| Report: Celtics to exercise option on Rondo | Wed Oct 15 17:10:41 2008 EST |
| Boston, MA (Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics reportedly plan to exercise their option for the 2009-2010 season on point guard Rajon Rondo, an integral member of the club's championship run last season. Celtics general manager Danny Ainge told the Boston Globe on Wednesday that the club will exercise its $2.09 million option on the young point guard prior to the start of the season. Rondo and his agent told the Globe that they are happy about the decision, and hope to sign a long-term deal w | |
| Re-Branded Sixers are relevant again | Thu Oct 9 11:58:51 2008 EST |
| Philadelphia, PA (Sports Network) - For younger fans, the rivalry between the Philadelphia 76ers and Boston Celtics doesn't exist. For older fans, it's a different story. If you grew up as a Sixers or Celtics loyalist in the late '70s or '80s, you likely have vivid memories of the greatest rivalry in professional sports. If you think the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees' enmity is intense now -- you would have been captivated by Philly and Boston on the hardwood. You see, comparing anything | |
| Celtics re-sign Cassell | Mon Sep 29 19:46:03 2008 EST |
| Boston, MA (Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics signed guard Sam Cassell on Monday. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Cassell joined the Celtics last season after he was waived by the Los Angeles Clippers. He played 17 games with the Celtics and averaged 7.6 points and 2.1 assists per game. In Celtics' successful postseason run, he averaged 4.5 points and 1.2 assists in 17 games on the way to winning his third NBA title. The 6-foot-3, 185-pound Cassell, a 15-year NBA veter | |
| President Bush welcomes world champion Celtics | Fri Sep 19 18:16:01 2008 EST |
| Washington, DC (Sports Network) - President George W. Bush welcomed the NBA champion Boston Celtics to the White House on Friday to celebrate the team's 17th NBA championship. Bush spoke highly of NBA Finals MVP Paul Pierce, who led the Celtics to their six-game victory over the Los Angeles Lakers despite a knee injury. "Despite his knee injury early in the series, this team's captain Paul Pierce played with courage," said Bush. "You know, leadership comes in all different kinds of ways. Playin | |
| Celtics' Miles suspended | Fri Sep 19 17:00:24 2008 EST |
| Boston, MA (Sports Network) - Boston Celtics forward Darius Miles was suspended Friday by the NBA for 10 games after violating the league's anti- drug program. Miles, the third overall pick of the 2000 draft, is suspended without pay, and his violation of the program involved phentermine, which is classified as an amphetamine. A disappointment since being drafted by the Clippers, Miles has played for the Blazers, Cavaliers and Clippers and has averaged only 10.6 points and 5.2 rebounds a game d | |
| Celtics reward Rivers with extension | Wed Sep 10 10:46:35 2008 EST |
| Boston, MA (Sports Network) - The NBA champion Boston Celtics have rewarded head coach Doc Rivers with a contract extension. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but reports indicated it to be a two- year extension through the 2010-11 campaign for Rivers, who led the Celtics to their 17th NBA title last season. "We are pleased to be able to extend Doc's contract," said Celtics director of basketball operations Danny Ainge. "Doc molded a championship team last season through his leadership and | |
| Celtics sign first round pick | Tue Aug 26 09:48:11 2008 EST |
| Boston, MA (Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics signed guard J.R. Giddens to an undisclosed contract Tuesday. Giddens, the team's first round draft pick out of New Mexico, was the Mountain West Conference co-Player of the Year as a senior when he averaged 16.3 points and a league leading 8.8 rebounds in 33 games played. The 30th overall pick in the draft, Giddens is the first player from New Mexico to have been drafted by the Celtics. | |
| Celtics sign Darius Miles | Fri Aug 22 12:27:37 2008 EST |
| Boston, MA (Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics signed oft-injured free agent forward Darius Miles on Friday. Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. Miles, the former No. 3 overall draft pick in 2000 by the Los Angeles Clippers out of East St. Louis High School, has missed the last two and a half seasons after microfracture surgery on his right knee. The 6-foot-9, 235-pound forward averaged a career-high 14 points and 4.6 rebounds in 40 games for the Trail Blazers in the 2005-0 | |
| Celtics to begin title defense against James, Cavaliers | Wed Aug 6 12:56:12 2008 EST |
| New York, NY (Sports Network) - The Boston Celtics will begin their title defense on Tuesday, October 28 at home against LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers. The contest is the first of two featured on the NBA's 2008-09 schedule, which was released on Wednesday. The second contest of the opening night doubleheader, which will be broadcast on TNT, will feature the top overall selection in the 2007 NBA Draft, Greg Oden, and the Portland Trail Blazers as they visit reigning league MVP Kobe Br | |
| Nuggets sign Dahntay Jones | Wed Jul 30 17:54:19 2008 EST |
| . Per team policy, terms of the deal were not disclosed. The 6-foot-6 Jones averaged 18.4 points per game in five games for the Nuggets 2008 NBA Summer League team that finished 4-1. He spent time with the Sacramento Kings last season, appearing in 25 games and averaging 3.2 points per game. In his five-year career with Memphis and Sacramento, Jones has posted 4.9 points and 1.6 rebounds per game in 246 career appearances. He was drafted 20th overall by the Boston Celtics in the 2003 NBA Draft. | |
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