ESPN Boston’s Jackie MacMullan sits down with Celtics captain Paul Pierce to discuss the shortened season, the constant trade rumors, and if this is the last dance for Boston’s core:
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Apr
2012
Sunday conversation: Paul Pierce
This 2011-12 season was a tale of two halves for the Boston Celtics, a phrase I hate to turn because it is used by every slack-jawed postgame recapper. But it is so true in the Celtics’ case, and it is really the only way to describe what happened during the course of this season. The first half (15-17 record pre-All-Star break) had the team earning their moniker of “old” and general manager (more…)
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20
Apr
2012
Ray Allen Not Sure About Future With Celtics
Ray Allen has always been the 3rd member of the Big 3 and he’s been very professional about that. He also has had to feel the sting of being heavily discussed at a few different trade deadlines (reportedly almost traded just a few months ago – though the details of that report are being refuted by Ainge). So maybe it should come as no surprise that Ray seems like the least likely (more…)
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18
Apr
2012
Rivers: Allen trade was ‘scary moment’
BOSTON — Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers confirmed before Wednesday’s game against the Orlando Magic that the team nearly traded Ray Allen at last month’s deadline, dubbing it a “scary moment,” but suggested it’s in the rearview mirror for the player and team. Earlier Wednesday, Yahoo! Sports reported that the Celtics were close to a deal that would have sent Allen to the Memphis Grizzlies for a package that included O.J. Mayo (more…)
Read moreAlthough Ray Allen has played just one game in the TD Garden since the trade deadline, that’s one more than he almost would have played. Yahoo! Sports reported that Allen was involved in a deal that sent him to Memphis for OJ Mayo and a pick, but the deal fell through in the last second. Doc Rivers confirmed that report tonight. How close was the deal to being done? Celtics GM Danny (more…)
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18
Apr
2012
Report: Big Three nearly split at deadline
Joe Murphy/NBAE/Getty ImagesA Yahoo! Sports report indicates the Cletics nearly landed O.J. Mayo at the trade deadline in exchange for Ray Allen.A report Wednesday indicates that the Celtics were close to a Ray Allen-for-O.J. Mayo swap at the trade deadline. From Yahoo! Sports: As the NBA trade deadline lurched into its final hour a month ago, league sources say the call Ray Allen long feared had come: Boston Celtics coach Doc Rivers (more…)
Read moreOn one hand, it appears (so far) that Danny Ainge made the right decision to keep the team in tact at the trade deadline. On the other hand, if rumors like these are to be believed, that wasn’t his intent at the deadline. Celtics’ Big Three nearly split at trade deadline – Yahoo! Sports As the NBA trade deadline lurched into its final hour a month ago, league sources say the call (more…)
Read moreOn one hand, it appears (so far) that Danny Ainge made the right decision to keep the team in tact at the trade deadline. On the other hand, if rumors like these are to be believed, that wasn’t his intent at the deadline. Celtics’ Big Three nearly split at trade deadline – Yahoo! Sports As the NBA trade deadline lurched into its final hour a month ago, league sources say the call (more…)
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06
Apr
2012
The Dwight Howard Saga Just Gets Odder And Odder
Looking back, it sounds like Dwight Howard was willing to do anything, even sign an extension, in order to NOT be sent to the Lakers. New Jersey Nets nearly pulled off trade for Orlando Magic star Dwight Howard – NYPOST.com According to league sources who spoke on the condition of anonymity, Orlando brass got fed up with Howard’s yes-no-maybe posturing and threatened to trade him to the Lakers, not his desired location, (more…)
Read moreBlowing the team up at the trade deadline never made sense to me. The plan was clear. Let the boys have one more swing at it and break up the team in the summer. It was all very simple and straightforward. I was content enough preparing for a victory lap of a season and sending the Big 3 off with a big thank you ovation when they lost their last playoff game. (more…)
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