(DGA Productions)By: Greg Payne
Sure, it's been a heck of an offseason. Rasheed Wallace is now here. Marquis Daniels is apparently stuck in limbo, but supposedly will be joining us shortly. Our Big Baby is back on board. So is Shelden Williams. We're built to compete with the best of 'em. Hoo-rah, right?
Well, it is a fact of life that a utopia cannot exist, so therefore our team is not perfect. We still have a hole or two that needs to be addressed, but apparently has been left empty for an undisclosed reason. There appears to be no hurry by management to fill our holes. Maybe this isn't the Titanic and the holes we've sustained are not enough to sink our ship. It might make for a bumpy ride at times, but we'll still arrive at our destination.
So, if I bumped into Danny Ainge on the street and intentionally smacked the newspaper from under his arm in order to converse with him for a minute, here are the five questions I would blurt out:
1) Where exactly is Marquis Daniels? Is he in Indiana? Is he in Boston? Is he in these continental United States? Clearly we're not going to find that "third team" in this trade scenario, so can we just pay him the biannual exception and be done with it?
2) What's the deal with Bill Walker and J.R. Giddens? Are they still fighting for just one place or are they both guaranteed roster spots at this point in time? Is one clearly ahead of the other? Does position come into play at all? With Daniels supposedly coming here, does that knock one of them out of contention for serious minutes?
3) Would you ever consider buying out Tony Allen's contract? Is Tony Allen our backup point guard in your eyes and are you in fact using the 2007 Laker game in which we won by 19 points as your proof that he can actually effectively play that position? How's Lester Hudson? When will he be back participating in full basketball related drills? If the backup job does come down to Allen or Hudson, who would you say is the front runner right now?
4) Tell me all about Kevin Garnett. Details, details, details. Is he ahead of schedule? On schedule? Behind (slight wince)? Does he still exude primal fury? In an effort to keep him healthy, will you and the coaching staff make a concerted effort to keep him in the paint more this season, where he's proven to be an effective scorer, defender and rebounder, thus limiting his roaming around the perimeter searching for jump shots? If not for health's sake, would you consider doing it simply because he's an absolute monster when he plays less than five feet from the rim. Seriously, the word "unstoppable" comes to mind.
He can do that move where his back is to the basket and he turns to shoot, but actually only shoots with one hand, while fading backward. It's essentially a three-foot fade away jumper, but with his length and leaping ability, it's practically impossible to block. Shaq doesn't have the lift to stop it, Yao's gone for the year, Dwight should be occupied with Perk and Bosh always looks less All-Star-ish when he's up against KG. Can we please see that move more this season?
5) What's the exact plan for Rasheed Wallace? Are we talking Bill Walton circa 1986 here? Outstanding backup for arguably our best big guy? Or are we talking flat out sixth man all the time? As in, he'll be contending for the award by season's end? Are we ever going to see Perk, KG and 'Sheed in the game at the same time, thus creating the coolest/baddest/most intense/technical foul prone trio in the NBA? Is there even a 'plan' for him? Or are we just going to wing it and hope for the best?
Yes, I would manage to ask all of those questions in the time it would take me to apologize for bumping into him and bending down to retrieve the fallen paper. Just some more food for thought. Some are obvious and have been discussed over and over and over and over. But I'm still interested in this Rasheed Wallace business. I mean, guys, we have Rasheed Wallace. I said that to my dad at dinner earlier. Think of how good this guy is. And think of how good we were before we even obtained him. Think about that merger.
Stay Tuned.
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Well Greg, nothing is written in stone but here is where we are right now
1) Daniels said he would play for the minimum but would really be happy if we could get him more money for this year. Cannot find takes for our "role players" and no deal for our young players is good enough for us to pull the trigger
2) Walker and Giddens are making it awful difficult on us to let one of them go. We need backup for Daniles and I would like to see if either one of them can step up this year. We should have a good idea after this year of their long term potential.
3) We would never consider buying out Tony Allen. We made an investment in him and he can play Point Guard for us in limited minutes. That being said, if we did end up trading him it would oipen up a roster spot for Hudson. We are intrigued by him, but need to see more of him before any decisions are made.
4) Well you know KG, he doesn't do anything at half spped, even recover from injuries. We think he well be right on schedule but hope he is careful in the beginning. Doc will yank him if he gets too intense out there too soon.
And as for bumping me my security has an eye on me at all times, but glad to meet you
Psssst. Can you keep a secret? We need to get more money for Daniles so we do not get him to angry.
Have you seen that tatoo? We want him angry at the opponent instead
http://www.yardbarker.com/nba/articles/Marquis_Daniels_Tattoo_is_Effed_Up/39747
Sorry Daniels, not the dyslectic version
Haha Celtics 2000 you almost had me. For one crazy millisecond you had me.
Well, if Daniels wants more money, why did all those reports say we'd just sign him for the biannual? Why didn't they say, "The Celtics can't use the biannual because Daniels wants more than that"?
Thanks Greg. lol
Again please forgive all the typos. Was writing quickly before work
Yeah the Daniels situation is very strange. It seemed for awhile every week we would hear the deal would be done by next week.
It does feel like there is something more to the story
Haha Celtics2000, no worries, if you want typos, just check my recent post about the Raptors...Toronto fans let me hear about it.
Yeah this Daniels thing is somewhat unsettling. I'm actually about to look into any other backup small forwards still available...just as an insurance policy...just seeing who's out there, you know?
I'm also gonna Trade Machine Tony Allen and see if we can get a backup small forward for him straight up.
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