Comments on: Who Should the Celtics Try to Sign? http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/ Boston Celtics Sat, 10 Dec 2011 18:40:44 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: KobeWearsAPurpleThong http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/#comment-298 KobeWearsAPurpleThong Mon, 29 Jun 2009 19:53:34 +0000 http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/#comment-298 Charlie V. would be a HUGE pick-up. The only problem is I don't know if the Celtics can afford him. I tweet CV alot asking him to please come play the Celts. Cavs fans have been doing the same. Charlie V. would be a HUGE pick-up. The only problem is I don’t know if the Celtics can afford him. I tweet CV alot asking him to please come play the Celts. Cavs fans have been doing the same.

]]> By: JB http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/#comment-290 JB Thu, 04 Jun 2009 10:28:42 +0000 http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/#comment-290 "Remember, if the Cs re-sign Baby he is a Base Year Comp player and his salary can only count 1/2 for 6 months....if you plan on including him in a trade." You may be right on this.... I never considered base year. My thought was Scalabrine's expiring, Davis and T. Allen to make up the 9.5 million Kaman will get. In any event, it's not real likely that C's ownership would spend that much money on a single player. “Remember, if the Cs re-sign Baby he is a Base Year Comp player and his salary can only count 1/2 for 6 months….if you plan on including him in a trade.”

You may be right on this…. I never considered base year.
My thought was Scalabrine’s expiring, Davis and T. Allen to make up the 9.5 million Kaman will get.

In any event, it’s not real likely that C’s ownership would spend that much money on a single player.

]]> By: Tom Halzack http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/#comment-289 Tom Halzack Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:15:20 +0000 http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/#comment-289 "Randolph and Camby are said to be available for the right offer." You are kidding right? Hey, I didn't say I want to sign them! Though I would take Camby, in a heart beat...for the right price. Kaman was out most of the season with injury, too. Still I'd take him, too. I was just mentioning that those are the guys that the Clippers are rumored to be amenable to offers for. My understanding is that they want to keep Kaman. Aah. I just read the Pincus article. Interesting, if true. But I don't see how the Cs get him at $10.4 mil. Remember, if the Cs re-sign Baby he is a Base Year Comp player and his salary can only count 1/2 for 6 months....if you plan on including him in a trade. Zach Randolph is a piece of work, no doubt. Shortly after I talked with him in a pre-game, and he told me how he has matured over the years, he went out a few days later and got a DUI (I think). Verajeo's available. (ducks behind couch) I'd take Camby or Kaman with open arms. “Randolph and Camby are said to be available for the right offer.”

You are kidding right?

Hey, I didn’t say I want to sign them! Though I would take Camby, in a heart beat…for the right price.

Kaman was out most of the season with injury, too. Still I’d take him, too.

I was just mentioning that those are the guys that the Clippers are rumored to be amenable to offers for. My understanding is that they want to keep Kaman.

Aah. I just read the Pincus article. Interesting, if true. But I don’t see how the Cs get him at $10.4 mil.

Remember, if the Cs re-sign Baby he is a Base Year Comp player and his salary can only count 1/2 for 6 months….if you plan on including him in a trade.

Zach Randolph is a piece of work, no doubt.

Shortly after I talked with him in a pre-game, and he told me how he has matured over the years, he went out a few days later and got a DUI (I think).

Verajeo’s available.
(ducks behind couch)

I’d take Camby or Kaman with open arms.

]]> By: JB http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/#comment-288 JB Wed, 03 Jun 2009 09:45:14 +0000 http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/#comment-288 "Randolph and Camby are said to be available for the right offer." You are kidding right? Those two are big money players; one who is like the dean said to Bluto: "Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life" and the other is well past his prime and spent much of that prime on the injured list. We need a center who can play big minutes if Perkins shoulder (and all opinions say it will) problem recurs. There aren't many of those guys available, but Pincus reports Kaman is...... “Randolph and Camby are said to be available for the right offer.”

You are kidding right?

Those two are big money players; one who is like the dean said to Bluto: “Fat, drunk and stupid is no way to go through life” and the other is well past his prime and spent much of that prime on the injured list.

We need a center who can play big minutes if Perkins shoulder (and all opinions say it will) problem recurs.

There aren’t many of those guys available, but Pincus reports Kaman is……

]]> By: Tom Halzack http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/#comment-287 Tom Halzack Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:52:59 +0000 http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/#comment-287 So you would go the trade route. I can't say that I blame you. A look at the free agents available shows no one truly capable of solid defense on someone like Kobe. I like your choices. In fact, I'm doing a trade article next and Raja Bell is one of the guys I want in trade. I also had Carter under consideration in Denver for a low cost option for a capable point guard. Kaman is solid, but seems like a long shot. He is reported to love playing in California (and the Clippers) and even rumored to have 'extended' his injury past the trade deadline so he wouldn't be traded. Randolph and Camby are said to be available for the right offer. I can't get behind a Ron Artest signing as of yet, but I understand the suggestion. So you would go the trade route. I can’t say that I blame you.

A look at the free agents available shows no one truly capable of solid defense on someone like Kobe.

I like your choices. In fact, I’m doing a trade article next and Raja Bell is one of the guys I want in trade.

I also had Carter under consideration in Denver for a low cost option for a capable point guard.

Kaman is solid, but seems like a long shot. He is reported to love playing in California (and the Clippers) and even rumored to have ‘extended’ his injury past the trade deadline so he wouldn’t be traded.

Randolph and Camby are said to be available for the right offer.

I can’t get behind a Ron Artest signing as of yet, but I understand the suggestion.

]]> By: JB http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/#comment-286 JB Tue, 02 Jun 2009 10:36:52 +0000 http://blog.ctnews.com/halzack/2009/05/31/who-should-the-celtics-try-to-sign/#comment-286 For a big man, I want size and someone young enough to play major minutes, in case Perkins shoulder becomes an issue. My money would go to Chris Kaman. Whatever it takes; send Davis, picks, Scalabrine's contract.... Perhaps his biggest problem in L.A. (post injury) was Baron Davis. Next, a mean as piss defender to scare LeBron and/or Kobe .... Ron Artest (a hard pill to swallow, but he'd look a lot better in green than in any other color ;>), or preferably Raja Bell. For point guard, I would go after Anthony Carter. He can defend, shoot and handle, but is underutilized in Denver. For a big man, I want size and someone young enough to play major minutes, in case Perkins shoulder becomes an issue. My money would go to Chris Kaman. Whatever it takes; send Davis, picks, Scalabrine’s contract…. Perhaps his biggest problem in L.A. (post injury) was Baron Davis.
Next, a mean as piss defender to scare LeBron and/or Kobe …. Ron Artest (a hard pill to swallow, but he’d look a lot better in green than in any other color ;>), or preferably Raja Bell.
For point guard, I would go after Anthony Carter. He can defend, shoot and handle, but is underutilized in Denver.

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