Avery Bradley News

Backup center Alex Len came off the Phoenix bench because of injury and wound up scoring six key points to lead the Suns to an important 87-80 victory over the Boston Celtics on Friday night.

Mar 9, 2014; Oakland, CA, USA; Phoenix Suns guard Gerald Green reacts after the Suns recorded a turnover against the Golden State Warriors in the fourth quarter at Oracle Arena.

The Celtics get back to work Friday night where they'll take on the Phoenix Suns at the TD Garden.

Relative to the other four positions on a team, building around a point guard shouldn't be very complicated.

It's been nearly five weeks since Avery Bradley last suited up for the Boston Celtics and, although his presence may not make a difference in terms of winning and losing games, it makes a difference in terms of him winning or losing this offseason.

Right now, on the floor, the Boston Celtics don't do a lot of things very well. Out of 30 teams, they rank 26th in restricted area field goal percentage, and last but not least, are madly in love with the mid-range jumper.

The short-handed New York Knicks, surrounded by the talk that Phil Jackson is about to start running the organization, continued their belated playoff push with a 116-92 victory over the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night.

Not drafted? No problem. Phil Pressey went unselected in the 2013 draft. But that provided him the opportunity to control his own future, which ended up starting in Boston.

Every year there are a handful of NBA prospects who see their draft stock skyrocket or plummet with their performance in the NCAA tournament.

He's had to go through the Celtics' rebuilding situation with roughly two losses for every win most of the year.

After winning two games in a row in rather impressive fashion, it is essential that the Boston Celtics get back to the plan and lose more games.

The lottery is very, very important. The draft itself will be telling and key to the future.

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Avery Bradley appears on track for a return next Friday from his right ankle sprain.

For the second straight season, it's been a challenging year for Avery Bradley. Back in 2012-13, the guard was hampered by offseason shoulder surgery that sidelined him for the start of the regular season and limited his production once he did return to the floor.

I've always kind of taken it as a given that there will be fireworks this summer.

"They had a contract situation and I knew that," the Celtics guard said of the veteran contracts the Nets were adding to their payroll.

Number 34 jerseys are more prevalent than normal at the TD Garden Friday night, but not as overwhelmingly everywhere as they were on Jan. 26. Paul Pierce playing against the Boston Celtics will always remain strange, but it's not as big a scene now that he's done it once before.

Boston Celtics guard Avery Bradley has missed 10 of his last 11 games due to an ankle injury.

Avery Bradley, who hasn't been able to shake injuries and their subsequent surgeries his entire career, at least received some encouraging news today.