Celtics Beat

So far, so good. The Boston Celtics are rolling out West.   Well, sort of. But two wins in a row is a start, particularly on a back-to-back beating the Portland Trail Blazers and Denver Nuggets. What does this mean? Can the Celtics make a run at the Eastern Conference’s final playoff berth?   LHR doesn’t seem to think so. While there are a lot of positives that have come out of the Celtics continu...

Championship Sunday in the NFL is not championship sunday for the Boston Celtics.  In fact, it’s a bloody Sunday.  Two Eastern Conference juggernauts - the Atlanta Hawks and Chicago Bulls - humbled the Celts on their home floor in two contests this week.  And now the Celtics go out West.   Boston’s first stop will be in Los Angeles to face Doc Rivers, Chris Paul, Blake Griffin and the Los Angeles...

These are dark times for the Boston Celtics.  The losses are piling up and fans are depressed.  But is this as bad as what it once was?   Esteemed Celtics historian Larry H. Russell will re-live the infamous Dark Ages in this special edition episode of Celtics Beat.  LHR will speak with realGM’s Elrod Enchilada and they’ll discuss Larry’s landmark author debut Fall of the Boston Celtics: How Bad L...

The Boston Celtics haven’t kicked off the New Year right but you can count on Celtics Beat too.  Rich Conte and Dr. Andre Snellings return for 2015 and will bring in Bob Ryan for an extended conversation on ... everything. Rajon Rondo’s successful return to Boston with the Dallas Mavericks - we got that.  Current state of the team? Check.  A trip down memory lane discussing Bob’s best selling memo...

Our last show of 2014 is a special one.  ‘The Baseline’ team of Cal “Gameface” Lee and Warren Shaw are back to wrap up the year.  And fittingly, the past week was pretty much the same as it was all 2014: loss after loss after loss with some trade talk thrown in.   We’ll get a different perspective this week.  Two stalwarts of the Celtics-blogosphere, Mark Vandeusen and Mike Dyer of CelticsLife wil...

It finally happened.  Rajon Rondo is a Celtic no more.  The Boston Celtics sent their starting point to the Dallas Mavericks for Brandan Wright...ah, you know the rest.   Hosts Jared Weiss and “Stats” Adam Lowenstein will be joined by two guests.  Kelly Dwyer of Yahoo! Sports and Tim McMahon of ESPN Dallas.  It will be all Rajon Rondo talk, all the time.  Oh, and there is a game tonight too, again...

An early Christmas gift for Boston Celtics fans this holiday season: A bonus special edition episode of Celtics Beat.  Rich Conte and “Stats” Adam Lowenstein are back together to preview tonight’s game in Boston against the up-and-coming Orlando Magic, as well as primer you up for the NBA’s trade season.   Rich and “Stats” Adam will be joined by radio voice of the Boston Celtics, the one and only,...

So much for the Boston Celtics turning things around.  After three wins in a row, the Celts would give it all back including losing two to the NBA’s bottom feeders in the Charlotte Hornets and the New York Knicks.  Boston now sits a full seven games under .500 as the New Year approaches.  Are changes inevitable? Hosts Rich Conte and Dr. Andre Snellings will discuss all the latest NBA trade buzz, a...

December 7th -- what better way to kick off the big move to Sunday afternoons for the Celtics Beat podcast than to have our return to Sundays than Larry Bird's birthday.  It was another jammed packed week in the world of Boston Celtics basketball.  There were downs, such as another catastropic collapse Tuesday night against the Atlanta Hawks, but there were ups as well.  Two wins in a row! And oh...

It’s our last show on Saturday before the big move to Sunday afternoons.  Unfortunately, it was another demoralizing week for the Boston Celtics and their fans.  There was nothing to be thankful for this Thanksgiving weekend.  It was same old, same old.  More losses and more blown leads.  The Baseline crew of Cal Lee and Warren Shaw are here to make sense of it.   Cal and Warren will be joined by...

Another week, another string of bad losses by the Boston Celtics highlighted by bad defense.  Yes, the Celtics did get a win this week, but we all know who that was against. After giving up 118 points in a loss to the Phoenix Suns earlier in the week, the Celtics got scorched by Marc Gasol and the shorthanded Memphis Grizzlies last night.  Is it already time to push the panic button? Host Larry H....

How bout them Boston Celtics? Better than you anticipated, huh? The Celtics have gotten off to a respectable start at 3-5.  For them.  And Larry H. Russell is here to talk about it. Two very special guests will join Celtics Beat.  The first is Adam Kaufman, he of his very own Boston Celtics podcast - Celtics @ 7, as well as boston.com.  Adam and LHR will talk about the Celtics and their two tough...

