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BOSTON -- After deciding to bring back Bostons aging Big Three for another run at the NBA title, Danny Ainge knew he needed to surround it with more talent. Roddy White Black Jersey . The Celtics general manager settled on former Dallas Mavericks shooting guard Jason Terry as one of the key pieces. Terry has reportedly agreed to a three-year deal for $15 million that is only waiting for the NBAs moratorium on free agent signings to be lifted on July 11 for the deal to be finalized. Brandon Bass has reportedly agreed to a three-year deal that is also being held up until the signing date. That gives Boston back its third-leading scorer, a 6-foot-8 forward who averaged 12.5 points in his first season with the Celtics. Terry, who is one of the leagues top 3-point shooters, would not keep the Celtics from bringing back Ray Allen. The 36-year-old Allen has also met with the Miami Heat, but salary cap rules allow Boston to offer him more money. "We really want Ray to come back," Ainge said this week. "Time will tell." That would keep the Big Three intact to try for a second NBA championship -- the 18th for the leagues most-decorated franchise. Paul Pierce is under contract for two more years and Rajon Rondo for three. Ainge nearly dealt away Allen, the top 3-point shooter in NBA history, at the trading deadline in a deal that would have signalled the end of the partnership that led the Celtics to the 2008 championship. The same group returned to the NBA Finals in 2010, losing to the Los Angeles Lakers in seven games. After the Celtics lost to the eventual champion Miami Heat in seven games in this years Eastern Conference finals, Ainge waited for Garnett to decide if he wanted to retire and considered rebuilding with a younger roster. But the 6-foot-11 star agreed to terms on a three-year, $34.5 million deal he can sign next Wednesday. Terry, who is 34, doesnt make the Celtics much younger -- especially not if Allen returns. But he gives them depth they needed when Allen was hobbled with bone spurs in his ankle. The 2009 NBA Sixth Man of the Year and a member of the Mavericks team that won it all in 2011, Terry came off the bench to average 15 points per game for Dallas last season. In his career, he has averaged 16.1 points and 4.7 rebounds. Over five years with Atlanta and eight with Dallas, Terry is a career 38 per cent 3-point shooter who has made 1,788 of them over his career -- fourth-most in NBA history. (Allen is first, with 2,718.) During the 2011 post-season, Terry was the Mavericks No. 2 scorer, averaging 17.5 points per game, hitting three 3-pointers and scoring 27 points in all in Dallas Game 6 victory to clinch its first NBA title. Jonathan Babineaux Jersey . And the ultra-competitive Clemens, now a half-century old, was quick to point out just how well he did against that group of geezers. "I hit two homers, by the way," he said. Roddy White Womens Jersey .ca! 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Ryan Braun hit two hits, drove in a run and collected three of Milwaukees seven stolen bases in a 6-0 romp over the weary Pittsburgh Pirates on Tuesday night. "I think people have always perceived us as a team that relies on the home run," Braun said. "Well, we really dont. Were pretty good at running the bases." Then again, just about everybody is against the Pirates. Pittsburgh entered the night throwing out less than 10 per cent of attempted base stealers on the season, by far the lowest in the majors. The number only got worse as the Brewers went 7 for 7 to post their highest single game steals total since moving to the National League in 1998. "Weve got a lot of guys who can steal bases, and if you rely on the homer, you really get yourself in trouble, so you try to find a way to manufacture runs sometimes, too," Braun said. Not that streaking Yovani Gallardo (16-8) requires much in the way of run support these days. The right-hander gave up two hits over 6 2-3 innings to win his eighth straight decision. Milwaukee moved in front of fading Pittsburgh in the jumbled National League wild-card race and remained 2 1-2 games back of St. Louis for the second wild-card spot. "Yos on a roll that he goes out there and he throws up a lot of zeroes," said Milwaukee manager Ron Roenicke. Carlos Gomez and Jonathan Lucroy had three hits apiece for the Brewers, who trailed the Pirates by nine games during their last visit to PNC Park but are peaking heading into the final two weeks of the season. "We just continued to believe, continued to stay positive," Braun said. "I think with the second wild card, it gives everybody hope." A.J. Burnett (15-8) gave up two runs in six innings but couldnt stop Pittsburghs late season swoon. The Pirates are 4-12 this month. "He really wrestled out there," said Pittsburgh manager Clint Hurdle. "He gave it everything he had." Even if it wasnt enough for Burnett to become the first Pirates pitcher to win 16 games in 20 years. He shook off trouble in the first two innings -- when he needed 51 pitches to get six outs while giving up a run -- to pitch into the sixth for his 25th straight start. Pittsburgh took the field less than 24 hours removed from a long night in Chicago, wherre the Pirates waited out a rain delay of more than three hours before scratching out a 3-0 victory over the Cubs. Matt Ryan Falcons Jersey. The team didnt get into Pittsburgh until 5:40 a.m., and Hurdle let his players arrive later than usual to the ballpark after the on Tuesday. The extra rest didnt help. Gallardo has thrived as the teams No. 1 starter since Zack Greinke was traded to the Los Angeles Angels and had little trouble extending his hot streak against the Pirates. The Brewers escaped a bases-loaded two-out jam in the second when Gallardo got Burnett to ground out to second. Pittsburgh didnt get another base runner until the seventh, and by then Milwaukee had raced to a 4-0 lead. The night followed a similar theme. The Brewers would get on base with a single -- all 13 of their hits were singles -- then move into scoring position by taking off for second at the first opportunity. Eventually, the greed turned into runs. During one sequence in the seventh, Weeks singled with one out then stole second and raced home on a single by Braun. The reigning NL MVP then stole second and came home on a single up the middle by Lucroy to make it 4-0. "I think they were good times to go, and we have the opportunity anytime were on second base, we get that base hit and we got a few of them," Roenicke said. "So it was a good game." Pittsburgh briefly had a chance to get back in it in the bottom of the inning, using a single, an error and a walk to load the bases. Gallardo gave way to reliever Jonathan Henderson, who got pinch-hitter Mike McKenry to pop to shallow right field. Milwaukee tacked on two more runs in the eighth, sparked by a single and stolen base by Gomez. It was the seventh of the night for the Brewers, the most since the club joined the NL and the second most in team history. The team record for stolen bases in a single game is eight set against the Toronto Blue Jays on Aug. 28, 1992. Hurdle had no issue with the liberties the Brewers took on the base paths. "If you dont likeem stealing bases," Hurdle said, "getem out." NOTES: The series continues on Wednesday with Milwaukees Marco Estrada (3-6, 3.77 ERA) facing Pittsburghs Kyle McPherson (0-0, 1.54 ERA), who will be making his first major league start ... The Pirates reached a two-year agreement with the Jamestown Jammers of the New York-Penn League for the 2013 and 2014 seasons. ' ' '