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@NBAHistoryCLNS @CLNS_Nick DJ was a great guard but would not call him a point guard. The offense on those teams ran through Larry. DJ was a great defender and hit some very big shots.

Where does Dennis Johnson rank on the Celtics’ all-time PG list? ☘️ 2 titles in Boston. 🏀 1979 Finals MVP. ☘️ One of the toughest and most clutch guards the Celtics franchise ever had. Top 3? Or is he still underrated?

@MassGovernor @RedSox @fenwaypark Boo Boo Boo

There’s no place like home. @RedSox win on Opening Day at @FenwayPark — doesn’t get much better than that.

@bostonradio Looks like no power hitter coming at the trade deadline

Good morning from Liverpool, where John Pizutti’s soccer outfit just got launched out of the FA Cup quarterfinals by Manchester City, taking a potential $2.5 million payday straight to the chin. Next up, Champions League quarters vs powerful PSG on Wed.

@GlennDOrdway Tanking may be the only way small market franchises can succeed. The Spurs tanked twice once for Tim Duncan when they sat Robinson for an entire season then for Wemby. They would never had been able to get players of that caliber in free agency in that market

That’s a lot of bad teams tanking for what appears to be a great draft…but what does non competitive March/April basketball do for NBA fans?

@conroyherald She deserved every boo she got

Relax, Wu lovers. We used to boo politicians who tried to insert themselves into sporting events. All the time. It was standard operating procedure. It doesn’t mean anything electorally. Unfortunately, in this case.

Should be a real fun Opening Day at Fenway on Friday

@coachbrucepearl @A1Policy Sanders is a self hating Jew

I challenge Senator Sanders to a public debate on United States Israel relations, the War in Gaza and Iran. Are with or are you against America? Are you with or against Israel? Are you against both? @A1Policy

@uptonbell Comparing the Red Sox hitters to banjo hitters is an insult to every banjo hitter out there

Is the Red Sox lineup filled with Banjo Hitters with the exception of Roman Anthony

@MHershgordon They emphasize run prevention because they are too cheap to pay for power. Power bats cost money. Pay peanuts you get monkeys

Red Sox drop 2 of 3 to the Reds: Emphasizing run prevention likely means close games which magnifies the nuances. But the Sox open '26 still allowing unearned runs, getting picked off and coming up short in key situational spots. Disappointing finish in Cincy. Long year.

@meatstweets @RedSox Power costs money and the Red Sox will not spend the money for it. Pay peanuts you get monkeys

The @redsox will need another bat soon. Righty power is still a concern and Iggy Suarez would have looked great batting 5th. Take the 45 homers with the 180 strikeouts. Durbin may hit 10-15 homers, not what you’re looking for.

@mcuban The NBA should limit how often they a team can pick in the top 5. They should have a rule where you can not have a top 5 pick for more than 2 consecutive seasons. If you have that top 5 pick in the third season you should be dropped to the bottom of the lottery

The real question is - what options are available to build a winning team that has a chance to win a championship ? The issue isn’t draft odds. In today’s system the worst 3 records have about an 86 pct chance of not getting the top pick. Then you have to multiple that by the odds that any given draft has at least one generational player. 1984, 2003 don’t come around very often. A team can do all it can to have the worst record and if the draft is awful, they did nothing to impact their chances of turning around their team. Every team knows this. Where teams get the most optionally with rebuilds is from collecting draft picks. Once you realize the team you built isn’t good enough or your best players don’t want to stay , you trade your best players. ( see OKC/clippers Celtics/ Nets, and others attempting it the last couple years ) Once you have some picks and no great players, the best way to collect draft picks these days is to stay below the cap. The best way to stay below the cap is to sign players that are very inexpensive or are on over paid short term contracts with non guaranteed elements to make them more trade-able and to allow you to reach the required salary floor. Those contracts are more trade-able to collect bad last year contracts that come with attached picks. And of course retaining cap room. Look at the teams that started the season with the most cap room. Those that created the most cap room during the season. And those that are chasing the top pick. If they didn’t already trade the pick, they match pretty closely. That’s all because of the economics of the nba. A good player on a rookie contract is the most valuable asset in the nba. A franchise player on a rookie deal is the holy grail. But getting a great player on a rookie contract is as much luck as science. You need as many draft picks as you can get in hopes that more than one clicks, and while they are on a rookie contract, you have cap room or trading resources to add the player(s) you need. Bottom line, accumulating draft picks is the best path to building a contender. Staying bad is less about winning the lottery than it is about doing all you can to accumulate those picks. Some ideas 1. Stop allowing teams to accumulate 1sts or trade so many 1sts. 2. Don’t allow players released after the trade deadline, that make more than the MLE , to be picked up and play in the playoffs ( keeps better last year players on worse teams ). 3. Only allow teams to use cap room 2 years in a row. Forces teams to try to get better sooner. 4. Allow old CBA trade rules to apply to MLE or more contracts signed under the old CBA. These will require the players to approve. So probably difficult to make happen. And finally. The one exception that proves these rules ? Dumb ass trades. If you can get another team to be stupid, none of the above matters. But you can’t count on them. Trading down to get Dirk doesn’t happen often !

@bcballhottakes Truth hurts

“No facilities”

@conroyherald Now the rest of the world sees evidence of how crooked the Commonwealth is

This is great. Now could the lads get on Mayor Wu’s double digit property tax increase?

Happy Opening Day. There was no more important team in Red Sox history than the 1967 Red Sox. In this episode of Front Row to Boston Sports @Dan_Shaughnessy talks about the importance of that team youtube.com/watch?v=BtGfiF…

@kylemiller_pxp That’s a big ask

We can get 1 win(?)

@TheFieldOf68 @RobbieHummel He doesn’t seem to love the game of basketball, Bird, Magic,Michael, Kobe those players would do anything to win. Do not see that same passion and drive from Peterson

ICYMI: @RobbieHummel on Darryn Peterson: "I struggle to think that right now he's a generational prospect, because I just don't think he has some of the physical burst that a lot of guys that have been labeled that do... If you're having a hard time getting clean looks in NCAA tournament and Big 12 games, that doesn't get easier when you get to the NBA" 🎥: youtu.be/sL56MybVF1k

@bostonradio Best college coach ever

Pope Pitino is a pimp.

@franfraschilla @stephenasmith @BYUMBB @FirstTake Reminds me of Kevin Durant. He will be a great pro

I’m not sure if @stephenasmith was trying to purposely trigger my @BYUMBB fan friends when he said on @FirstTake take that AJ should not have gone to BYU. Don’t let him. He’s actually a very nice man & the show is mostly schtick. No NBA GM is calling him. I’m not sure there was a better fit for AJ to thrive in this season. No one could have predicted all the injuries. I’ll always remember his season as one of the best in @Big12Conference history. The coaching, the competition and the love shown by Cougar fans this season along with his incredible talent and character could not have worked out any better for him.

@MassGovernor Lower bills. When do we see this. Stop lying to get votes

In Massachusetts, we’re saying YES to every kind of energy — including geothermal — and to the good jobs and lower bills that come with it.

@Dan_Shaughnessy If you read one article this week this is the one

When your no-nonsense high school coach ends up being so much more bostonglobe.com/2026/03/18/spo…