Archive for August, 2010
Better Holiday For Sports: 4th of July, Christmas or Thanksgiving?
Where does it boil down? The national past time on the Nation’s Birthday, football at the Dawn of the Holiday season or basketball at it’s Pinnacle? Some people would say this is a no contest, but I think there may be some people that disagree, I am one of them and it goes deeper than [...]
Maine Red Claws Schedule Released
Growing up in Maine my entire life, we never had a professional team to get excited about or follow. In a way it was good thing because it helped me become a huge follower of New England sports. I am a diehard fan of the Red Sox, Patriots, Bruins, and of course the Celtics and [...]
Rasheed Wallace Definitely Retiring Accoring to his Agent
Shortly after last season came to its bitter end Rasheed Wallace announced he would be retiring. At the time everyone recognized that this was a good thing for the Celtics. Rasheed had been abysmal in the regular season and despite a few sporadic good performances in the playoffs there was no way he was deserving [...]
CLNS Tonight: Gary Washburn on Rasheed Wallace and More!
We have some very exciting news to announce! Celtics 24/7, Celtics Late Night Show, and Ginos Jungle are teaming up to bring you weekly podcasts! Last week, CLNS was nice enough to have me on their show as a guest and after some good Celtics talk we decided to partner up and bring their podcasts [...]
Positional Rankings: SG
1. Kobe Bryant (LAL) 2009-10 Stats: 27.0 PPG, 5.4 RPG, 5.0 APG, 1.6 SPG Kobe Bryant is a five-time NBA Champion, two-time NBA Finals MVP, 2008 Gold Medalist, 2007-08 NBA MVP, 12-time All-NBA selection, 12-time NBA All-Star, 10-time All-Defense selection, four-time NBA scoring champion and owner of the second-best single-game scoring performance in NBA history [...]
The 11 AMAZING Events of the 2010-11 Season That I Guarantee* Will Blow Your Mind
*By reading this you understand that I guarantee nothing because I am neither a psychic nor a svengali that can influence any change of the NBA season. Frankly if I get any of these right I will be exceptionally proud of myself, not only that I will be a better predictor of hoops then that [...]
The Miami Heat: Low Post Defense and The NBA Title
This is the third post in a series looking at low post defense and how it relates to teams wining the NBA Title. To read the first two post look here and here. I’m going to put this right here in the first few lines of this post. The Miami Heat are going to be [...]
Celtics 24/7 Poll – Vote or Die!
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Player of the Month
Celtics captain Paul Pierce has been named the Eastern Conference Player of the Week for the second time this season. Pierce guided injury-depleted Boston to four wins last week, averaging 21.8 points on 58.7 percent shooting (27 for 46) from the floor. Pierce also won the Player of the Week honor back on Dec. 20. It's the third time this season a Boston player earned the honor, with Rajon Rondo taking home the award for the first week of the 2010-11 season. Oklahoma City's Russell Westbrook earned this week's nod for the Western Conference. Celtics guard Ray Allen was also nominated for the East honor.
