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Brad Stevens may not win Coach of the Year this season, but that day isn’t far off, according to writer Chris Mannix. In Boston, Stevens, 39 and without a whiff of NBA experience before taking the job, has a roster devoted to him. After two years of turnover, the Celtics have pieced together a solid [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. The crowd? The crowd loved it. The fight had returned, and the Celtics were back to their agitating, aggressive, energetic selves. Minutes into the fourth quarter, [...]

Remember the trade deadline in February, when Danny Ainge said he “came close” to making a trade but didn’t? And remember that so many Celtics fans were relieved because we wanted to keep budding star Jae Crowder? That may have been a rare case when Danny and the fans were thinking alike. That’s if a [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. We’ve waited all season for the answers to several burning questions, and now that Game 82 is here we will finally get those answers. The primary [...]

Before the Celtics played the Hawks in a game with huge playoff implications, Brad Stevens told his guys, “Play well. Same thing as yesterday … It isn’t anything different than yesterday. It’s 1 of 79.” Unfortunately, the standings now say differently. The Hawks pulled away in the fourth quarter to take this one, 118-107, and [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Isaiah Thomas has exploded onto the scene this year for the Celtics, leading his team to stunning wins over the Cavaliers in Cleveland and the Warriors [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. Standings update: 8 days to go.. 3 ATL 46-32 4 BOS 45-32 5 MIA 45-32 6 CHA 44-33 Reminder: Celtics last three games…@ ATL, Vs CHA, [...]

Al-Farouq Aminu averages 10.1 points and 1.5 three-pointers per game for Portland. He’s not the guy you worry about when facing a team that has a backcourt of Damian Lillard and C.J. McCollum. And yet it was Aminu who was the difference as the Blazers beat the Celtics, 116-109. Aminu scored a career-high 28 points [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. If the Celtics got to a point where they wanted to make a move on Russell, it would surely have to cost them Marcus Smart. Smart [...]

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here… highlighting the big story line. Because there’s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump. But listening to Thomas afterwards, he was about as excited about joining Bird in the record books as the best player in a game is when [...]