As much as the Celtics and their 17 NBA championships have turned Boston, Mass., into a historic landmark in basketball circles — the Naismith Hall of Fame is in nearby Springfield — the city itself and the state of Massachusetts hasn’t really been known for producing home-grown ballplayers.

New York, Chicago, L.A., and more recently, places like Seattle and North Carolina have been notable hotbeds for talent supplying the college game and the NBA. Boston and its surrounding areas? Not so much. Read More »

After stealing a game in Los Angeles to tilt home court advantage in their favor, the Boston Celtics return to the TD Garden tonight for another rendition of the most historic rivalry in professional basketball. When an NBA Finals series is tied at 1-1, 88 percent of teams that have won Game 3 have gone on to win the NBA Championship. Here are three keys for the Celtics if they want a chance at upholding the statistic with tonight’s crucial match-up against the Lakers. Read More »

We may soon be adding one more name to the list of NBA players forever hated in Toronto. Hedo Turkoglu, who was already getting booed by Raptors fans toward the end of his first season with the team amidst poor play and accusations of excess partying, reportedly wants to be traded back to his original NBA home in Sacramento.

At the height of the Chris Webber/Mike Bibby era, Hedo was a valuable contributor off the bench. He’s already said he’s not happy in Toronto, and according to Yahoo! Sports, the “disgruntled” 31-year-old wants to return to the Kings: Read More »

Yesterday, I put you on to the UNDFTD “You Can’t Beat LA” t-shirt in two different colorways. Today, check out the matching Converse Chuck Taylor Highs. Every tee purchased at an UNDFTD shop receives a raffle ticket for a chance to win a free pair of these kicks. Don’t sleep! Read More »

With Mikhail Prokhorov making waves around the League, and showing just how important an owner can be to a team’s success, we decided to rank the five best and five worst owners in the NBA based on their popularity with fans and players as well as their team’s on-court performance. Read More »

Now that the NBA Lottery has been determined and the NBA Draft Combine has passed, everyone is making their mock drafts. There has been a lot of hype coming from team workouts about players that were pegged in the late first round. Many guys are climbing team’s Draft boards at an inordinate rate. We have heard some interesting rumors about guys from around the League. Here is the word: Read More »

Much has been made about the surprising way Boston stole Game 2 Sunday night. Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol combined to dominate the Celtics’ frontline with a combined 46 points and 13 blocked shots. Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett were about as timid and unemotional as they’ve ever been in the playoffs. But, it was Rajon Rondo providing the dirtiness and Ray Allen, biblical in his shooting prowess, who smoothly snatched the game – and maybe the series – out of the Lakers’ grip.

After breaking down what Rondo needed to do to change his level of play in Game 2, let’s dissect how Jesus turned around his game in the Celtics’ win. Read More »

Trust, you won’t find anybody on the Celtics complaining about the NBA Finals 2-3-2 format. With a squad of veterans who probably need to play up-tempo every game to win this series, a long stretch at home is just what they need. It’s especially huge for Kevin Garnett, who struggled in L.A. (11.0 ppg, 4.0 rpg), but with a week’s worth of sleeping in his own bed and eating some home cooking, should see an improvement. And apparently the Celtics left Mike Finley behind in Boston for those first two games, so they can dust him off now … As for the defending champs, everybody is making this trip about Kobe and his legacy, but what they really need is for Lamar Odom and the bench mob to step up. Read More »

While Ray Allen‘s eight three-pointers and Rajon Rondo‘s remarkable all-around performance are the key reasons Boston won last night’s game, Glen Davis‘ outing cannot go unnoticed – as Austin Burton mentioned in his piece earlier today. Why? After last night’s game, Davis has had his Leon Powe moment. Read More »

There was a moment in the first quarter of Celtics/Lakers Game 2 when Rajon Rondo drove the lane, faked a pass with his right hand, kept the ball cuffed, and as Andrew Bynum jumped to defend the air, spun around and dropped in an easy layup.

As nice as the move was, Jeff Van Gundy ruined it for me when he shouted, “That was a Goran Dragic move! He got ‘Dragic-ed’ right there!”

Ummm … no. Never mind that Rondo has been doing that move in NBA games well before Dragic, or that he does it more often. Read More »