>Garnett, Pierce on way out on night of NBA draft
BOSTON (AP) — 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 ArticleDoc Rivers: ‘Great run’ over
Doc Rivers was on the bench March 18 when a loud segment of Garden fans began roasting Ray Allen during his second return as a member of the Miami Heat. Rivers was as angered as anyone by Allen’s...
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 ArticleScore a point for Doc Rivers
The Clippers are coming off a 56-win season and have a real chance to own the city of Los Angeles. The Lakers are down. The Angels and Dodgers are in furious competition to see who can squander the...
View ArticleCeltics can't draft what they need: a new coach
WALTHAM, Mass. — The Boston Celtics aren't going to get what they really need with the No. 16 pick in Thursday's NBA draft. They won't be able to select a coach, unless general manager Danny Ainge has...
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 ArticleDeal out to dry Doc Rivers
The Doc-udrama has taken a new, and possibly fatal, turn. A league source told the Herald yesterday that negotiations between the Celtics and Clippers over the release of Doc Rivers from his contract...
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 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 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 ArticleCeltics Insider
Danny Ainge said last 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...
View ArticleEnd of era as Celtics rebuild without Pierce
Comment () Tweet By JIMMY GOLEN, Associated Press BOSTON (AP) — Letting Doc Rivers go to the Los Angeles Clippers was the first sign. Getting rid of Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett clinched it. The...
View ArticleGreen getting greener: Celtics youth movement now includes coach Brad...
BOSTON — The Green are getting greener. With aging stars Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce on their way to the Brooklyn Nets and Doc Rivers already coaching the Los Angeles Clippers, the Boston Celtics...
View ArticleNew C’s coach Stevens admits he’s ‘got a lot to learn’
WALTHAM — The process to find the next head coach of the Boston Celtics was supposed to be open-ended, without a deadline or a timetable in place when Doc Rivers left his post of nine years and headed...
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