Employee #8 Scheduled to Meet with Riles
July30, 2005Antoine Walker might not be getting blown away by offers, but he got a face-to-face this week with the face of the Miami Heat team president Pat Riley.Walker, a free agent, met with Riley...
View ArticleWill Walker Walk?
July 31, 2005Antoine Walker visited Miami last week as the one-month anniversary of his free agency status approached. It hasn't been the hottest of markets for Walker, who has watched guys such as Dan...
View ArticleHeat Deal Cool with Him
Heat Deal Cool with HimAugust 5, 2005When reached by telephone yesterday after his introductory press conference at American Airlines Arena in Miami, Antoine Walker had Boston on his mind. While Walker...
View ArticleThe Deal that Almost Wasn't
August 21, 2005The biggest deal in NBA history almost wasn't.Not long after Antoine Walker sat for his introductory news conference at American Airlines Arena in Miami and said all the right things, an...
View ArticleScalabrine Unfazed by Lack of Fan Interest
August 3, 2005    Brian Scalabrine is used to being discounted as a basketball player. He was cut from his high school team as a freshman, drafted in the second round out of Southern Cal in 2001, and...
View ArticleCurtis Borchardt is Your Newest Celtic
Curtis Borchardt is Your Newest CelticAugust 14, 2005New Celtic Curtis Borchardt spent less than 24 hours in Boston late last week, flying in from Los Angeles for a physical at New England Baptist...
View ArticleRivers Talks Tony Allen
September 18, 2005Coach Doc Rivers knows the Celtics have a lot of questions to answer entering this preseason. With Tony Allen undergoing arthroscopic right knee surgery last Tuesday night to repair...
View ArticleAllen has Knee Surgery
September15, 2005 Celtics guard Tony Allen had arthroscopic surgery at New England Baptist Hospital Tuesday to repair torn cartilage in his right knee. The surgery was performed by team physician Brian...
View ArticleDone with Deals?
July24, 2005With the Brian Scalabrine signing and Ryan Gomes's pending agreement, the Celtics are down to around $2 million-$2.2 million in their midlevel exception. And their payroll (minus Antoine...
View ArticleBig Al Trying to Wake Up his Hand
August 28, 2005Big Al Trying to Wake Up his HandThe story is now the stuff of legend.Knowing little about New England, Al Jefferson arrived in Boston on a cold spring evening in shorts and a T-shirt...
View ArticleBlount Acknowledges Poor Play
October 4, 2005WALTHAM About a week ago, Mark Blount and his agent Mark Bartelstein met with executive director of basketball operations Danny Ainge and coach Doc Rivers . Both sides said it was a...
View ArticleCeltics Whittle Roster
October 4, 2005The Celtics finally waived mid-summer trade acquisition Qyntel Woods yesterday, whittling the number of roster players with guaranteed contracts from 18 to 17. During training camp,...
View ArticleDickau a Good Fit
October 5, 2005The deal came through late and it came through rather uneventfully, especially around here. But Dan Dickau is on the Celtics. Amid the annual September basketball doldrums and the...
View ArticleJustin Reed Defensive Specialist
October 7, 2005WALTHAM Justin Reed loves to make people uncomfortable. Not the I-can't-believe-he-just-said-that kind of uncomfortable. But the stop-bothering-me, get-out-of-my-face, stay-away kind....
View ArticleHeinsohn Listened to Fans During Games
October 7, 2005WALTHAM Before practice yesterday, none of the current Celtics knew about Larry Siegfried . But after a few stories from Tommy Heinsohn at the end of the workout, the players couldn't...
View ArticleOrien on the Mend
October 8, 2005WALTHAM Orien Greene spent the summer watching his teammates practice. Not exactly what he planned to do during his first few months in the NBA, but it was a necessary break as Greene...
View ArticleDelonte Gets the Nod
October 12, 2005Somehow, the official announcement that Delonte West would start at point guard before the Cleveland Cavaliers beat the Celtics, 96-86, in last night's exhibition opener at Mellon Arena...
View ArticleRivers Gives Celtics Down Time
October 13, 2005Somewhere over the Appalachian Mountains in central Pennsylvania, Doc Rivers decided to cancel yesterday's practice. It was a 50-50 chance he would do so when the Celtics left Mellon...
View ArticleLaFrentz is a Vital Cog
October 15, 2005There was a time when the Celtics could not depend on Raef LaFrentz to contribute consistently - when his right knee often kept him from playing, and required reconstructive...
View ArticlePaul Pierce, Ricky Davis, and Pray for Rain
October 17, 2005For all the influx of young talent and uncertainty surrounding their rotation this season, the Celtics still face a familiar problem. They remain all-too-predictable on offense. Option...
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