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| Rondo leaves game with ankle injury |
NBA Basketball |
10/17/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - Boston Celtics point guard Rajon Rondo left Friday's 104-97 preseason loss to the New York Knicks in the third quarter with a sprained right ankle. Rondo, who had seven points and three assists before leaving, was replaced by Eddie House. House tallied 27 points on 10-of-16 shooting in Rondo's absence. |
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| Report: Celtics to exercise option on Rondo |
NBA Basketball |
10/15/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - 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 with the Celtic |
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| Re-Branded Sixers are relevant again |
NBA Basketball |
10/09/2008 |
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| Philadelphia, PA (Best E Casino) - 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 to Julius Ervi |
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| Celtics re-sign Cassell |
NBA Basketball |
09/29/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - 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 veteran, was origin |
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| National Basketball Association |
NBA Basketball Transaction |
09/19/2008 |
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| Suspended Boston Celtics forward Darius Miles 10 games for violating the terms of the NBA/NBPA Anti-Drug Program. |
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| President Bush welcomes world champion Celtics |
NBA Basketball |
09/19/2008 |
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| Washington, DC (Best E Casino) - 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. Playing hurt in a ch |
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| Celtics' Miles suspended |
NBA Basketball |
09/19/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - 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 during his care |
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| Celtics reward Rivers with extension |
NBA Basketball |
09/10/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - 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 we are confide |
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| Celtics sign first round pick |
NBA Basketball |
08/26/2008 |
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| Boston, MA (Best E Casino) - 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. |
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| Redemption is just one victory away for U.S. men |
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08/23/2008 |
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| the gold medal contest. "It's no secret what our strength is -- pressure defense. We'll worry about us instead of worrying about them." Bryant and Gasol are teammates for the Lakers, who advanced to the NBA Finals where they fell in six games to the Boston Celtics. "I think he's (Gasol) been fantastic," said Bryant about his NBA teammate's play in the Olympics. "I'm very happy for him. I'm proud of him. It should be a fun game on Sunday." Prior to the gold medal game, Lithuania (5-2) and Argentina (5-2) will |
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