Darko Milicic

The team announced today that they have waived Darko Milicic.  Darko’s mother is ill, and he has decided to go home to spend time with her and his family. “Darko has asked us to release him so he could deal with a personal matter,” said Celtics President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge. “The whole Celtics [...]

Darko Milicic hasn’t made up his mind whether he’s staying or going yet.  But if he leaves, the Celtics don’t seem to be in any rush to fill his spot. “I don’t think we are in any rush to [fill the spot],” said Rivers. “If we see somebody out there that we think could help [...]

Darko Milicic is leaning toward leaving the Boston Celtics for season and returning to Europe to be with ill mother, league sources tell Y! — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojYahooNBA) November 19, 2012 Darko was not with the team last night for personal reasons, and it appears those personal reasons have to do with the health of [...]

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. “We played extremely well the night we got our ring,” said Rivers. “We beat Cleveland in front of LeBron, so I think this is LeBron’s payback that [...]

Scott and I are back from today’s Celtics Open Practice, and I have to say I was impressed. First I need to give a huge shout to all the fans that came out. For a rainy Sunday morning, the place was packed. We arrived about 45 minutes before the Garden opened, and the building was [...]

Greg Payne of ESPN Boston gives us our first look at Leandro Barbosa in Celtic green. Barbosa will not play tonight, as Greg tweeted, due to Visa issues. Also tonight we hear from CSNNE’s A.Sherrod Blakely that Darko will not play either. The Celtics do not want to “take any chances” with his injured wrist. [...]

The Celtics lost their preseason game at the XL Center to the New York Knicks in OT, 98-95.  Both teams used their rookies and reserves to play out the final quarter and OT.  Although the game resulted in a loss, there were a handful of highlights.  Take a look below and check some of them [...]

When reports first surfaced about the Celtics interest in Darko Milicic, I was prepared to storm the offices on Causeway Street to make my point – Anybody but Darko. Sure, he’s a big body with p-p-p-otential, but I didn’t want my organization tainted by this laughingstock. Let’s just say I’m starting to come around. Celtics.com’s [...]

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 more Doc Rivers sees Darko Milicic, the more he appreciates the talents of the Serbian center. Milicic had nine rebounds and four blocked shots in 19 minutes Sunday against [...]

The Celtics weren’t about to become the first NBA team to drop both games in an NBA Europe trip.  Rajon Rondo dominated the first quarter, the second unit pulled away in the second quarter, and then it was all a breeze from there in a 105-75 win. Here’s what stood out: Rondo, obviously, off the [...]