The 2014-15 NBA season is more than underway and things have gotten off to a rocky start for the Boston Celtics.  It doesn’t get any easier as they head into a matchup with one of the best teams in the league -- the Chicago Bulls.   Hosts Jared Weiss and “Stats” Adam Lowenstein will look back at the week that was for the Boston Celtics.  While the team may not be playing well record wise, some ind...

The 2014-2015 NBA Season is finally underway and Celtics Beat on CLNS Radio brings you the highlights of a fun opening week including a recap of the Celtics impressive opening night win over the Brooklyn Nets.  Hosts Rich Conte and Andre Snellings talk about that opening night win and preview tonight's first road game of the season in Houston against Dwight Howard, James Harden and the rest of the...

Here we go: the 2014-15 NBA season is upon us.  In this special edition NBA preview show for 2015, host Larry H. Russell will stick his neck out there and look into his crystal ball for a prognosis on the Boston Celtics and the NBA in the coming eight months.   LHR won’t be alone.  Special guest Ryan McNeill of HoopsAddict.com will stop by to preview this coming NBA season as well.  Ryan is a cred...

Roto Wire NBA fantasy analyst Marc Roberts joins CLNS Radio's Jared Weiss and Andre Snellings to preview the 14-15 NBA Fantasy season. They discussed the surprising fantasy star on the Boston Celtics and discussed the merits of Dwight Howard as a fantasy superstar. They also broke down the effect on the league that Kevin Durant's injury wil have and how to do your fantasy draft! Learn more about y...

Training camp has started and the NBA Preseason is underway.  The Celtics opened the preseason slate with a couple of blowout wins over division rivals Philadelphia and New York.  Celtics Beat takes a look ahead at what the upcoming season may hold in store. Hosts Rich Conte and Dr. Andre Snellings of Rotowire are joined by the Associated Press' Brian Mahoney as they dig into the major NBA storyli...

Boston Celtics Media Day was this past Monday September 29th and CLNS Radio had you covered.  With our live blog located on clnsradio.com and our raw, uncut videos located on youtube.com/clnsradio -- your home for sports talk radio lapped the field. This week's edition of Celtics Beat dissects even further into this past Monday as we begin to really look forward to this 2014-15 Boston Celtics and...

Pre-season coverage of the Boston Celtics and the NBA is underway.  Teams are set to open up their training camps this coming week, and the Celtics have their very own media day this coming Monday. Hosts Rich Conte and Larry H. Russell will discuss the media coverage and fan interest regarding the Celtics.  And who better to talk to in this subject than the Boston Globe’s Chad Finn.  Chad has been...

The NBA season is now rapidly approaching, and the questions are beginning to arise? Who’s staying and who’s going for the Boston Celtics? Hosts Jared Weiss and Larry H. Russell will break it all down on this week’s episode of Celtics Beat.   Jared and LHR will be joined by Jared’s partner on the Garden Report and Comcast Sports Net New England’s own Jimmy Toscano. Jimmy will join J. Weiss and LHR...

It’s getting to be that time in the NBA.  The leaves are turning here in New England and that means one thing: NBA basketball and the Boston Celtics are right around the corner.   Well, basketball season is almost here.  Boston Celtics have a ton of roster questions and hosts Cal Lee and Warren Shaw of “The Baseline” NBA podcast are here to analyze discuss who stays or who may go   Also this week...

The 2013-14 may not have been the most exciting season for the Boston Celtics, but it certainly was over at Celtics Beat on CLNS Radio.   In just a few short months, Celtics Beat launched a mobile app, developed its own channels on iTunes and Stitcher, and became the highest rated Celtics podcast on the web.   As a small token appreciation to the loyal audience that made this happen - CLNS Radio i...

It’s time to turn back the clock this week on Celtics Beat.  In this very special edition show, Rich Conte will take a look back at one of the best, if not the best, team in Boston Celtics history.   The 1973 Boston Celtics set a team record for most wins, 68, had the league MVP in Dave Cowens, but failed to capture a championship.  During the Eastern Conference Finals, Hall of Famer John Havlicek...

We may be in the midst of the NBA’s doldrum season, but Celtics Beat on CLNS Radio is still giving you plenty of Boston Celtics and NBA talk.   Hosts Rich Conte and Larry H. Russell will have the privilege to talk to the President of the Boston Celtics, Rich Gotham.  Rich took over the post in April of 2007 and the organization has seen a tremendous amount of success both on and off the court in t...

Its arrived Celtics Fans, The release of the 2014-2015 NBA Season Schedule.  Cal Lee and Warren Shaw go indepth on the Celtics schedule and how the first 13 games may be an outlier that will dictate a season to remember or a season to forget. After an overview of the State of the Celtics, we will be joined by TNT NBA Analyst Sekou Smith  to give his take on the regular season matchups hes looking...