J.R. Giddens

How Will the Celtics Replace James Posey?

This edition of the Celtics Four-Point Play will be extended over a few days up to the C’s home opener against the Cavaliers next Tuesday. Overall, I’ll pose four questions the Celtics face as they head into the brand new 2008-09 season.
As you all may know, James Posey was very good as the Celtics’ sixth [...]

Bill Walker Impresses in Celtics Loss

The Celtics opened up their preseason Wednesday night against the Philadelphia 76ers at UMass Amherst. After a strong first half, the Celts were outrun by the athletic Sixers in the second half en route to a 98-92 loss. With the starters playing limited minutes, the crowd at Mullins Arena had a chance to see the [...]

Celtics Player Previews: The Bench Guards

For the next few weeks as the Celtics’ training camp moves on, I’ll take a look at what to expect in each set of positions. I’ll start with the bench players and then look at the potential starting five for the upcoming 08-09 season. First I’ll take a look at the guards that will be [...]

Celtics GM Review: Danny Ainge

There was a lot of speculation as to whether Danny Ainge would have his job much longer as the general manager of the Celtics after the terrible results of the 06-07 season. Nothing had seemed to be going right at all in Ainge’s career as GM. None of the draft picks or players acquired in [...]

Giddens, Miles Officially Sign with Champs

In this edition of the Four-Point Play, I’ll look into the official signings of J.R. Giddens and Bill Walker, the reason Darius Miles is now a Celtic, and I’ll recap the Gold Medal-winning U.S. Olympic basketball team.
1. The Celtics officially signed J.R. Giddens, luring him away from a few European teams to sign a guaranteed [...]

Ray Allen Finally Gets Married

In this edition of the Four-Point Play, I’ll discuss Ray Allen’s overdue marriage, the Celtics signing of J.R. Giddens, the new Celtics Baby DVD, and the success of USA Basketball at the Olympics.
1. Ray Allen finally married longtime fiancee Shannon Walker Williams last weekend.

WOW, there’s really not much Celtics news to report.
But, it’s nice to [...]

Celtics Four-Point Play 7-2

In this edition of the Celtics Four-Point Play, I’ll look at the possibility of re-signing James Posey, the Celtics’ interest in Corey Maggette, the potential future of J.R. Giddens, and the surgeries of Kendrick Perkins and Bill Walker.
1. James Posey is now an unrestricted free agent and he may sign with any team.

I will use [...]

So, Who is J.R. Giddens Anyway?

During the 2007 NBA Draft, Danny Ainge began his magical offseason and before the night was done, the Celtics had acquired Ray Allen and Glen ‘Big Baby’ Davis for Jeff Green, Delonte West, and Wally Szczerbiak. That, as everyone now knows, led to the acquisition of Kevin Garnett and the eventual NBA Champion rolling rally [...]