OK.....SO WHAT DOES DANNY DO?

112288 wrote:QUESTION

To higher power.......can they release MD after trading deadline and bring Sims up if it is determined MD cannot play this year?

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Yes, Sims or another player can be signed right up to the last day of the season.
Teams can sign players to 10 day contracts or for the remainder of the season.

TJ,

I think the future is now, especially given the uncertainty about next season.

And now is when Perk is suddenly and rather ironically the only dependably solid center on the roster.

That means Davis could wind up spending a lot of time at the center position throughout the rest of the season and the playoffs. Not ideal, but realistic.

If and when that happens, who is the Celtics' backup power forward? Harangody, that's who. (Or else go small, which would be very constricting.) It would be ideal to have someone more experienced and two or three inches taller in that situation, but we're not in an ideal situation. To jettison any big man at this stage of the season would be ill-advised.

Bradley or Harangody is a no-brainer. Under the right circumstances, Harangody has proven he can contribute. Bradley hasn't. Harangody has the skills (if not quite the height—like Davis) for his position. Bradley doesn't. Harangody has major league basketball instincts. Bradley doesn't.

All things being favorable, I'd be happy for Bradley to stick around (preferably with the D League) in hopes he'd develop at least into decent trade bait. But all things are not favorable.

To bolster YOUR argument, I've read that the Celtics had planned to send Harangody to the D League before this recent spate of injuries because they wanted him to play more. An admirable objective, but I'm not at all sure that would have been wise for the same reasons I mentioned above.

You're probably right about the Celtics not wanting to deal with the Lakers. But it certainly wouldn't be a first. I'd just hate for the C's to possess anything with Sasha's imprint on it. Bad karma! (lol)

Sam

tjmakz wrote:

112288 wrote:QUESTION

To higher power.......can they release MD after trading deadline and bring Sims up if it is determined MD cannot play this year?

112288

Yes, Sims or another player can be signed right up to the last day of the season.
Teams can sign players to 10 day contracts or for the remainder of the season.

I think there's some time restrictions for the player to be eligible for playoffs.

Now, since it's a roster change thread here's a crazy idea. Can DA use Artest? I doubt that he'll be happy subbing for PP, but if DA can involve the 3rd team....

AK

sinus,

Below is the rule for Playoff Rosters. Playoff rosters aren't set until the regular season is over. Anyone signed up to the last day of the regular season can play in the playoffs.


The NBA Playoffs

Each team that qualifies for the NBA Playoffs must submit a list of its players eligible to compete in playoff games on the day following the end of the regular season.

Because there is no Injured List for the NBA Playoffs, each playoff team must designate the 12 players eligible for the playoffs from all of its regular season lists (Active, Injured and Suspended).

A player who is on the Injured, Active or Suspended List at the end of the regular season, but who is not designated for playoff eligibility, need not be waived. He remains on the appropriate regular season list through the NBA Playoffs

I realize Miami is about to pass the C's as the number one team in the East...and I have been expecting this for a little while now and I think that Miami will go out a little ways ahead of the C's for awhile but will hit their own downturn and the C's may very well pass them near the end of the season...not worried about it. With or without homecourt a healthy C's team will have a good shot at heading to the finals.

Mike Gorman has suggested a good replacement for MD for at least this year

GRANT HILL

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112288 wrote:Mike Gorman has suggested a good replacement for MD for at least this year

GRANT HILL

112288

If Phoenix starts dumping contracts shortly as has been rumored anything is possible.

They insist they're keeping Nash, and he's got to have somebody to play with so I wonder how long the odds would be. I'm not sure what we have to give them in return though, or what we would have to do to rent him for the rest of the season.

If they were to buy out Hill, we wouldn't have to give the Suns anything. The question would be how much he would need.

Sam

sam

I believe that we have used all our exceptions other than the Veterans Exception which for a Veteran with 10 + years in the league would be 1,352,181 per year. This of course would be pro-rated based on the number of games left in the season at the time that he signs the contract.

swish

If Phoenix looks to dump contracts it will be for the guys that have multiple years remaining such as Childress, Warrick or Pietrus who has 1 more year after this year. Phoenix is not going to release Grant Hill who is still a good player and in the last year of his contract. Phoenix has too many SF's and needs to move 1 of them. Their roster is ugly.

Swish,

Yes, I'm quite sure that's correct.

Sam

tjmakz wrote:If Phoenix looks to dump contracts it will be for the guys that have multiple years remaining such as Childress, Warrick or Pietrus who has 1 more year after this year. Phoenix is not going to release Grant Hill who is still a good player and in the last year of his contract. Phoenix has too many SF's and needs to move 1 of them. Their roster is ugly.

