DONE- C's exercised Guerschon Yabusele’s third-year team option

[Chris22]

Danny likes red heads.

[Kuberski33]

I'm mildly surprised.  So far he's shown next to nothing on the court to justify where he was drafted - but at the same time he really hasn't been given much of a chance to play.  Maybe he gets that chance with Theis out for awhile?

[Surferdad]

I'm mildly surprised.  So far he's shown next to nothing on the court to justify where he was drafted - but at the same time he really hasn't been given much of a chance to play.  Maybe he gets that chance with Theis out for awhile?

Yes, absolutely.  I think that made the decision to pick up the option pretty easy.  Also, he's a bit more experienced that Williams so CBS may trust him a bit more.  That said, I haven't seen any major boo-boos by R-Will, other than an occasional lost defensive assignment.

[mmmmm]

No brainer.

There is pretty much no downside for the Cs to exercise Yabusele's option.

[DefenseWinsChamps]

The block from behind that Yabu had last night looked a lot like Horford. The way he baited the ball-handler and then blocked him out of nowhere from behind looked like something Horford has done 50-80 times in games as a Celtic.

[fairweatherfan]

I'm mildly surprised.  So far he's shown next to nothing on the court to justify where he was drafted - but at the same time he really hasn't been given much of a chance to play.  Maybe he gets that chance with Theis out for awhile?

He's shown enough off the court to get the max.

[CelticsElite]

There aren't many impressive big men out there on the market or next market  next year ... Kind of expected

[Sophomore]

If Yabu ever cracks the top 9 it will surprise me.

He's being kept as potential filler for a trade, to make salaries match. They could replace his on-court performance with a two-way contract player.

[SHAQATTACK]

I guess for the money it could be worse. He's young and works hard. It's difficult to get better when you hardly play.

The money part matters. He's inexpensive on a team that will need to find cheap labor going forward. He has upside so it's worth the money.

THIS ^

his biggest upside ...low bucks

[blink]

There isn't probably much choice with DT out for at least a few weeks.  Yabu will get a chance for a little pt.

But after a couple years with him on the team, I am still not sure how Yabu fits on the team?  I guess as an end of bench guy that doesn't cause problem and hustles and gives effort when he is out there.  I like him, so as long as we aren't paying him much keep him.

[jambr380]

I don’t know - I don’t love it. I mean, I suppose Caboose-ele has some potential, but on a winning tram like ours, we could easily get better production from vet min players. Like others have said, it must just be mostly for  salary matching purposes.

[jambr380]

I guess for the money it could be worse. He's young and works hard. It's difficult to get better when you hardly play.

The money part matters. He's inexpensive on a team that will need to find cheap labor going forward. He has upside so it's worth the money.

THIS ^

his biggest upside ...low bucks

I think you mean ‘biggest backside’   

[bogg]

There isn't probably much choice with DT out for at least a few weeks.  Yabu will get a chance for a little pt.

But after a couple years with him on the team, I am still not sure how Yabu fits on the team?  I guess as an end of bench guy that doesn't cause problem and hustles and gives effort when he is out there.  I like him, so as long as we aren't paying him much keep him.

He's got a single season plus a single-digit number of games with the team. This is my whole point - it's been one year, and he's been in a deep veteran frontcourt the entire time with limited opportunity at court time. I don't know if he'll put it together or not, but he hasn't had enough time to make a call yet.

[liam]

There isn't probably much choice with DT out for at least a few weeks.  Yabu will get a chance for a little pt.

But after a couple years with him on the team, I am still not sure how Yabu fits on the team?  I guess as an end of bench guy that doesn't cause problem and hustles and gives effort when he is out there.  I like him, so as long as we aren't paying him much keep him.

He's got a single season plus a single-digit number of games with the team. This is my whole point - it's been one year, and he's been in a deep veteran frontcourt the entire time with limited opportunity at court time. I don't know if he'll put it together or not, but he hasn't had enough time to make a call yet.

Yeah, he's only 22. That's very young for a big man.

[gouki88]

Danny likes red heads.

Scal comeback?

I’m glad we kept him though. We’re going to need guys who won’t demand money