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One of the great Boston traditions and experiences is attending the Fourth of July fireworks event at the Hatch Shell.  Alongside the esplanade of the Charles River, the Boston Pops play glorious music to go along with a majestic display of fireworks, celebrating the birth of our country.  For the Boston Celtics, and the entire [...]

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. There figures be plenty going on in the next few days that will go a long way to determine how the Celtics look when the 2010-11 season [...]

Leave it to Fitzy to sum things up nicely. Thanks, brother. [...]

Yahoo! Sports Adrian Wojnorowski reports that the Celtics are targeting Brad Miller and re-signing Ray Allen as their two main free agents this summer. The Boston Celtics have targeted center Brad Miller to sign in free agency, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. Miller and guard Ray Allen are expected to be the Celtics’ two top priorities in summer [...]

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. Allen offers prolific 3-point shooting, a commodity teams always covet in free agency. Like [Reggie] Miller, Allen creates space to get his shot off by darting around [...]

The Blazers just traded for Ryan Gomes… but they're not going to keep him. Team president Larry Miller said the Blazers will probably release newly acquired forward Ryan Gomes in order to avoid taking on the remaining three seasons of his contract. The team has until Tuesday to make a decision, but Miller said he [...]

UPDATE:  I'm a complete moron.  Here's the deal:  There are these things called cap holds… which essentially tie up cap space until you re-sign whomever you may be re-signing with bird rights.  So the Celtics, no matter how much we like to slice and dice this… are over the cap.  It's my own fault for [...]

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. Against my strong suggestion — and I have been wrong before, believe it or not — the Celtics chose youth, a Russell Westbrook-clone who can play both [...]

Via Mark Murphy of the Herald “We’re not trying to move up,” said the Celtics president of basketball operations, seemingly putting to rest a prevalent rumor that the team was attempting to package the 19th pick and Kendrick Perkins in an attempt to move into lottery range. Instead, Ainge said, he is open to either [...]

Since the draft is tonight, it's always fun to take a look at the various mock drafts. The latest mock from ESPN's Chad Ford (insider access only) has Avery Bradley from Texas falling to the C's. Analysis: Danny Ainge has been shopping this pick, but if he stays here, Damion James, Eric Bledsoe, Solomon Alabi and [...]