TJ,

I'd take Pietrus. Not the brightest bulb in the box by far, but he's physically tough and would defend LBJ, Kobe and Jefferson well.

bob

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what about T-Mac in Detroit? They have a glute of small guys and they're going nowhere so maybe a 1st rounder this year and a 2nd rounder plus Delonte West to match up salaries?
He'd facilitate the offense on the 2nd unit, can play decent D and he's no longer a me-first ball jacker.

that'd be a nice addition IMO.

celtic fan wrote:what about T-Mac in Detroit? They have a glute of small guys and they're going nowhere so maybe a 1st rounder this year and a 2nd rounder plus Delonte West to match up salaries?
He'd facilitate the offense on the 2nd unit, can play decent D and he's no longer a me-first ball jacker.

that'd be a nice addition IMO.

"They have a glute of small guys"?

Why would we want to add asses to our team?

bob

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Hey, Celtic Fan, nice to see you posting. Keep it up.

Best regards,

Sam

bobheckler wrote:

celtic fan wrote:what about T-Mac in Detroit? They have a glute of small guys and they're going nowhere so maybe a 1st rounder this year and a 2nd rounder plus Delonte West to match up salaries?
He'd facilitate the offense on the 2nd unit, can play decent D and he's no longer a me-first ball jacker.

that'd be a nice addition IMO.

"They have a glute of small guys"?

Why would we want to add asses to our team?

bob

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cause all the ones we have appear to be broke

Why would we want McGrady rather than Delonte? I sure wouldn't.

Delonte offers two-position insurance and a rest stop for Rondo. Why would we open up a vulnerability in an attempt to solve another vulnerability?

Sam

Rumor has it Celtics may look at signing Troy Murphy once he has been bought out of his contract with New Jersey Nets per HOOPS HYPE.

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sam wrote:Why would we want McGrady rather than Delonte? I sure wouldn't.

Delonte offers two-position insurance and a rest stop for Rondo. Why would we open up a vulnerability in an attempt to solve another vulnerability?

Sam

maybe because the C's are doing fine without West? T-Mac can play SG or SF and he's more than capable of running the 2nd unit's offense which would allow Nate to Nate and not a facilitator.

T-Mac the role player, as opposed to T-Mac 'the Man who would be king but can't lead his team to a playoff series win' is the type of player who could help any playoff team IMO.

Hi,
Another possibility from the rumor mill: Anthony Parker. What do you think?

AK

Cfan

Are we really doing fine without him? Seems we have NO reliable BU PG and Tmac would not fill that role period. West seemed to be fitting in nicely until the injury.............plus Tmac is a lot like JO now in that he is too often injured.

Gotta agree with Sam, give me West back and see how things go.

beat

Parker would be my third choice, Hamilton my first.

Hamilton makes sense if GFB Ray went down.

112288

I am not concerned about the sf backup position I think wafer is just as good as daniels and more athletic. My big concern is our bigs. If the oneals are injured come playoff time the celtics will lose their edge. With that in mind I would love to see troy murphy on this team.


He would be a perfect fit.

Dboss

CF,

Whoa there. Let's rethink the part about McGrady being more than capable of running the very complex, precision Celtics offense. Where's the support for that statement? In addition, what is there about his recent play that suggests he has defensive instincts that are in the same arena with guys like West or Prince? This is a team that not only depends on stifling defense but also has a highly involved defensive scheme.

I hear a lot about freeing Nate Robinson to be himself. Well, it doesn't really seem to matter which position he's playing this season. His FG and 3-point shooting percentages are among his worst-ever in this league. And, forgetting stats for the moment, he seems to lack any kind of sense for when to launch and not to launch a three, to the point where he can be a downright rally-killer. I will credit him for greatly improved defense as a Celtic, but that doesn't make him any taller to defend against much longer SGs.

Finally, when you say McGrady is capable of playing SF or SG and is also capable of running the Celtics' offense, do you mean he'd be doing all three simultaneously? What they need is not tweeners but solid players suited to each position. Perhaps McGrady might be considered for the SF spot, but I'd be very concerned about his defense.

I'm hoping that, IF Danny makes a move for a SF, it'll be someone with strong defensive credentials. I'll be satisfied with West and Wafer at the 1 and 2 respectively, with both of them also helping to spread the floor. IF Marquis comes back, he can be an excellent swing man.

Sam

I'm concerned about the big's too! Murphy would be an ideal candidate.

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