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Draft workouts: PGs and centers stage

Boston Celtics Blog | ESPN Boston — Chris Forsberg/ESPN BostonJared Sullinger got up shots on Saturday in Waltham.WALTHAM, Mass. -- The Boston Celtics hosted six players -- four point guards and two centers -- as part of the second day of pre-draft workouts at their training facility on Saturday. The point guards featured Baylor's Pierre Jackson, Texas' Myck Kabongo, Missouri's Phil Pressey, and Miami's Shane Larkin, while the big men were Pittsburgh's Steven Adams and Creighton's Gregory Echenique.

12 hours ago

T-Williams speaks (and shoots jumpers); Cs work out potential draftees

Celtics Insider | Boston HeraldTerrence Williams, who was arrested by police in Kent, WA last Sunday, and is now being investigated for second degree domestic assault, spent today on the opposite coast, shooting jumpers at the Celtics workout facility in Waltham.Williams came out after Celtics coaches, including Doc Rivers, worked out an intriguing mix of potential draftees, including point guards Shane Larkin (Miami), Phil Pressey (Missouri), Pierre Jackson (Baylor) and Myck Kabongo (Texas), in addition to centers Steven Adams (Pittsburgh) and Gregory Echenique (Creighton).

14 hours ago

Williams: 'Two sides to every story'

Boston Celtics Blog | ESPN Boston — WALTHAM, Mass. -- Boston Celtics guard Terrence Williams said that he was trying to protect himself and his 10-year-old son earlier this month when he was arrested for brandishing a gun during a visitation exchange with the mother of his child in Kent, Wash. Williams, who is free on $25,000 bail while prosecutors investigate allegations of second-degree assault, worked out at the team's practice facility on Saturday and spoke openly at times about his legal process with reporters on hand for the team's pre-draft workouts.

14 hours ago

Rondo's blazer trashed on Fashion Police

Boston Celtics Blog | ESPN BostonRajon Rondo brought his infamous zebra-style blazer -- one he wore to the podium after a playoff game a couple seasons back -- to E!'s Fashion Police and the panel/audience voted to trash it (Rondo couldn't bring himself to throw it in the can and deferred instead to panelist Giuliana Rancic). Rondo gave an entertaining interview with Joan Rivers, joking about his height, dust-up with Brooklyn's Kris Humphries, and his internship with GQ. Check out the video above for the full segment.

18 hours ago

Terrence Williams: 'There’s two sides to every story'

Celtics Blog | Boston Globe — Celtics guard Terrence Williams spoke with reporters Saturday at the team's practice facility here, his first public comments since being arrested earlier in the week in Kent, Wash., after the mother of his 10-year-old son said Williams threatened her with a gun.

11 hours ago

Report Card: The braintrust

Boston Celtics Blog | ESPN Boston — Elsa/Getty ImagesDoc Rivers and Danny Ainge didn't have quite as much to laugh about this 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 14th and final installment in a series of end-of-the-season report cards: Coach: Doc Rivers Season in a paragraph: Delivered a preseason roster chock full of depth, potential, and expectations, Rivers helmed a season in which that depth quickly eroded, potential wilted, and typically lofty expectations were...

May 24, 2013

Source: Doc Rivers no sure thing

Boston Herald — Despite the Celtics’ strong desire to put the matter behind them, Doc Rivers’ immediate future with the club has still not been decided.There is still the possibility — stress possibility — Rivers will choose to walk away from his contract to coach the Celts. A source close to the situation, however, insists it remains far more likely he will return.

May 24, 2013

Sources: Doc’s return to Celts no sure thing

Boston Herald — Despite the Celtics’ strong desire to put the matter behind them, Doc Rivers’ immediate future with the club has still not been decided.There still is the possibility — stress possibility — Rivers will choose to walk away from his contract to coach the Celts. A source close to the situation, however, insists it remains far more likely he will return.

