Avery Bradley News

The Boston Celtics will open the 2013 Orlando Pro Summer League on July 7, according to a full schedule of the event released Thursday by the Orlando Magic.

The Boston Celtics are done licking their wounds from a relatively embarrassing series loss to the Knicks that practically produced a role reversal of the 2011 sweep.

What I'm going to write in this fan post is very unrealistic and will probably Never happen.

The world is focusing on the top picks in the 2013 NBA Draft, but it's the later picks that will make or break a team's draft this year.

Was working on an offseason feature today when a random question popped into my head: If I had to pick between Celtics guard Avery Bradley and Knicks guard Iman Shumpert, whom would I choose? Both players are defensive stoppers.

This is the time of year where GM's do a lot of window shopping and make sure the stuff they're trying to pawn off on to other GM's are front fixtures of their store.

Say what you want about DMC, "crazy, headcase, bad locker room guy" but...DMC is probably the best center in the NBA and certainly has the biggest up side/talent. DMC can do it all at the 5 spot and there is not a center in the league that he would be over matched by...and he is only 22/23 years old.

The first domino to fall this offseason is Paul Pierce's contract. Until Danny Ainge figures out what he's doing there, little else matters.

I spent much of the day watching the draft combine. The Celtics have just one pick in this draft, barring Danny making a trade or buying another pick, as he did when the Celtics nabbed Rondo.

The first domino to fall this offseason is Paul Pierce's contract. Until Danny Ainge figures out what he's doing there, little else matters.

Doc Rivers is off on a golf course somewhere, pondering his future with the Celtics and asking for time to think.

Newly hired general manager Ryan McDonough. According to reports from the Arizona Republic, McDonough has already started to hand out pink slips to some of former GM Lance Blanks' staff members.

As far back as last year, when Rajon Rondo was named to the NBA's all-defensive second team for the second time - he was a first-teamer in 2010 and '11 - the Celtics point guard wasn't even considered the best defensive guard on his own team.

It was a tough season for the Boston Celtics, and that includes for head coach Doc Rivers.

Former Celtic Tony Allen, now with the Memphis Grizzlies, led the first team with more votes than any other player.

Keep it together or blow it up? That's what everyone is asking these days, though it's a question that has been on people's minds for a few years.

An NBA season can be a puzzling thing. The Boston Celtics finished their 2012-13 campaign when they lost to the New York Knicks in a six-game conference quarterfinals match.

The offseason came early for the Celtics, and Danny Ainge has begun the process of evaluating the 2013 NBA Draft entrants.

Though he held onto the current Celtics era longer than anyone anticipated - remember that he would have brought back Ray Allen last summer if the guard was willing - Ainge can't keep his hands off the engine.

Keep it together or blow it up? That's what everyone is asking these days, though it's a question that has been on people's minds for a few years.