http://www.celticsnews.com Boston Celtics NBA Blog with Celtics news, commentary and general opinion on the Boston Celtics Fri, 22 Jan 2010 20:39:37 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Last game: Jan 20, Detroit Pistons 92 - Boston Celtics 86 Next game: vs. Portland Trailblazers, Jan 22 7:30pm ET http://www.celticsnews.com/Boston-Celtics/quick-look/ The Celtics are back to playing elite defense with the anchor Kevin Garnett back from injury. Ray Allen and Paul Pierce are doing all the heavy lifting on offense right now as Garnett works his way back and Rasheed Wallace and Marquis Daniels define their roles. Rajon Rondo just inked ... http://www.celticsnews.com/Boston-Celtics/the-defense-is-back/ The Celtics are built to regain the title they won in 2008. The additions of Rasheed Wallace and Marquis Daniels give Boston even more depth and a chance to cut down the minutes of Ray Allen, Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett. Garnett must prove he is healthy after missing 25 ... http://www.celticsnews.com/Boston-Celtics/celtics-season-preview/ In this day and age of the NBA, it's just not the General Managers and owners meeting with players trying to woo them to join the team. Kevin Garnett has personally met with Rasheed Wallace to try and convince him to join the Celtics this season. It's very unlikely that ... http://www.celticsnews.com/Boston-Celtics/celtics-after-rasheed-wallace/ When Kevin Garnett went down with what now can be classified as a season ending injury, plenty of people figured that the Celtics were done and it's no way they'd be able to remain competitive. One of the reasons for that is because Boston had just lost their defensive anchor ... http://www.celticsnews.com/Boston-Celtics/glen-davis-worth-to-the-celtics/ From Peter Stringer of Celtics.com: NEWPORT, RI - The Celtics started off camp with a hard three-hour practice this morning at Salve Regina, and while Coach Doc Rivers said it was apparent that the team's conditioning needs some work, he liked his team's energy and thinks that they have a leg ... http://www.celticsnews.com/Boston-Celtics/training-camp-day-1-notes/ Darius Miles J.R. Giddens Bill Walke Patrick O'Bryant Click here to see more photos of these Celtics newcomers, as well as the rest of the gang. http://www.celticsnews.com/Boston-Celtics/new-faces/ 2007-2008 In Review Record: 66-16 Eastern Conference Seed: 1 Playoff Results: Won NBA Finals vs. LAL (4-2) Summer Of 2008 Key Additions: Patrick O’Bryant (via free agency), Darius Miles (via free agency), J.R. Giddens (via draft), Bill Walker (via draft). Key Losses: James Posey (via free agency), P.J. Brown (via retirement), Sam Cassell (???). It was but ... http://www.celticsnews.com/Boston-Celtics/boston-celtics-2008-2009-preview/ Annie Linskey of the Baltimore Sun reports: Baltimore native and three-time NBA champion Sam Cassell said today he plans to become an assistant coach with the Boston Celtics after playing one more season. Cassell, a 38-year-old guard who was part of the Celtics' title run this year, told a reporter about his ... http://www.celticsnews.com/Boston-Celtics/cassell-claims-celtics-return/ Just 83 days before the 2008-2009 NBA regular season begins, the NBA has released its schedule. The Celtics have 25 nationally televised games, not including NBA TV: 10 on ESPN, nine on TNT, and six on ABC. Celtics Preseason Opener: October 8 - Philadelphia @ Boston - 7:00 pm ET at the ... http://www.celticsnews.com/Boston-Celtics/2008-2009-schedule-released/