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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 Miami. Last week, KG made headlines for his comment about “not having Ray Allen’s number anymore.” Naturally, the media sought Ray’s reaction to KG’s comment. “That’s a shame,” Allen said. “I’m a good [...]

We’re down to the final four top plays of 2012.  Today’s matchup features two plays from the C’s starting back court (well, once everyone has returned from injury).  Is this when Rondo gets unseated? #1 Seed: Rondo’s Sick Spinning Pass vs Warriors: In the midst of a season-long west coast road trip, Rajon Rondo executed perhaps [...]

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 day that Houston [withdrew its offer], I honestly was walking down the street in Winter Park, I saw [Lee] across the street, and I commandeered him,” [...]

Ray Allen said ankle issue likely will be ongoing throughout the season, something he will have to manage. He said he never wanted to let on publicly how serious it was last season in Boston. Ira Winderman (via PBT) Well, well, well… “ongoing throughout the season,” huh? That doesn’t sound very good for the Miami [...]

Your votes have sent Rajon Rondo’s Nike Foamposite “Galaxy” to the final poll. They beat out another great shoe, KG’s Anta “KG2″ MLK Day, by receiving 57% of your votes. Here are the next 2 pairs of kicks trying to make the final round: 5) Rajon Rondo Nike Huarache 2K4 p.e. Rondo loves his Huaraches. [...]

I’m not quite sure how to react to this video.  I guess even journeymen NBA players are in phenomenal shape.  I know if i tried to do any of these things, I’d need a defibrillator. Maybe this is part of Darko doing whatever it takes to help and change his rep. “I’m done trying to [...]

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. “Well we have continuity,” said Garnett. “Obviously, you’ve got to keep it continuous and stay consistent with it. But, for the most part, we’re hanging out, we’re [...]

A very creative Celtics fan put together this video set to PSY’s “Gangnam Style”. It features Shaq, Big Baby, the Celtics Dancers and other Celtics-past and present. Enjoy: [...]

So the first practice is out of the way and what we should be doing now is practicing restraint, knowing this is just day one of  more than 200.  We should be considering thing that happen now to be neither too great nor (short of injury) too devastating. That ‘s what we should be doing. What [...]

Another Media Day has come and gone, and as usual, we saw some sweet kicks. Veterans like Paul Pierce brought out some great shoes, as did newcomers like Courtney Lee. Here’s Paul in his Nike “P2 V” from the 2008-09 season. They feature a replica of his “Gift/Curse” tattoo on them. We also saw Jeff [...]