Celtics Sign Turkish Center Semih Erden, Talk to Kwame Brown

The 2008 second round draft choice by the Boston Celtics officially signed a one-year deal with the team Monday.
The 7-footer, Semih Erden, joins a front-court that is in desperate need of size. With Kendrick Perkins out at least until November with an ACL tear, the Celtics are incredibly thin at center.
Erden, who is a major [...]

Celtics 2009 NBA Draft Preview

Two years ago around this time the Boston Celtics faced a tough decision. Would it be Corey Brewer or Yi Jianlian? You remember what I’m talking about, right? It wasn’t that long ago when the Celtics would become the latest NBA draft lottery victim as the team with the best chances to get prized prospects [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]