May 24, 2013

Sullinger encouraged by taking his rehab slowly

Celtics Insider | Boston HeraldJared Sullinger was part of a Celtics delegation that honored over 1,500 Boston middle school students at Northeastern's Matthews Arena today, including 20 with perfect attendance through their three years of middle school, and later touched on a number of subjects, most notably his recovery from back surgery.Here's a sample.ON THE DANGERS OF BACK SURGERY - "Everyone says (the word) back with a question mark, but you might as well put an X through that. I had surgery, I’m taking my time so there won’t be any recurring injuries."

May 24, 2013

Rondo on E!'s Fashion Police

Boston Celtics Blog | ESPN Boston — Issac Baldizon/Getty ImagesRajon Rondo with a strong pregame look in Miami in 2012.Boston Celtics point guard -- and style expert -- Rajon Rondo will appear on E!'s Fashion Police Friday night at 10 p.m. EST. Here's part of the press release on the appearance: SPRING FEVER is in full effect this week on the set of “Fashion Police.” Basketball star and Boston Celtic team member, Rajon Rondo, and “Arrested Development” actress Jessica Walter stop by to visit with Joan and her panel of style experts—Kelly Osbourne, Giuliana Rancic and George Kotsiopoulos—for a Friday night of fashion fun.

May 24, 2013

Jared Sullinger’s a class act

Boston Herald — There’s not much challenge in exciting an arena with more than 1,500 Boston middle school students who are already bobbing and writhing, with a few standing on their seats. But Jared Sullinger found something a little more creative than, and just as effective as, shouting “fire” yesterday.The smirking Celtics forward, microphone in hand as he relaxed in an armchair on stage at Northeastern University’s Matthews Arena, shouted, “Rondo’s here!”

May 23, 2013

Notebook: Rookie Jared Sullinger lets Doc Rivers and Co. ‘breathe’

Boston Herald — Doc Rivers is one of the most frequent visitors Jared Sullinger sees at the Celtics’ Waltham training facility.And Sullinger has kept the conversation light, probably much to the coach’s relief after an early offseason of introspection.

May 23, 2013

Boston Celtics forward Jared Sullinger takes a steady approach to rehab

Boston Globe — For months, all Jared Sullinger had was time.    

May 23, 2013

Doc's not going anywhere -- right?

Boston Celtics Blog | ESPN Boston — BOSTON -- Doc Rivers returned to Boston on Wednesday for the first time since May 4 -- the day after his team was eliminated in the first round of the playoffs by the New York Knicks -- with a number of chores to complete, among them being examined by the Celtics medical staff for his aching hamstring, sitting in on some organizational meetings, and talking with his own staff regarding next season. Russ Isabella/USA TODAY SportsDoc Rivers returned to the Boston area on Wednesday.

May 23, 2013

Jackie MacMullan on Doc: "He's coming back"

Celtics Basketball Coverage | WEEI — Jackie MacMullan joins Mut and Merloni to discuss the latest rumors surrounding Celtics head coach Doc Rivers and whether he'll be back next season with the team.

May 23, 2013
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Boston Celtics Photos

