Monthly Archives: October 2016

Scott Souza has the scoop. While the Celtics did retain the right to match any contract offer to Glen Davis through the qualifying offer, Ainge said the injury status of Leon Powe – who had reconstructive left knee surgery after tearing his ACL in the playoff series vs. the Bulls – was a determining factor [...]

Eddie House won't opt out of his deal.  He has chosen to come back to Boston for the last year of his deal. "It was a tough decision," Bartelstein said. "We went back and forth the last couple of weeks. But, when it was all said and done, Eddie loved his time in Boston, he [...]

I'm beyond excited to introduce The 8th Seed… a new, 8-man podcast that was born from the big "Blogs with Balls" weekend.  I joined Michael De Leon and Jeff Garcia from ProjectSpurs.com, Rey Moralde from The No Look Pass, Jared Wade of Both Teams Played Hard, Adam Best of Fansided and Glenn Moore of the [...]

This was unexpected. Pistons coach Michael Curry has been fired, the team announced Tuesday. "This was a difficult decision to make," Pistons president Joe Dumars said. "I want to thank Michael for his hard work and dedication to the organization. However, at this time, I have decided to make a change." This is one of [...]

The Celtics essentially have 3 open roster spots to play with this summer.  They've got $5.6 million in mid-level money to play with… assuming they spend the whole thing.  So let's start looking at ways to get 3 guys in here who can fill the voids we have.  I'm trying to use realistic salary expectations. [...]

Via the Boston Globe: “I’m not trying to get a bunch of money,’’ Marbury said. “I know Boston doesn’t have a bunch of money. I’m not seeking out teams with more money. I want to play for a championship-contending team. I can’t play for a young team that’s not in a position to compete for [...]

The Milwaukee Bucks are not going to make a qualifying offer to Charlie Villanueva.  That means that a 6-11 guy who averaged 16 points and almost 7 boards will be available.  I think it's a no brainer to pursue him… and hopefully we can afford him.  But I think this is one of those deals [...]

Via Adrian Wojarnowski of Yahoo! Sports: “The realization has hit them that this is grave,” one NBA general manager said. For now, the Rockets have privately told league peers it could be a full season before Yao might be able to return to basketball. Multiple league executives, officials close to Yao and two doctors with [...]

Danny Ainge held a conference call with the media today to discuss the new affiliation with the Maine Red Claws. He also answered questions regarding potential free agents, BBD, and Eddie House. On the free agent front, are there one or two guys we should pay attention to? "There's the July 1st type free agents [...]

We are about to enter a flurry of free agent action.  On Wednesday morning, we'll know how the restricted/unrestricted free agent pool shakes out and the offers will start rolling.  By the time our next call in show comes around (Wednesday, July 8 at 9pm with Jeff Clark of CelticsBlog.com) players will start to sign [...]