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Rondo in contract extension talks with Celtics

Yeah, not an auspicious start for Baby either. The Celts need him playing well all season to keep KG's and Wallace's minutes down. He joins Scal, Tony Allen and Walker on Boston's injury list. I hope these injuries aren't catching!

Glen "Big Baby" Davis is now out for 8 weeks with an injury.

Boston Celtics forward Glen Davis told Yahoo! Sports that he will miss six to eight weeks with a broken thumb suffered when tried to fend off a friend who had punched him.

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That was bloody quick!

I really do not follow any team specifically. I just like watching the game...same in the NBL - I don't follow any one team anymore. I used to follow the North Melbourne Giants until they folded/merged...after that I just couldn't do it any more. I have always had a spot for the Knicks and Spurs in the NBA though...but also loved following the Bulls, Lakers and Celtics.

Well that was quick!

Rondo's agent has said he is worth as much as one of the top five PG's and that Ainge disagreed. So Rondo will be testing restricted free agency next Summer.

Hope it drives him to improve the flaws in his game and help Boston to a championship this season. He does seem to thrive on pressure, so I think he will have a good year.

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Thanks LC, I love the Celtics, but I try to be objective about things.

Do you support one NBA team, or do you follow different teams and players year by year?

That's a very open and frank assessment coming from a big Celtics fan Beantown...

LC, can't say if my cockles are warmed or not! Never really worked out exactly what they are!

This does depend on what kind of person Rondo is. If it was me, I would happily sign on the dotted line for five years $60 mill, rather than risk an injury in order to possibly snaffle an extra $20 mill next off-season.

But that's me. From what I have seen of him, Rondo is a guy who takes risks and goes for broke, so I could see him backing himself to earn the big bucks next season.

I think the main thing is to get a fair market offer on the table now, so that even if Rondo doesn't sign, he won't play out this season somehow thinking he isn't valued, or is being 'disrespected' as so many NBA athletes like to claim when a team shaves a couple of mill off a $10 mill contract!

I'd like to see Rondo signed long term to the Celtics, but I think what is more important is that Ainge has maximum flexibility to re-shape the team next off-season, depending on how the team performs this season.

Definitely a smart move by Boston to go after him early.

It's kind of risky for Rondo though, since if he signs long term and Boston lose 1 of the big 3 (or more), they could drop their spot in the East fairly quickly and he could be stuck with a long contract on a non-contending team.

All depends on what Rondo is after I guess...

Having seen the last 2 week's courtside countdown I though it was odd that Bogut's unspectacular block on Jason Terry to save the game made it in at number 3 last week while his significantly more spectacular last second alley off the inbounds didn't even make the 10 this week.

Maybe his shot didn't make the cut this week as there were 2 other match winners which were bloody good, I still think it deserved a spot somewhere in the mix.