More Bass in 2015-16?

I guess I can understand why Ainge will not yet make a commitment to signing Brandon Bass for the next couple of years, but I certainly
hope that he is thinking about bringing Bass back to the Celtics for the next couple of years.

Bass has been the true "pro" since joining the Cs.  He has even improved his game since Stevens arrived which is pretty nice figuring
that he had already been a pro for a few years.  He can play two positions (power forward and 'small' center) pretty well.  Does not cause
team issues. Scores, rebounds and defends consistently well, etc, etc, etc.

At the beginning of the year I would have bet the ranch that he would have been traded before the trade deadline in February, but not
because he was a bad player.  I just figured in the re-build that he would have been shipped out for a draft pick or something similar.

Now I am glad that he is still part of the team and hope that he can be resigned.  He may become a top quality sub on a playoff team that
the Celtics hope to be in 2016, but he has certainly been a team asset this season.  He is also not too old to think that he could play at a
similar rate for at least a couple of more years.

Hard to see Bass being back unless Ainge dumps one of Sully or Kelly O in a trade.

signing Bass to a market deal ($6-8M) will also make it harder to get an elite player at center for next year, IMO.

I woudl like seeing Bass back for 3 year deal myself. but it may not be in the cards.

As I look up and down the roster there is not one single player that is a definite keeper.

I could not imagine any disappointment if any player on this team was part of a trade. Bass however has been a Pillar of stability on this team so I would not want to see him walk for nothing. My guess is that DA will resign him or he will be part of a multi player/multi team trade.

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Speaking of centers, why no love for Frank the Tank Kaminsky? I'm off to the Final Four Friday for a closeup look at him, Okafor, Cauley-Stein,and Towns. Everyone's big on the latter three and Miley from TX but i rarely hear anyone on this site singing Frank's praises. Methinks he's a big upgrade over any and all of our present bigs.

Kaminsky looks like Zeller to me only with a better outside shot. Zeller is a better defender though.

Kaminsky looks like Kelly O. to me, only without Kelly's range.

I think he falls somewhere between the two.

Since he is 22YO already, we've probably seen what he is also. So he MAY be as good as Zeller or Kelly. but that's kinda his ceiling , IMO.

so he most likely will be the pick at #14.

Kaminsky looks like a stretch 4 to me, not a center. I haven't been impressed with what I've seen from him defensively, but I haven't seen him a whole lot.

He may be an upgrade offensively over Sullinger and Olynyk, but if they draft him, then they have to get rid of one (maybe both) of those other guys. He doesn't solve the main problem of getting a defensive center.

Maybe he's a stretch 5!