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Category: ‘Centers’

Jason Collins Gets the Start, Now What?
December 20th, 2012 at 12:57 PM
It wasn't at all surprising that coach Doc Rivers shifted the Boston Celtics' starting lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Celtics were coming off probably their worst stretch of basketball in quite some time. They had lost three in a row - going 0-3 on their three...

Should the Boston Celtics Be Interested in Darko Milicic?
July 18th, 2012 at 6:21 PM
In the past few weeks those media sources that haven't been too busy covering the Boston Celtics' pursuit of Courtney Lee have reported Boston's apparent interest in Minnesota Timberwolves free agent center Darko Milicic. The former second overall pick in 2003 out of Serbia, Milicic has been perceived as one...

Take Him or Leave Him: Greg Stiemsma
June 26th, 2012 at 7:30 PM
Story 2012 was somewhat of a storybook season for Boston Celtic center Greg Stiemsma. A long shot to make the team out of training camp  after kicking around the NBA Development League for four years, Stiemsma put together a terrific preseason, made the roster, and emerged as Boston's top reserve big...

Greg Stiemsma – Danny Ainge Finally Found His Man
April 19th, 2012 at 11:56 PM
Danny Ainge has been looking for a backup center for five years. This year he had one fall into his lap. When the Boston Celtics won the title in 2008 it was thanks in no small part to backup center P.J. Brown. Ainge had coaxed Brown out of retirement after the...

Celtics Add Size, Sign Center Ryan Hollins
March 23rd, 2012 at 10:36 AM
The Boston Globe reports that the Boston Celtics have signed former Cleveland Cavalier's center Ryan Hollins. Friday is the waiver deadline meaning that for a player to be eligible for the playoffs he must be not be on another teams roster at the end of today. Hollins is expected to join the...

For Boston Celtics, They’re Fixing What Isn’t Broken
February 24th, 2012 at 1:43 PM
Everyone who hears that the Celtics traded Kendick Perkins and Nate Robinson to Oklahoma City in exchange for Jeff Green, Nenad Kristic, and a 2011 first round draft pick reacts in the same way - "What?" ***PHOTO1*** The Boston Celtics have lost in the playoffs the last two years primarily because they...

For Boston Celtics, There are Reasons for Optimism
January 2nd, 2012 at 6:12 AM
There hasn't been a lot of optimism coming from Boston Celtics' followers leading up to the NBA season. Starting with the trade rumors surrounding Rajon Rondo, then the failure to bring in David West, and finally the incredibly unfortunate injury to Jeff Green, there were not a lot of people...