Celtics let dust settle
Celtic Nation stood in the midst of devastation yesterday. Dust and smoke filtered up from the debris piles. For the first time in 15 years, Paul Pierce won’t be a Celtic. For the first time in six...
View ArticleA little down in the dunks
Few Celtics fans were happy yesterday that Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett are heading to Brooklyn, but most recognized that Danny Ainge’s blockbuster draft night deal was designed with the team’s...
View ArticleSource: Report of C’s/Mavs Rajon Rondo talks ‘ridiculous’
Danny Ainge said Thursday that he wasn’t trying to trade Rajon Rondo, and two league sources backed him up today in the wake of a report that the Celtics president was in discussions with Dallas about...
View ArticleSources: Rajon Rondo trade unlikely
Danny Ainge said Thursday he wasn’t trying to trade Rajon Rondo, and two league sources backed him up yesterday in the wake of a report that the Celtics president of basketball operations was in...
View ArticleGarnett, Pierce on way out on night of NBA draft
BOSTON The names that Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge didn't mention said all anyone needed to know about how he views the team's future. After trading up three spots to get Gonzaga...
View ArticleNets, Celtics Trade Nearing Completion, Would Send Garnett, Pierce To...
Kevin Garnett, left, and teammate Paul Pierce during the 2013 NBA Playoffs. BOSTON (AP) — The names that Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge didn't mention said all anyone needed to know about...
View ArticleIn trading Garnett, Pierce, Ainge ensures history doesn't repeat itself with...
NEW YORK—For the better part of two years, Celtics president Danny Ainge has been seeking to set up the franchise for the future. He was around in the late 1980s, remember, when Boston had Larry Bird,...
View ArticleNotebook: Ex-coach Doc Rivers sees trade as win-win deal
There was a touch of sadness in Doc Rivers’ voice last night when asked about the trade that had just taken apart his old team. Asked by an ESPN reporter about a complex deal that will send Kevin...
View ArticleDanny Ainge cleans up Celtics roster
Celtics ownership decided throughout the Kevin Garnett era that luxury-tax penalties were not a problem as long as the team contended. But for the first time in six years, the Celtics are facing a...
View ArticleCeltics move up to grab Kelly Olynyk
The Celtics’ two rumored desires coming into the NBA draft were a big man or backup point guard. They came away with the former last night after selecting Gonzaga center Kelly Olynyk with the 13th...
View ArticleCelts move up to grab Kelly Olynyk
The Celtics’ two rumored desires coming into the NBA draft were a big man or backup point guard. They came away with the former last night after selecting Gonzaga center Kelly Olynyk with the 13th...
View ArticleDanny Ainge won’t let these Celts grow old
The contrast was stark. Down in Brooklyn, the NBA was holding its draft amid beautiful staging and much ceremony. Here in Boston, Danny Ainge enveloped the Celtics in scaffolding. In less than two...
View ArticleC’s agree to blockbuster deal sending Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce to Nets
Reconstruction is no longer in the “This Old House” phase. Think Egypt before the Pyramids, or the day they tore down the old Boston Garden. Think about a Celtics team wiped clean of Paul Pierce and...
View ArticleTeaching point
The Orlando Summer League starts today, and Danny Ainge has a new coach to start putting together a fresh new plan for what in some respects is a new team as fresh as just-hatched chicks. The Celtics...
View ArticleFor the Boston Celtics, Draft Decisions Hinge on Uncertainties
COMMENTARY | Tonight, the NBA draft will surely bring many surprises and twists. Without much of a consensus on any of the top picks, the first round is one of the more unpredictable in recent memory....
View ArticleRajon Rondo the linchpin
As NBA general managers go, Danny Ainge is a tinkerer. Though he held onto the current Celtics era longer than anyone anticipated — remember that he would have brought back Ray Allen last summer if...
View ArticleDid the Boston Celtics Get a Fair Deal for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett?
COMMENTARY | After much speculation, the Boston Celtics have finally pulled the trigger on a complete rebuild. Many who believed that it was only a matter of time had their suspicions confirmed when...
View ArticleDanny Ainge plans on Doc
Doc Rivers is off on a golf course somewhere, pondering his future with the Celtics and asking for time to think. But that hasn’t stopped the Celtics coach from taking regular part in the team’s plans...
View ArticleAinge plans on Doc
Doc Rivers is off on a golf course somewhere, pondering his future with the Celtics and asking for time to think. But that hasn’t stopped the Celtics coach from taking regular part in the team’s plans...
View ArticleAinge’s roster hinges on Pierce-Garnett decision
Danny Ainge has stood here each of the last four seasons. The Celtics president of basketball operations’ choices date back to the summer of 2010, when coach Doc Rivers signed a one-year contract...
View ArticleVet Jason Terry forced to reassess
Jason Terry became a Celtic last summer with visions of deep playoff runs, and a chance to play for one of the game’s motivational greats in coach Doc Rivers. Now that Rivers is expected to join the...
View ArticleVet Terry forced to reassess
Jason Terry became a Celtic last summer with visions of deep playoff runs, and a chance to play for one of the game’s motivational greats in coach Doc Rivers. Now that Rivers is expected to join the...
View ArticleRajon Rondo first domino to fall in Celtics' transformation
In Paul Pierce’s mind, there were many factors that went into the dismantling of the Celtics roster this offseason. That chain reaction, however, may have started on Jan. 27, 2013. It was on that...
View ArticleRajon Rondo first domino to fall in Celtics transformation
In Paul Pierce’s mind, there were many factors that went into the dismantling of the Celtics roster this offseason. That chain reaction, however, may have started on Jan. 27, 2013. It was on that...
