondo (G) Ray Allen (G) Paul Pierce (F) Kevin Garnett (F) Kendrick Perkins (C) Rasheed Wallace (C) The Celtics are the only team with two centers on the ballot. The game will be played Feb. 14 in Dallas at Cowboys Stadium. You can vote [...]
November 10, 2009 Chuck - Red's Army Uncategorized Woj has the numbers: Annual breakdown of Rondo's $55 million deal: '10-11: $9.09 mil'11-12: $10.04 mil'12-13: $11 million'13-14: $11.9 million'14-15: $12.9 million The $9.09 million help alleviate some of the luxury tax hit… but the C's can fill out a good roster next year. They've got 6 people under contract for sure (Pierce, KG, [...]
November 3, 2009 RedsArmyAdmin Uncategorized Chris Paul is pretty much regarded as the best point guard in the league. Rajon Rondo, however, doesn't seem to be impressed. At least… if you believe SI's Chris Mannix Kendrick Perkins just told me that Rondo said "Chris Paul has the stats that he has because he has the ball in his hands all [...]
November 1, 2009 RedsArmyAdmin Uncategorized Brilliant illustration from Boston Dirt Dogs (Via Loscy). Very fitting for Halloween, wouldn't you say? Why is this post called "part one?" Because Chuck is putting together "part two" as we speak… and I think you'll like it. [...]
October 31, 2009 RedsArmyAdmin Uncategorized We're unveiling yet another new feature on Red's Army. Every week, we look at the Big Three things happening in Celtics-land, good and bad, and we rank them… because everyone else is doing it and we're very easily swayed by peer pressure.On the way up 1: Our expectations - We all talked a big game, [...]
October 30, 2009 RedsArmyAdmin Uncategorized The Celtics outplayed and outclassed the Charlotte Bobcats, 92-59 in their home opener at the Garden. Leading by 11 at the half, the Celtics blew the game open by scoring the first 16 points of the 3rd quarter. Of course, I missed the entire run because I had to go upstairs and put the kids [...]
October 28, 2009 Chuck - Red's Army Uncategorized Via Jess Camerato at WEEI.com: Ray Allen left Celtics practice on Saturday after getting unintentionally elbowed above the left eye and knocked to the ground by Kendrick Perkins. Allen received stitches above his left eye. “The sad thing is it was a skeleton offense. There was no defense,” said Doc Rivers. “We run a [...]
October 24, 2009 Chuck - Red's Army Uncategorized Celtics.com recently put up their conversation with Kendrick Perkins… and one of the first questions is "who were some of the guys who were big influences in getting you to the NBA?" His answer is absolutely priceless. He drops KG's name immediately… which is understandable. Then he drops this gem: "Believe it or not… Eddy [...]
October 23, 2009 RedsArmyAdmin Uncategorized