Celtics Interested In Signing J.R. Smith

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Celtics Interested In Signing J.R. Smith


OCT 9, 2016 3:08 PM


The Boston Celtics have interest in signing J.R. Smith, who remains in a contract stalemate with the Cleveland Cavaliers.

Smith is seeking $15 million per season from the Cavaliers while they are only offering $10 million or $11 million annually.

The Celtics can only offer Smith a salary starting at $9 million unless they make a trade to clear cap space.

Boston has Avery Bradley as their starting shooting guard.

The report also indicates there are several other teams with interest in Smith.

FRANK ISOLA/NEW YORK DAILY NEWS


bob
MY NOTE:  WTF?  I go away for a little R&R and Danny loses his mind?  He forgets how to count to 15?  


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well, he would increase our tattoo per square foot or skin ratio for sure.

not sure that's worth anything though.

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Please "NO" to JR Smith at anything much more than the vet's minimum. He will be too costly for what he can bring to the Cs. Certainly not known as a "team" player and our young roster does not need any such distractions.

I`d sign him in a heartbeat if they had cap space. One guy`s not going to ruin team chemistry and he`s a knockdown shooter. The Cavs seemed to do o.k.with him.

I don't trust the source of this article, especially since $ wise it makes no sense either. Danny's not dumb.

Seems unlikely given the addition of GG for less than a Mill and the drafting of Brown.

never been a JR fan either.

dboss

I`m sure the signing is not going to happen, but the casual dimissal of the usefulness of a guy who hit .400. from three last year and .390. the year before and by all accounts played good team defense on the world champions does surprise me a little. Most of Smith`s peccadiloes had to do with his becoming one of the last guys to go straight from high school to the NBA, and his failure to get along with George Karl, a notoriously player unfriendly coach. His main skill is shooting, so throwing up shots is basically his job, ala Vinnie Johnson. I don`t hear his teammates or Tyron Lue complaining about him. Of course Gerald Green`s signing may well , as previously suggested, make him somewhat superfluous, but the difference between a guy who hits 40 % from three and one who hits 35 % is huge. Jaylen Brown is a totally different player, so I don`t see where he has any impact on signing  a guy like Smith..Ainge has the responsibility to kick the tires . Doesn`t mean  he`s gonna pay the price.

jrleftfoot wrote:I`m sure the signing is not going to happen, but the casual dimissal of the usefulness of a guy who hit .400. from three last year and .390. the year before and by all accounts played good team defense on the world champions does surprise me a little. Most of Smith`s peccadiloes had to do with his becoming one of the last guys to go straight from high school to the NBA, and his failure to get along with George Karl, a notoriously player unfriendly coach. His main skill is shooting, so throwing up shots is basically his job, ala Vinnie Johnson. I don`t hear his teammates or Tyron Lue complaining about him. Of course Gerald Green`s signing may well , as previously suggested, make him somewhat superfluous, but the difference between a guy who hits 40 % from three and one who hits 35 % is huge. Jaylen Brown is a totally different player, so I don`t see where he has any impact on signing  a guy like Smith..Ainge has the responsibility to kick the tires . Doesn`t mean  he`s gonna pay the price.

Good points.

NYCelt wrote:

jrleftfoot wrote:I`m sure the signing is not going to happen, but the casual dimissal of the usefulness of a guy who hit .400. from three last year and .390. the year before and by all accounts played good team defense on the world champions does surprise me a little. Most of Smith`s peccadiloes had to do with his becoming one of the last guys to go straight from high school to the NBA, and his failure to get along with George Karl, a notoriously player unfriendly coach. His main skill is shooting, so throwing up shots is basically his job, ala Vinnie Johnson. I don`t hear his teammates or Tyron Lue complaining about him. Of course Gerald Green`s signing may well , as previously suggested, make him somewhat superfluous, but the difference between a guy who hits 40 % from three and one who hits 35 % is huge. Jaylen Brown is a totally different player, so I don`t see where he has any impact on signing  a guy like Smith..Ainge has the responsibility to kick the tires . Doesn`t mean  he`s gonna pay the price.

Good points.

I`m probably just jonesing for a pure shooter, Bob. I was in the Hield camp, but I`ve come around after seeing Brown play. Maybe RJ will put it all together

Keep him as far away as possible. Great shooter or not, I cannot see him being happy here. The money he wants is way above what Danny would have to offer. Where do these rumors come from?

I was listening to the NBA site on Sirius XM today, and a caller brought up the benefits of the Celts trading for DeMarcus Cousins. They bandied that about for a while. Yeah, it could make for a very powerful team, but in the end they thought the Celts biggest need was for a pure outside shooter.