View ArticleRajon Rondo first domino to fall
In Paul Pierce’s mind, there were many factors that went into the dismantling of the Celtics roster this offseason. That chain reaction, however, may have started on Jan. 27, 2013. It was on that...
View ArticlePaul Pierce, KG know Boston return will be special
NEW YORK — Kevin Garnett let out a joyous laugh last night. He had finished his postgame press conference in the big room and gone back to the Nets’ dressing quarters when he was informed that,...
View ArticleAnticipation rebuilds for Celtics camp
The roster hasn’t been this undefined since the day before draft night in 2007, when Danny Ainge traded for Ray Allen. That deal, which sent Wally Szczerbiak, Delonte West and Jeff Green’s draft...
View ArticleDoc Rivers coming back to visit family
Now that the debris from Danny Ainge’s demolition project has settled, fences have to be mended. That even applies to members of the late, great 2008 NBA champions. Doc Rivers is willing to mediate...
View ArticleBig moves OK by Robert Parish
It has long been Danny Ainge’s belief that Red Auerbach hung onto the original Big Three one too many seasons before watching Larry Bird, Kevin McHale and Robert Parish all leave the Celtics without...
View ArticleYear in Review: C’s torn down for rebuild job
A year that began with hope among the Celtics that the team could squeeze one last hurrah out of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and friends turned into a slow tumble. Rajon Rondo tore his right ACL, Jared...
View ArticleC’s torn down for rebuild job
A year that began with hope among the Celtics that the team could squeeze one last hurrah out of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and friends turned into a slow tumble. Rajon Rondo tore his right ACL, Jared...
View ArticleFive Burning Questions for the Boston Celtics
COMMENTARY | For the first time in a while, the Boston Celtics will enter next season without Paul Pierce on their roster. Their long-time captain, along with Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry, were dealt...
View ArticlePaul Pierce, KG start new era today
Kevin Garnett’s insular tendencies have been enhanced and encouraged in this smartphone age. Even Paul Pierce ventured out last month, making what has become an annual appearance at the World Series...
View ArticlePerkins understands Rondo’s situation
Three days can be a long time in an NBA calendar, let alone three years. But even as Kendrick Perkins sat on the home team’s bench at the Garden during yesterday’s morning shootaround for the Oklahoma...
View ArticleDanny Ainge thinks only of C's future
Danny Ainge is always busy to one degree or another, but the Celtics’ president of basketball operations may be even more active than usual this season. He already has made two trades involving...
View ArticleRajon Rondo 'wouldn't mind' staying with Celtics
Rajon Rondo is the last star standing, the final link to the Celtics' recent championship past that has quickly eroded the past two offseasons. That fact left his future with the team in question,...
View ArticleNot caught up in hoop-la
WALTHAM — It’s the last of the firsts in a way tonight when Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett make their return to the Garden as members of the Brooklyn Nets. It seems like every few weeks there is a new...
View ArticleSad to go, Kevin Garnett embraces move
NEW YORK — The no-trade clause in Kevin Garnett’s contract ensured he could finish his career with the Celtics. But Garnett had no means to guarantee that the coach and teammates he won a championship...
View ArticleCeltics beat: Danny Ainge willing to deal if C's can land top player
PHOENIX — Reporters are the ones who are supposed to ask the questions, but front-office personnel from clubs around the league were getting in the first shot during All-Star Weekend and yesterday....
View ArticleRajon Rondo saga continues
The failure to acquire Kevin Love and the drafting of point guard Marcus Smart with the sixth overall pick has certainly led people to connect some dots on Rajon Rondo and his future in these parts....
View ArticleRajon Rondo thinking big, local
There haven’t been many bright spots in a Celtics season that stands at 23-55 with, mercifully, just four games remaining. But Rajon Rondo can see light at the end of this rebuilding tunnel — for both...
View ArticleTerry: Celts pair 'saddened' by departure
Kevin Garnett’s insular tendencies have been enhanced and encouraged in this smartphone age. Even Paul Pierce ventured out last month, making what has become an annual appearance at the World Series of...
View ArticleFunny, but Danny Ainge plan still same
NEW ORLEANS — There were three reactions when we read the report that sources are saying the Celtics plan to “swing for the proverbial fences” this summer. The mention came in a rundown of teams with...
View ArticleCallahan: Take chance on Kevin Love
It is a longshot, to be sure, just like the Kevin Garnett deal with Minnesota seven years ago. Garnett said he had no intention of coming to Boston one month before he agreed to come to Boston. Then he...
View ArticleSwing for the fences? That's always Danny Ainge's plan
NEW ORLEANS — There were three reactions when we read the report that sources are saying the Celtics plan to “swing for the proverbial fences” this summer. The mention came in a rundown of teams with...
View ArticleCeltics legend Larry Bird heaps praise on Rajon Rondo, Danny Ainge
INDIANAPOLIS — Larry Bird is still watching. Not as much as he used to, now that he’s back in charge of the Pacers, but he’s still aware of what the Celtics are up to. And as his old team goes through...
View ArticleBuckley: Rajon Rondo latest to leave Boston
Rajon Rondo is a fine basketball player who has an eye for the spotlight, if not always the basket. He’s a flashy player who brings added sizzle to the biggest of the big games, and now he’s headed to...
View ArticleAs always, Rajon Rondo topic of discussion
Danny Ainge was flustered. With training camp a week away, Rajon Rondo’s murky Celtics future is as natural a conversation item as which pumpkin looks best on the porch. But the Celtics director of...
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