Celtics Waive Three, Two To Go

wideclyde wrote:The three guys who got cut were fully expecting to get cut and end up in Portland with the Red Claws.  They were guys brought in to help the team in pre-season, and perhaps show some team enough to possibly gain a contract somewhere in the basketball world.  I hope that the Cs already have a place for them to stay in in Portland.

Young has to be the guy to get cut, in my opinion, although I could also see Hunter getting dumped either by way of trade or just a release.  

Why Ainge keeps the other guys......Bentil is on a very cheap contract and is a true rookie, and will be given at least one year in Portland to better show himself as a professional player. Next year for him will be decided in pre-season camp after his year in Portland and next year's summer league play.  Gree was a free agent signing who would have had to have a terrible pre-season to get cut, and has done nothing to warrant getting cut since signing.  The Cs still seem to like Mickey enough to not cut him now.  I predict that Jackson will make major contributions next year and especially the year after as he is the only true point guard on the roster, and I don't care if he was a second round pick or not.  No way the Cs cut this guy.  If nothing else (besides maybe being the best point guard on the entire team) he has shot the three ball better than either Young or Hunter this summer.

So, it is Young or Hunter from where is sit.  Both had the opportunity to take full control earning playing time, but neither have done much to move up from where they were last season.  And, worse than that neither of these two guys did much of anything to prevent the other younger guys mentioned above from pushing them down to the position of having to fight for the last roster space.

Either way, the one not cut is not likely to make much of a contribution as the 15th player on the roster and will spend a large amount of time in Maine.