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I often wonder what opposing teams, their beat reporters and bloggers are saying about the Celtics after playing the Celtics. Here’s a dose of ‘enemy chatter’ from Toronto. Caught the better part of this one on a stream which had Tommy Heinsohn mouthing off randomly. The man is the greatest example of why strokes should [...]

Led by Rajon Rondo’s 17 points and 6 assists, the Celtics toyed with and beat the Toronto Raptors, 81-73, in their preseason finale. Rondo started strong. 10 of his 17 points came in the 1st quarter. He was 3-for-5 on jumpers outside of 15 feet. Jermaine O’Neal was another starter who played well. He had [...]

Here's some shots of Celtics old and new from today's preseason contest that the C's won 76-75. There's an added-bonus after the jump for all the KG fans. Enjoy… [...]

Twitter / @celtics: Celtics preseason schedule … via kwout The Celtics announced their… ahem… schedule of preseason games.  Our first chance to see the boys play will be Sunday, December 18th against the Toronto Raptors at the Garden.  They then immediately wrap up their preseason with a game against the same Raps three days later. Woo! [...]

Remember a few years ago when Tom Thibodeau was getting a ton of interviews and no head coaching jobs?  That might be happening all over again to another Celtics assistant, Lawrence Frank.  After Frank was considered a finalist for every open job out there, someone else swooped in and got the job.  First it was [...]

Unless you're Phil Jackson, you rarely walk into ready-made winning teams as a new head coach.  You're usually walking into one hell of a mess because, obviously, the mess is what got the last guy fired. Well, the Detroit Pistons are one hell of a mess.  But Frank wants to be a head coach, so [...]

  I'm not gonna pretend Paul Pierce is on a Blake Griffin-esque run of putting people on posters… but he's dunked on a few people this year.  Channing Frye is just the latest.  Derek Favors knows   And of course there was the 2-for-1 in Toronto   I'm just sayin… don't sleep on our boy [...]

Now that a forward who shall remain nameless has been traded to the New York Knicks, teams are free to start making all the ancillary moves they've been waiting to make.  Most of these deals will be relatively minor and will fill holes in rosters… much like the Celtics are trying to do.  But just [...]

Did you miss the game last night? Are you wondering what the hell everyone is going nuts over Luke Harangody for?  Here… enjoy.   [...]

This preview is provided by Accuscore and is not written by any members of RedsArmy.com.  Predictions are based on computer simulations  The Boston Celtics are heavy 80.8 percent favorites over the Toronto Raptors. The Raptors are shooting 44.8 percent from the field which is significantly lower than the Celtics who are forecasted to shoot 50.7 percent. The [...]