THE Boston Celtics yesterday saw their chances of defending their NBA title suffer a massive blow when All-Star forward Kevin Garnett was forced to take a break from playing until just before the playoffs because he has not recoveved fully from a knee injury. The Celtics came to this decision after watching the big man labour against himself in practice yesterday. Celtics coach Doc Rivers said Garnett will sit out at least the next four games due to a lingering knee injury. “After watching hi Read Full Story
The Boston Celtics appear comfortable with the long-term look of the franchise, according to the Boston Globe.
While the team has played 40 playoff games the last two seasons, and while the perception is the Celtics are an old team, they really aren’t according to the Globe.
The Globe reported the team’s All-Star trio of Kevin Garnett (notes) , Ray Allen (notes) , and Paul Pierce (notes) all are in their 30s. Garnett has not played in a playoff game this year because of a right knee... Read Full Story
A few weeks ago the Celtics were crying over not winning or coming in second in the NBA lottery. They lost out on the rights to draft Greg Oden or Kevin Durant, but now they may have become the big winners anyway. At the end of July, the Celtics completed a huge trade to land Kevin Garnett. Garnett or The Big Ticket or KG is one of the premier forwards in the NBA and has been for all 12 years he's been in the league. In 1995, the T-Wolves made Garnett a first-round pick directly out of high... Read Full Story
BOSTON, MA — Up 2-0 on the Atlanta Hawks in their first round playoff series, and with many fans predicting a championship run, everything would appear to be perfect for the Boston Celtics .
But there appears to be a changing of the guard taking place, even as the Celts make their run.
As they led Boston to a 66-win regular season, much has been made of the incredibly tight relationship that the much ballyhooed threesome of Paul Pierce , Kevin Garnett , and Ray Allen share. They’ve shot... Read Full Story
I didn't catch the Celtics game on Saturday so I am a little behind the curve in finding out about the "incident" involving Kevin Garnett and Andrew Bogut . I am pretty sure I never would have heard about it had KG not been suspended for this garbage. Are you kidding me? This happens all the time during an NBA game. Shaq just leveled Rodney Stuckey and he only got fined. That was a REALLY hard foul and a hell of a lot worse than what KG did. Compare this to the KG video above and... Read Full Story
Filed under: Talk Sports Not every celeb can send the paparazzi scurrying with one sentence -- but not every celeb is 7 feet tall like Boston Celtics star Kevin Garnett. ... Permalink Read Full Story
NEW YORK, April 27 — Kevin Garnett of the Minnesota Timberwolves is the 2006 recipient of the J. Walter Kennedy Citizenship Award presented annually by the Professional Basketball Writers Association. The award is named for the second commissioner read this sports news story
UCLA’s Jordan Farmar had just completed his final game at [...] Read Full Story
The Boston Celtics' Big Three What is happening in the New England area this sports season is nothing short of a once in a lifetime phenomenon. It is one of those cases of planets aligning to bring about great events of unseen magnitude. I would like someone to please find out if events like these have happened in any other time in the history of of any other sports region. It began with The New England Patriots signing of Randy Moss, Adelius Thomas and Wes Welker, which has produced a... Read Full Story
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