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Paul Swydan

Paul Swydan

Outside Boston
Paul Swydan is the owner and operator of The Silver Unicorn Bookstore in Acton, Mass, and the curator of the Boston.com Book Club. In a prior life, he was a sports writer and editor.
Jan
20
A List of Players Who Received Fewer All-Star Votes than Neemias Queta

A List of Players Who Received Fewer All-Star Votes than Neemias Queta

The All-Star voting is endlessly fascinating to me. You have three distinct voting blocs with three very different perspectives in
3 min read
Jan
13
Dan Akroyd and Eddie Murphy playing everyone for suckers as Louis Winthorp III and Billy Ray Valentine on Wall Street in "Trading Places."

The Bigs the Celtics Should Target on the Trade Market

Over the past week or two, the Boston Celtics have been linked to a bunch of centers/bigs in trade
9 min read
Dec
27
Mark Wahlberg as Bob Lee Swagger in "Shooter."

You Know Sam Hauser Is One of the Best Three-Point Shooters in NBA History, Right? And Other Notes

The other day, I wrote about the options that the fantastic start to the season has afforded the Celtics. In
9 min read
Dec
23
Dennis Hopper's truly magnificent turn as a deranged former cop in "Speed"

What Would You Do?

At the beginning of the season, it was assumed that the Celtics would not be competing for a championship this
7 min read
Dec
16
Celtics Player Power Rankings, One-Third Edition (Plus a New Minutes Chart)

Celtics Player Power Rankings, One-Third Edition (Plus a New Minutes Chart)

This weekend, the 2025-2026 season will officially be one-third complete. And since we checked in on these rankings just before
7 min read
Dec
03
Tom Cruise's Ethan Hunt tries to break into an underwater data storage vault, also known as a SCIF.

In Praise of Jaylen Brown

I love Jaylen Brown. I love Jaylen Brown. I love Jaylen Brown. It's important for me to say
6 min read
Nov
16
Madonna striking a pose in the "Vogue" video.

Ranking the 2025-2026 NBA City Edition Jerseys

Because why not? First off, I should say that I love the City Edition jerseys as a concept. Some people
7 min read
Nov
12
The Mavericks' Window Had Been Small

The Mavericks' Window Had Been Small

When Nico Harrison made the dumbest trade in NBA history, and the second-dumbest trade in sports history (nothing will ever
4 min read
Nov
09
Commissioner Jim Gordon in his hospital bed talking to Detective Blake via mobile telephone.

Some Patterns Are Emerging

OK, let's update the minutes played chart, because some interesting things happened in the past seven games: Big
3 min read
Oct
28
A graphic I made that I irrationally like.

Celtics Player Power Rankings, Inaugural 2025-2026 Edition (Plus a Minutes Chart)

It has been a pretty wild first four games of the season, with the fourth having just finished about an
7 min read