Danny Ainge sits down with Gary Tanguay to talk about the loss of James Posey to the Hornets and some possible other free agent targets in the coming weeks.

Usually it is difficult for me to sit through the ESPY’s without rolling my eyes numerous times at the lame jokes while watching ESPN desperately try to make this the biggest thing going every year, but I might have to watch on Sunday.

Greg Dickerson talked with the players at the DVD release party for the Celtics championship DVD released on Monday, July 14.

Leading off, Greg talks with Paul Pierce and 3-month daughter one-on-one about his offseason so far.

See what James Posey has to say about his pending free agency.

Kevin Garnett talks about his summer to date.

 
Free agent guard Eddie House talks about his summer with the media.

Well…sort of. Legendary Comcast SportsNet broadcasting duo Mike Gorman and Tommy Heinsohn performed very well in Boston Sports Media Watch’s recently conducted approval ratings of local sports personalities. Mike finished first overall in percentage and Tommy finished fourth. Apparently not many NBA refs voted in the poll.

Check out this week’s podcast as I discuss the C’s post-championship off-season with Nick Altschuller . If you have a question for "The Dino Radja Experience", email us at dinoradjaexperience@gmail.com.

Celtics Captain and NBA Finals MVP Paul Pierce spoke with Michael Felger at his annual summer basketball camp at Basketball City in Boston. "The Truth" talks about settling down from the events of the past year, James Posey or Corey Magette, and his admiration for head coach Doc Rivers.

Did Danny Ainge find gold again through the Draft?

Despite the Celtics struggles in the past 10 years before this season’s fairly successful season (Hooray sarcasm!), the team has never been able to pick in the top few slots in the draft. You could argue that he earned the NBA Executive of the Year Award not by trading for two All-Stars, but by his great track record since re-joining the franchise he once played with.

Every pick he has made has either helped directly win a championship, or indirectly build the roster.

The #5 pick in 2007 turned into Ray Allen and Glen Davis.

In 2006, having the #7 pick allowed to acquire the uber-valuable expiring contract of Theo Ratliff. Plus we drfted our poing guard for the next several years late in the 1st Round, and picked up Leon Powe 49 players into the draft.

2005, the talented but unproven Gerald Green fell in the Celtics lap at 18, and Ryan Gomes was still around at pick 50.

The 2004 Draft brought Al Jefferson (15), Delonte West (24) and Tony Allen (25) on board.

And in Ainge’s first draft with the Celtics, he mad a draft day trade to acquire Marcus Banks and Kendrick Perkins for Troy Bell and Dahntay Jones. While Banks never worked out here, Perk is a legit starting center that has improved every year and Troy Bell and Dahntay Jones have been in and out of the league.

Just when the fuzziness has worn off for everyone with the Sox having a rough week, here is something to check out and turn your day around.

Bill Walker / Getty Images" class="imgcaption floatr" style="float: right;" />Your World Champion Boston Celtics (man it is fun writing that) entered the 08 NBA Draft a lot differently than what they went through just one year ago. In 2007, Celtics fans were trying to overcome the bad-bounce-of-the-lottery-balls-again headache hangover…this year, a 17th Banner "it was all worth it" hangover. The C’s took a gamble selecting JR Giddens with the 30th pick of the Draft, and another chance on trading for Kansas St’s Bill Walker in Round 2. Both players have a ton of potential and should have been much higher picks without their respective baggage. It has been reported that Giddens hasn’t been the best teammate and his been involved in off the court problems. Supposedly, he has grown up a lot in the past year. Walker was a lottery pick coming out of high school, but knee injuries have scared many NBA teams off. The Walker pick can be somewhat compared to the Leon Powe pick for the C’s in 2006, and that seemed to work out pretty well.

If Giddens can grow up a bit more, which should be easier with the Celtics veteran team, he could step in fairly soon and be a contributor off the bench. He is 23 years-old, which means he his older than Glen Davis, Gabe Pruitt, and Rajon Rondo. You really can’t say enough for what 4 years of school does for rookies.

Check out Comcast SportsNet’s exclusive interview with NBA Executive of the Year Danny Ainge with Greg Dickerson on draft night at the TD Banknorth Garden.