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Oh no MJ, please don’t even think about trading for Russell Westbrook
MJ, please don’t do this....
Breaking down the logjam for the No. 2 seed in the East
With three games remaining for Boston, Philly, and Milwaukee, and the three teams all squared up at 49-30 for the two through four seeds, The Race Not to Finish Fourth in the East has massive implications on who plays Phoenix in the Finals, who wins the MVP, and who likely faces Toronto in round one...
Rudy Gobert and Donovan Mitchell need to head for Splitsville soon
It’s time to face the music. Donovan Mitchell and Rudy Gobert are a more discordant duo than Salt Lake City and jazz. Always have been and always will be. Their partnership has been filled with more personal drama than team success. The oversized egos don’t match the playoff wins. Great partnerships...
Jaylen Brown injury speaks to the fragility of Boston’s makeup
I almost wrote about the Celtics on Tuesday because I heard about these projections that had them with heavy title odds, but when I went to FiveThirtyEight to try to find them, it felt like I was trying to decipher binary code. So I held off to wait to see if anything came of the research I loosely ...
Deadspin looks at all the injuries that have affected the NBA playoffs
When Kyrie Irving went down with an ankle injury halfway through the second quarter of Sunday’s Bucks and Nets Game 4 matchup, basketball fans simultaneously let out a loud groan. The injury bug had hit another star in a season that may be remembered for who was left standing, instead of who was the...
Reports of Kemba Walker’s demise have been greatly exaggerated
Depending on who you ask, Kemba Walker might be anywhere from overly washed to overly joyous....
Celtics' Robert Williams Is Fine Being Called "Time Lord," But Danny Ainge Wants Better For Him
It’s always a delight to see the irony-poisoned runoff of the internet seep into real life. Consider the case of “Time Lord,” or Robert Williams, the endearing Celtics rookie who before the season had some problems getting to team functions in a punctual manner (if at all)....
Get Robert Williams A Damn Wallet Chain
Celtics rookie Robert Williams, who is still figuring stuff out, now has one extremely clear agenda item: Remember the physical location of his wallet....
Everything Okay Over There, Robert Williams?
When the Celtics took Robert Williams with the 27th pick in the NBA Draft last month, they knew why he’d slipped that far. It wasn’t just because he can’t space the floor like all those other bigs taken in the first round—there were Character Concerns. Boston took the risk anyway. The Celtics have e...
Robert Williams Dunked Providence And Its Creepy Mascot Straight To Hell
Robert Williams and seven-seed Texas A&M kicked Providence and its ghoulish, always-lurking mascot out of the NCAA tournament in the most glorious fashion possible. ...