Tristan Thompson signs with the Celtics

Per the wifey

Tristan Thompson is going to the Celtics on a two-year, $19 million deal,

Danny quickly removes his head from under the guillotine.

https://www.espn.com/nba/player/_/id/6474/tristan-thompson

https://sports.yahoo.com/sources-tristan-thompson-agrees-to-deal-with-boston-celtics-004937687.html

there ya go

I'll take Thompson for the hair gel limper all day and the next!!

Hey BobH please update the Celtic Roster thread

under the tax line another year too....now get Tatum maxed!

kdp59 wrote:there ya go

I'll take Thompson for the hair gel limper all day and the next!!

Danny spent up that MLE money faster than a guy on general relief.

I like this! Danny is still a %$%e But I like this

kdp59 wrote:there ya go

I'll take Thompson for the hair gel limper all day and the next!!

Good one!

Ktron wrote:I like this! Danny is still a %$%e But I like this

TT should work out.  12 /10 are solid numbers.  With all the hoopla I would probably be cheering if it was reported that Danny just signed a ham and cheese sandwich.  My expectations were temporarily reduced to nice snack.

That should provide a little help. Starting to move in a better direction.

If RWIII can stay healthy, Thompson, Theis and RWIII along with Tatum would at least be a bit of an upgrade in the front-court.

Now to find a PG to replace Wannamaker.

dboss wrote:

Ktron wrote:I like this! Danny is still a %$%e But I like this

TT should work out.  12 /10 are solid numbers.  With all the hoopla I would probably be cheering if it was reported that Danny just signed a ham an cheese sandwich.  My expectations were temporarily reduce to nice snack.

I had reduced my expectations down to a fried bologna sandwich. I do like TT and was hoping they would have tried to get him a year a 2 ago. Great rebounder. Now..has anyone signed I.T. Yet?

Now if we can get him to leave whichever Kardashian that is behind so he can focus on basketball...

I think Reggie Jackson would take the vet minimum and so would IT. I probably go with Reggie at 6' 3" and 208 lbs. If we need scoring more, then IT is definitely an option that could work plus he has already played with several of our guys and knows the offense.

There remains an opportunity to make a trade or just keep a roster spot open

NYCelt wrote:Now if we can get him to leave whichever Kardashian that is behind so he can focus on basketball...

They have a baby together so there is that.

Tristan Thompson is Enes Kanter with much better defense (not saying a whole lot there, to be honest, Thompson deserves more credit than that) and much worse ft% (61% vs 78%).  Both play in the paint almost exclusively.  Both eat rebounds like the Cookie Monster eats Mrs. Fields.

Roughly the same number of ftas/36mpg, about 3.4ish, so we're going to lose points.  How many depends upon how many minutes.  Where we will gain points is in pnr points NOT given up.  I will go from banging my head on my keyboard from lousy defense to banging my head on my keyboard from lousy fritos.  Figure .5 ppg lost per gane from the line vs 6 ppg saved on defense.

Our bench is still a kindergarten.  It was last year snd it's worse with Wanny gone.  We still have the biannual exemption to use on a veteran, if Danny can trade Edwards for a box of Krispy Kremes. If Edwards is gone he can offer the QO to Javonte.


Bob


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dboss wrote:

NYCelt wrote:Now if we can get him to leave whichever Kardashian that is behind so he can focus on basketball...

They have a baby together so there is that.

Didn’t recall that one.

Guess she’s not going away.

bobheckler wrote:Both eat rebounds like the Cookie Monster eats Mrs. Fields.
Bob
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Quote of the day.

bobheckler wrote:Tristan Thompson is Enes Kanter with much better defense (not saying a whole lot there, to be honest, Thompson deserves more credit than that) and much worse ft% (61% vs 78%).  Both play in the paint almost exclusively.  Both eat rebounds like the Cookie Monster eats Mrs. Fields.

Roughly the same number of ftas/36mpg, about 3.4ish, so we're going to lose points.  How many depends upon how many minutes.  Where we will gain points is in pnr points NOT given up.  I will go from banging my head on my keyboard from lousy defense to banging my head on my keyboard from lousy fritos.  Figure .5 ppg lost per gane from the line vs 6 ppg saved on defense.

Our bench is still a kindergarten.  It was last year snd it's worse with Wanny gone.  We still have the biannual exemption to use on a veteran, if Danny can trade Edwards for a box of Krispy Kremes. If Edwards is gone he can offer the QO to Javonte.


Bob


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So we let Wanny go for Jeff Teague?Im losing it

NYCelt wrote:

dboss wrote:

NYCelt wrote:Now if we can get him to leave whichever Kardashian that is behind so he can focus on basketball...

They have a baby together so there is that.

Didn’t recall that one.

Guess she’s not going away.

Nope and neither will the Child support agency

Thompson is not a bad pickup. I thought he might be too expensive at that price tag though. My fear is he is out of shape and not fast enough for when we go smaller, but I am watching some games from March now and he seems solid.

Would give us someone that can almost legitimately guard Embiid 1v1 as well. Has no shot whatsoever, but that I find as a no issue. It is time for Brad to get some new plays in the playbook with a more traditional center, he has enough wings for which to draw plays anyway.

I think these are great pick ups. Much better than I thought possible for either spot. For all those talking about Teague's age, he is only a year older than Wanny. I liked Wanny, and he was solid, but Teague is an upgrade. Former allstar, experienced - he is a guy who could not only run the 2nd unit, but can play with the 1st as well. Could be a huge help come playoff time. Thompson is a big strong defensive minded center who will give you a double double with minutes and who has big game experience. Again, could really help come play off time. Both players may also benefit from playing under Brad. If not for the Hayward situation, I suspect people would be a lot more excited.