Brandon Bass Rumors & News
- Boston Celtics
- #30 | FC/PF
- Height6-8
- Weight250
- Age27
- Experience 7 years
- Salary $6,000,000
- CollegeLSU
Report Card: Brandon Bass
Boston Celtics Blog | ESPN Boston — Brian Babineau/NBAE/Getty ImagesBrandon Bass came on strong late in the 2012-13 season.After the Boston Celtics' 2012-13 campaign met an untimely end, we've busted out our red pens and assigned grades to each player based on their individual performances this season. This is the ninth in a series of end-of-the-season report cards: Player: Brandon Bass 2012-13 averages: 8.7 ppg, 5.2 rpg, 27.6 mpg, 48.6 FG%, 86 FT% 2012-13 salary: $6 million Season in a paragraph: Bass opted out of the final year of his previous contract after his first season in Boston, but re-signed with the Celtics on a so...
Boston Celtics May 17, 2013Big-play Bass strikes again
Boston Celtics Blog | ESPN Boston — NEW YORK -- Based on the way things had already unfolded, perhaps it shouldn't have been surprising that Brandon Bass hit what head coach Doc Rivers deemed the "biggest shot of the game" in the Boston Celtics' 92-86 Game 5 victory over the New York Knicks in their first-round playoff series Wednesday. Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE/Getty ImagesBrandon Bass skies against the New York Knicks.Boston had built a 75-60 lead with just over nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, but it then sank into one of its dreaded offensive droughts, as the Knicks clawed back within eight over the next three minut...
Boston Celtics May 1, 2013Celts’ Bass earning his stripes against Knicks
New York Post — BOSTON — As they hit the floor against the Knicks for their first Game 7 which was disguised as Game 4, the Celtics came out with the starting lineup that began the series, a unit featuring Brandon Bass back in the first five, aligned defensively against Carmelo Anthony, while Jason Terry...
New York Knicks April 30, 2013
Brandon Bass was "the star of the game" - slowing down Carmelo Anthony
CelticsBlog — Jason Terry was the undisputed hero in overtime. Paul Pierce led the team in scoring with 29 and Jeff Green added 26 points. Kevin Garnett did what he does on defense and added 17 critical rebounds. Yet the guy that was picked out as the star of the game" only scored 4 points, only grabbed 4 rebounds, and fouled out of the game in regulation. Boston Celtics vs. New York Knicks: masslive.com "Brandon was the star of the game, as far as I'm concerned," Rivers said. "He just defended and did it over and over and over again. There's a lot of guys that you want to defend; I don't know i...
Boston Celtics April 29, 2013Brandon Bass makes sure of no ’Melo drama
Boston Herald — “Brandon Bass” and “defensive stopper” are not often heard in the same sentence. His skill on that end of the floor was not the reason the Celtics jettisoned Glen Davis and Von Wafer for him via a trade, and his body of work throughout an entire season won’t land him in the top echelon of defenders in the NBA.For one series though, particularly in yesterday’s do-or-die game, he did his best to make Carmelo Anthony’s much more difficult in the 97-90 overtime victory at the Garden to extend the Celtics’ playoff life.
Boston Celtics April 29, 2013Notebook: Bass made it long night for Melo
Boston Celtics Blog | ESPN Boston — BOSTON -- Brandon Bass fouled out with 4:27 to play in regulation and missed much of the late-game fun. But don't let that diminish his contributions to Boston's riveting 97-90 overtime triumph over the New York Knicks in Game 4 of an Eastern Conference first-round series Sunday at TD Garden. Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE/Getty ImagesBrandon Bass at work against Carmelo Anthony.Celtics coach Doc Rivers shuffled Bass back into the starting lineup Sunday and tasked him with the thankless chore of guarding Carmelo Anthony.
Boston Celtics April 28, 2013Celtics put Bass back in starting lineup
Celtics Insider | Boston Herald — The big/only news out of Doc Rivers' pregame media chat is that he's going back to the starting lineup used in Games 1 and 2. That means Brandon Bass will return to the first five, with Jason Terry again coming off the bench for today's Game 4 against the Knicks. Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Avery Bradley and Jeff Green remain in the unit.
Boston Celtics April 28, 2013Doc Rivers puts Brandon Bass back in starting lineup for Jason Terry
Green Street | WEEI — Noting that he really likes his defense on Carmelo Anthony, Celtics coach Doc Rivers announced that he is re-inserting Brandon Bass into the starting lineup, as Jason Terry heads back to his more customary role off the bench. Bass will join Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett, Avery Bradley and Jeff Green in the starting lineup. “I [...]
April 28, 2013Melo on Knicks' small ball: 'Can't beat that'
Knicks Blog | ESPN New York — BOSTON -- It wasn't until Game 3 when Celtics coach Doc Rivers decided to alter his starting five, replacing Brandon Bass with Jason Terry to match up with the Knicks' point guard backcourt. "Our thinking was, they start with the two small guards, so it's a good matchup for us," Rivers said after the Knicks' Friday night win. But Terry and Avery Bradley together didn't make any difference for the Celtics. In fact, the team played worse on both ends of the floor in the first half.
New York Knicks April 27, 2013Rapid Reaction: Knicks 87, C's 71 (Game 2)
Boston Celtics Blog | ESPN Boston — Brad Penner/USA TODAY SportsNew York's Carmelo Anthony is defended by Boston's Brandon Bass.NEW YORK -- Rapid reaction after the New York Knicks defeated the Boston Celtics 87-71 during Game 2 of an Eastern Conference first-round series at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks lead the best-of-seven series 2-0: THE NITTY GRITTY Carmelo Anthony scored a game-high 34 points on 11-of-24 shooting, spearheading a key third-quarter outburst as New York raced away and tightened its grip on the series.
Boston Celtics April 23, 2013Imperfect finish
Boston Celtics Blog | ESPN Boston — Despite lofty compliment from coach Doc Rivers, Celtics forward Brandon Bass said no performance is perfect unless it ends in a victory:
Boston Celtics April 23, 2013
Brandon Bass pitches perfect game, but could get better
CelticsBlog — Doc Rivers was effusive in his praise of Brandon Bass and his game 1 play. He said: I really thought of all of our guys he played the perfect game for us. That's high praise for a guy that scored just 4 points. But of course, it is the coach's job to look beyond the point column of the box score. Rivers Claims Bass Played a 'Perfect Game' | The Official Site of the BOSTON CELTICS Although he scored just four points, he made both of his shot attempts from the field. He also led the game in rebounding with 10 boards and was the only Celtics starter who didn’t commit a turnover (the ...
Boston Celtics April 22, 2013Monday notes: Doc Rivers says Brandon Bass played ‘the perfect game’ while the bench, not so much
Green Street | WEEI — NEW YORK — So what did the Celtics film session reveal on Sunday? To Doc Rivers, it showed that Brandon Bass “played the perfect game” in the Game 1 loss. It showed that Jordan Crawford did a lot of positive things in his first career postseason game. “I thought Brandon played the perfect game for [...]
April 22, 2013Live updates: Celtics-Magic
Boston Globe — By Baxter Holmes, Globe Staff First quarter: 4:30, Boston 16-8: Orlando started to find a little rhythm when the Celtics took Kevin Garnett out of the game. Brandon Bass' jumper is looking solid, once again. The Celtics are really trying...
Boston Celtics April 13, 2013Brandon Bass postgame with Max & Jon Meterparel: Our defensive mindset sets up our offense
Celtics Basketball Coverage | WEEI — Brandon Bass postgame with Max & Jon Meterparel: Our defensive mindset sets up our offense
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