  • Boston Celtics NBA basketball player Terrence Williams, left, walks into a courtroom Monday, May 20, 2013, in Kent, Wash. Williams was arrested Sunday and accused of brandishing a gun at the mother of his 10-year-old son during a visitation exchange The Associated Press
    Boston Celtics NBA basketball player Terrence Williams, left, walks into a courtroom Monday, May 20, 2013, in Kent, Wash. Williams was arrested Sunday and accused of brandishing a gun at the mother of his 10-year-old son during a visitation exchange. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
  • Boston Celtics NBA basketball player Terrence Williams, center, appears before King County District Court Judge Charles J. Delaurenti, II, second from right, Monday, May 20, 2013, in Kent, Wash. Williams was arrested Sunday and accused of brandishing a gun at the mother of his 10-year-old son during a visitation exchange The Associated Press
    Boston Celtics NBA basketball player Terrence Williams, center, appears before King County District Court Judge Charles J. Delaurenti, II, second from right, Monday, May 20, 2013, in Kent, Wash. Williams was arrested Sunday and accused of brandishing a gun at the mother of his 10-year-old son during a visitation exchange. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
  • Boston Celtics NBA basketball player Terrence Williams, center, appears before King County District Court Judge Charles J. Delaurenti, II, right, with his attorney, Aaron Kiviat, left, Monday, May 20, 2013, in Kent, Wash. Williams was arrested Sunday and accused of brandishing a gun at the mother of his 10-year-old son during a visitation exchange The Associated Press
    Boston Celtics NBA basketball player Terrence Williams, center, appears before King County District Court Judge Charles J. Delaurenti, II, right, with his attorney, Aaron Kiviat, left, Monday, May 20, 2013, in Kent, Wash. Williams was arrested Sunday and accused of brandishing a gun at the mother of his 10-year-old son during a visitation exchange. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
  • Boston Celtics NBA basketball player Terrence Williams, center, appears before King County District Court Judge Charles J. Delaurenti, II, right, with his attorney, Aaron Kiviat, second from left, Monday, May 20, 2013, in Kent, Wash. Williams was arrested Sunday and accused of brandishing a gun at the mother of his 10-year-old son during a visitation exchange The Associated Press
    Boston Celtics NBA basketball player Terrence Williams, center, appears before King County District Court Judge Charles J. Delaurenti, II, right, with his attorney, Aaron Kiviat, second from left, Monday, May 20, 2013, in Kent, Wash. Williams was arrested Sunday and accused of brandishing a gun at the mother of his 10-year-old son during a visitation exchange. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
  • Boston Celtics NBA basketball player Terrence Williams, center, appears before King County District Court Judge Charles J. Delaurenti, II, right, with his attorney, Aaron Kiviat, left, Monday, May 20, 2013, in Kent, Wash. Williams was arrested Sunday and accused of brandishing a gun at the mother of his 10-year-old son during a visitation exchange The Associated Press
    Boston Celtics NBA basketball player Terrence Williams, center, appears before King County District Court Judge Charles J. Delaurenti, II, right, with his attorney, Aaron Kiviat, left, Monday, May 20, 2013, in Kent, Wash. Williams was arrested Sunday and accused of brandishing a gun at the mother of his 10-year-old son during a visitation exchange. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
  • Boston Celtics assistant general manager Ryan McDonough discusses the team's selections in the NBA draft during an availability in Boston, Thursday, June 28, 2012. The team selected Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger with the No. 21 pick and Syracuse center Fab Melo with the No. 22 pick in the first round The Associated Press
    Boston Celtics assistant general manager Ryan McDonough discusses the team's selections in the NBA draft during an availability in Boston, Thursday, June 28, 2012. The team selected Ohio State forward Jared Sullinger with the No. 21 pick and Syracuse center Fab Melo with the No. 22 pick in the first round. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa)
  • BOSTON, MA - MAY 3: Doc Rivers, Head Coach of the Boston Celtics, addresses the media in a press conference after Game Six of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2013 NBA Playoffs on May 3, 2013 at the TD Garden in Boston. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images) The Associated Press
    BOSTON, MA - MAY 3: Doc Rivers, Head Coach of the Boston Celtics, addresses the media in a press conference after Game Six of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2013 NBA Playoffs on May 3, 2013 at the TD Garden in Boston. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)
  • Celtics have another offseason of decisions ahead The Associated Press
    BOSTON, MA - MAY 3: Doc Rivers, Head Coach of the Boston Celtics, addresses the media in a press conference after Game Six of the Eastern Conference Quarterfinals during the 2013 NBA Playoffs on May 3, 2013 at the TD Garden in Boston. (Photo by Nathaniel S. Butler/NBAE via Getty Images)
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