Jason K. Lind

Boston Celtics

My coverage of the 2012-2013 Boston Celtics for JO 514 at Boston U.

  • The path of the American sports columnist runs through Boston

    This is my graduate thesis for a master’s degree from Boston University’s College of Communication. Massive thanks to everyone who helped me out with it – specifically Bob Ryan, Paul Flannery, Eric Johnson, Eric Bowman, Steve Hirsch, Andrew Vazzano, Matt Cerrone, Nick Hansen and Professor Dick Lehr. Bob Ryan and Bill Simmons are two of…

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  • Bob Ryan on what it takes to do his job, his favorite columnists, and Bill Simmons

    While putting together my graduate thesis at Boston University, I initially set out to address two broad questions: 1. What is a sports column, and 2. What was a sports column? Bob Ryan, a legendary sportswriter for the Boston Globe who does television appearances on ESPN’s Around the Horn, was gracious enough to help me. Unsurprisingly, he gave…

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  • Rebounding hits rock bottom in Boston

    They probably won’t cost Boston the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference, but recent struggles on the glass are so bad that they could contribute to an early playoff exit. If the Celtics continue to rebound like they have during this five game losing streak, it won’t matter if Kevin Garnett is healthy or who…

  • Celtics future still not as bright as the present

    Early in the season it would have been absurd to even speculate. Only this year’s Celtics, forced into frequent and dramatic lineup changes, could prompt the question. Since Monday night, though, fans are considering it. With a month left in the regular season and the Eastern Conference playoff teams virtually decided, they are looking past…

  • Celtics grit won’t translate to better position in the East

    It’s time for the Celtics to breathe.  They’ve earned it. The Jazz were 21-6 at home before Paul Pierce took over Salt Lake City Monday night.  After a 110-107 overtime win in Utah, Boston has just one game to play in a week.  Not even the All-Star break allotted the team this much time to…

  • Garnett rests, Boston runs aways from Phoenix

    The Celtics refuse to settle into lowered expectations. Boston suffered two straight road losses out of the All-Star break, and the season-ending injuries to Rajon Rondo and Jared Sullinger weighed a little heavier.  Before Friday the team had no wins on the road against the Western Conference this season. Success in Phoenix Friday night could…

  • All-Star Break Report Card: Boston Celtics

    It’s All-Star Friday, the most bizarre day of planned events on the NBA calendar.  The media will mob Houston, Kevin Hart will do Kevin Hart things in the Celebrity Game and Kyrie Irving will take at least five uncontested threes en route to another possible MVP performance in the Rising Stars Challenge. With this lull…

  • Boston ends Denver’s streak, extends its own in triple overtime

    The Denver Nuggets had only one lead in regulation against the Boston Celtics on Sunday night, but with 18.9 seconds left in the second overtime it looked like they would extend their winning streak to 10 games.  Ty Lawson, who finished with game highs of 29 points and 55 minutes, curled off a screen and…

  • Give-and-Go: Valuing Kevin Garnett

    For the sake of brevity, I combined two points in this week’s Three-Man Weave to create a very special two-point edition. Three days ago Sean Deveney of Sporting News reported that the Los Angeles Clippers were interested in acquiring 36 year-old Kevin Garnett from the Boston Celtics.  There were a couple weird things about the report, including…

  • Celtics stay ahead of Clippers, move to 4-0 without Rondo

    The Boston Celtics showed their ceiling and their floor against playoff-caliber competition without All-Star point guard Rajon Rondo on Sunday afternoon. Boston played its most offensively prolific first half of the season, shooting 53 percent from the floor, 14-for-16 from the free throw line and putting a season high 59 points on the board.  Ten…