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Boston Celtics 08-09 season (official thread)
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No big move for Celtics
With the 30th overall pick, the NBA champs aren't looking for immediate help.
By Howard Ulman, Associated Press
Article Last Updated: 06/26/2008 08:18:33 AM EDT
Thursday, June 26
BOSTON ? The Boston Celtics head into tonight's draft with low expectations of getting players who will help next season. A year ago, they needed all the help they could get.
Going from the NBA's second worst record to the league championship changes what general manager Danny Ainge thinks he'll get from the draft. Still, he works past midnight trying to make the best team better.
"We were up 'til 2 in the morning last night," Ainge said yesterday. "We're still doing the same amount of work. We still feel under the gun to make the right decision even though it's not as huge a franchise changing and altering decision."
He's already made that.
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"Men, this is war. I don't care anything about the national championship or the Big Ten championship, but if we win this game today and, afterward, if the Good Lord says, 'Woody, it's your time,' I'll say, 'Lord, I'm ready.'" - Woody Hayes, pregame vs. Michigan, 1975
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06-26-2008, 01:43 PM
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Rajon Rondo sets up camp in Lexington
FORMER CAT DIDN'T TAKE EASY ROAD TO NBA
By Eric Lindsey
elindsey@herald-leader.com
There once was a time when Rajon Rondo could barely stay on the court much less imagine competing for an NBA championship.
Speaking in front of about 200 kids at his week-long Rondo Camp at the Kentucky Basketball Academy on Wednesday, the former University of Kentucky standout told aspiring basketball stars that he was suspended ?about 15 times? during his freshman year in high school.
Early in Rondo's career at Eastern High School in Louisville, he continually butted heads with Coach Doug Bibby.
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"Men, this is war. I don't care anything about the national championship or the Big Ten championship, but if we win this game today and, afterward, if the Good Lord says, 'Woody, it's your time,' I'll say, 'Lord, I'm ready.'" - Woody Hayes, pregame vs. Michigan, 1975
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06-27-2008, 08:34 AM
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Taking a shot with J.R.
Celtics tab Giddens with first-round pick
By Julian Benbow
Globe Staff / June 27, 2008
Doc Rivers and Danny Ainge were in Los Angeles during the NBA Finals when Ainge started talking about the draft.
Ainge had been scouting college talent for a while, and he had a short list of players he thought would work in Rivers's system.
"I was trying to slow Kobe [Bryant] down more than worry about a college guy," Rivers said.
Later, Rivers had barely kissed the Celtics' championship trophy and hopped off the duck boat after the victory parade before Ainge gave him four tapes of this guard from the University of New Mexico named J.R. Giddens.
Rivers liked what he saw. Athletic. Skilled. Incredible wingspan.
But what stuck out most to Rivers was the way Giddens shut down opponents.
"He has a chance to fight for minutes right away because of his defense," Rivers said.
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06-27-2008, 11:23 AM
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The Celtics later dealt for the 47th overall pick, Kansas State forward Bill Walker, sending cash considerations to the Wizards. The Celtics used the final pick of the night on Semih Erden, a 7-1 center from Turkey.
Walker, a 6-6, 235-pounder, averaged 16.1 points and 6.3 rebounds as a redshirt freshman for Kansas State while playing alongside Michael Beasley, the second pick in the draft.
The 20-year-old Walker played six games for the Wildcats as a true freshman before suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee. Walker also injured his right knee during a workout this month for Golden State and said he will have minor surgery in July that should keep him sidelined three weeks.
"It's not serious," Walker said in a telephone interview. "I will have a simple operation and be back in three weeks. I will be in Boston rehabbing."
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06-27-2008, 12:37 PM
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Boston Celtics Grade: B
 Round 1: J. R. Giddens (30)
Round 2: Bill Walker (47), Semih Erden (60)
Analysis: The Celtics didn't make nearly the same splash in this year's draft, but they did come away with two elite athletes and an intriguing international prospect for down the road.
If Giddens gains some maturity, he could be a nice, athletic shooter coming off the bench. Despite his knee injuries, Walker still has great athleticism -- his health will determine his ceiling. Overall, the Celtics addressed two positions very well for where they were drafting.
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"Men, this is war. I don't care anything about the national championship or the Big Ten championship, but if we win this game today and, afterward, if the Good Lord says, 'Woody, it's your time,' I'll say, 'Lord, I'm ready.'" - Woody Hayes, pregame vs. Michigan, 1975
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06-27-2008, 09:13 PM
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Giddens and Walker may help champs in first year
BOSTON -- An athletic guard with a troubled past and a physical forward with a history of knee problems are the newest players the Boston Celtics hope will help them. The chances seem slim that J.R. Giddens or Bill Walker will do that as rookies on a championship team.
Don't rule it out, though -- not with the success general manager Danny Ainge has had in his six drafts with the Celtics.
"He's the hardest-working guy in the business," coach Doc Rivers said after Thursday night's draft. "He goes to games. He goes to practices. He misses tons of our games to do that. So Danny did his job throughout the playoffs and was very prepared for this."
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"Men, this is war. I don't care anything about the national championship or the Big Ten championship, but if we win this game today and, afterward, if the Good Lord says, 'Woody, it's your time,' I'll say, 'Lord, I'm ready.'" - Woody Hayes, pregame vs. Michigan, 1975
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06-28-2008, 09:24 AM
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