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Rajon Rondo "knows what a pro should be," Doc Rivers said. "He knows what a pro looks like and he knows how a leader acts."

B randon Bass should be the envy of his teammates. While Rajon Rondo , Avery Bradley , Gerald Wallace , Jared Sullinger and Vitor Faverani have been sidelined with injuries, Bass keeps on playing.

This morning's "Celtics @ 7" wrapped up Rajon Rondo's BirthdayGate controversy after some parting words from team president of basketball operations Danny Ainge this week with "Toucher and Rich".

Chris Babb's 10-day contract, signed on Feb. 28, runs out Sunday. If the Celtics don't pick him up for another 10-day deal, he'll be looking at a return to the D-League lifestyle - long bus trips, mediocre food and mostly empty arenas.

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

With news breaking just before air that Paul Pierce would consider signing with the Celtics again, the Garden Report discussed whether that would be a good idea and if it would work.

The Truth of the matter is that he's playing for the Brooklyn Nets during the 2013-14 campaign.

After two marquee wins against two of the league's bigger teams, the Brooklyn Nets came crashing down to Earth Friday night.

It's been nearly 11 months since Jason Collins announced he was gay in a Sports Illustrated article , and the Brooklyn Nets center said it's been a whirlwind ever since.

Boston Celtics forward Gerald Wallace will miss the remainder of the season after arthroscopic surgery on his left knee and left ankle.

It's a colorful way of expressing regret, but in the case of the Celtics coach, any regret seems to apply to the good things about his team that elude him upon first glance.

Four straight. The Grizzlies came into Brooklyn on Wednesday night, and while it got closer than it should have in the fourth, Brooklyn came out with the victory .

With the NBA season coming to a close and with the playoffs not too far out of sight, a few unfortunate teams are already gearing up for the offseason.

The following is a list and slideshow of photos of the NBA cheerleaders with the hottest bodies from teams not in the playoffs in 2014.

Kevin Garnett , with Paul Pierce on the Nets bench, will miss his third straight game Wednesday night against the Grizzlies with what the team is calling "back spasms."

Here are some of the facts surrounding the Brooklyn Nets' signing of Jason Collins, the first openly gay, active athlete in major American sports history.

With the way things have been going this season, nobody expected much from the Boston Celtics on Wednesday night against the Golden State Warriors as Rajon Rondo and company suffered their seventh-straight loss.

After they pulled out a dramatic, last-second win at Indiana on Tuesday night, the Golden State Warriors could have been excused for being a bit flat Wednesday night.

Danny Ainge says he asked Rajon Rondo not to skip out on traveling with the team, but the mercurial point guard did anyway.

With the losses piling up and the eyes of fans shifting over the draft board, the Boston Celtics clearly need to make plenty of changes from their 2013-14 season.