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"I don't know anything," Bradley told CSNNE.com in a phone interview. "They just want me to get healthy. That's all they really tell me. They don't really give me time frames." CSNNE.com

Boston Celtics, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

"We know there's a possibility that Avery won't be able to play the first month of the season," Danny Ainge, Boston's president of basketball operations, told CSNNE.com. "So we have to be prepared for that. You never know how these things play out; will it be a month? Or two months? I don't think it'll be much longer than that, or he could be back sooner. You try to build a roster where you can get by with any injury, that can sustain you through a short period of time." CSNNE.com

Boston Celtics, Danny Ainge, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

Doc on Avery Bradley (shoulder): "That's tough. Avery's great but we're not going to have him for a while. It's going to be great to know that we're getting him back at some point, but we're not going to rush him. And that's going to be really important that he not rush himself." #Celtics Sulia

Boston Celtics, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

Peter Stringer: The Celtics announced today that Avery Bradley underwent successful surgery at NEBH to stabilize his right shoulder. Twitter

Boston Celtics, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

In addition to Ray Allen’s departure for Miami, Avery Bradley’s ordeal with double shoulder surgery is about to enter its second phase. The Celtics guard will undergo surgery on his right shoulder tomorrow at New England Baptist Hosptial, and is expected to miss training camp as a result. Boston Herald

Boston Celtics, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

About six weeks after having surgery to repair repeated dislocations of his left shoulder, Bradley will undergo another procedure on his right shoulder Tuesday at New England Baptist Hospital and may not be ready for the start of the regular season. Team officials said Bradley is progressing well from the left shoulder surgery, but had to wait until that shoulder healed enough before having surgery on the right. It is unknown when Bradley will be able to resume basketball activities, but coach Doc Rivers and assistant general manager Austin Ainge are prepared for Bradley to miss time. “I have no idea, I really don’t,” Rivers said as the team’s summer league entry practiced Sunday. “I hear the beginning of the year he’ll be back, [or] until mid-December — probably somewhere in-between.” Boston Globe

Boston Celtics, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

Chris Forsberg: Source close to Bradley insisted training camp return was still possible yesterday, but when team is already pessimistic that's a bad sign. Twitter

Boston Celtics, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

A. Sherrod Blakely: #CelticsTalk: My bad. #Celtics Bradley already had left shoulder surgery. Right shoulder surgery next. AB still expected out 2 start season. Twitter

Boston Celtics, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

Celtics guard Avery Bradley will undergo surgery on his right shoulder on Tuesday at New England Baptist Hosptial, according to assistant general manager Austin Ainge, and will miss the team’s training camp as a result. The surgery, designed to tighten up the ligaments in the shoulder, will be performed by Celtics team physician Brian McKeon. Boston Herald

Boston Celtics, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

Ainge acknowledged that the additional surgery — Bradley also had left shoulder surgery in May — will not only force the blossoming shooting guard to miss the team’s camp, but will likely keep him sidelined for the first part of the season. Celtics coach Doc Rivers concurred with that assessment. “It could be early in the season, it could be mid-Decmeber,” Rivers said of a possible Bradley return. “We’re just not sure.” Boston Herald

Boston Celtics, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

Contrary to recent speculation that Avery Bradley might not be ready for the start of the 2012-13 season after undergoing shoulder surgery during the playoffs, a league source indicated Saturday that the Celtics guard is still targeting a training camp return and, barring a setback, should be ready for the start of the new campaign. ESPN.com

Boston Celtics, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

Chris Forsberg: Some confusion on Avery Bradley’s return timeline. League source said today that, barring a setback, he’s still on pace for training camp. Twitter

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The Celtics' dilemma is whether they can muster the trade assets needed to acquire a pick high enough in the lottery to get in Rivers' range. Sources say Boston would be willing to part with both their Nos. 21 and 22 picks, but it's believed that teams in the top 10 want more than that. And the Celtics, sources say, are struggling to offer more because they refuse to include promising guard Avery Bradley in draft-night trade talks and lack other assets to sweeten the pot. The Celtics haven't totally given up on moving up in the draft, however. Sources say they are trying to package Nos. 21 and 22 to move into the mid-first round instead. ESPN.com

Boston Celtics, Draft, Trade, Avery Bradley, Austin Rivers 

The first phase of Avery Bradley’s shoulder issues may be complete, with the Celtics guard recovering from May 30 surgery on his left shoulder. The second phase — surgery on his right shoulder — is scheduled to begin “shortly,” according to a league source. Though not as serious as the condition of the left, which popped out of joint four times during the playoffs, the right shoulder was damaged in part as a result of Bradley attempting to compensate for the pain in his left. Boston Herald

Boston Celtics, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

The Celtics are hoping he’ll be ready for the start of training camp in early October, when the team is scheduled to play exhibition games in Istanbul and Milan. Boston Herald

Boston Celtics, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

Rivers absorbed some criticism for not giving Bradley quality minutes sooner, but the coach said even with the benefit of hindsight, he wouldn't do it differently. "You can't hand it to them," Rivers said. "I look at the Washington [Wizards] model, where they played Andray Blatche and those guys, and what did it teach them? That they're going to play them anyway?" A number of Celtics players whose contracts are up, including Green, Wilcox, Pietrus and Brandon Bass (if, as expected, he opts out of his player option), have expressed hopes of returning to Boston. ESPN.com

Boston Celtics, Washington Wizards, Doc Rivers, Coaching, Avery Bradley, Andray Blatche 

Allen conceivably could return to Boston, but Mannix said that decision might be affected by Allen's apparent struggles to get along with Rajon Rondo. "I think there's no question that the relationship was strained over this year," Mannix said. "How strained is the key, and it's still a little bit unclear. There was some friction between those two. I think that could play a role in Ray's decision not to come back. Now, I agree, I think that Boston probably wasn't going to bring him back anyway, you're right, it's Avery Bradley's job and Ray isn't coming back to the Celtics to be a bench player, especially when he can be a bench player on a team that might be more likely to win a championship. But I think the relationship over the last year between Ray Allen and Rajon Rondo soured." WEEI.com

Boston Celtics, Free Agency, Ray Allen, Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley 

Jessica Camerato: Avery Bradley and Jeff Green were in the #Celtics locker room after the game. Bradley declined comment. Twitter

Boston Celtics, Ray Allen, Avery Bradley, Injuries 

Chris Tomasson: Dwayne Wade on Avery Bradley out, Ray Allen hurting: “No excuses. Not getting into it. We don’t have no Chris Bosh.’’ Twitter

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