The reason the great teams were so successful was that each star had a role to play. For example in the 95 bulls Rodman was the shot blocking rebounder / defensive big. Scotty pipen was the side kick on offense and lock down defender on guards and finally MJ was the catalyst of the offense. With golden state draymond has Rodman's job Thompson is pipe and curry is the catalyst.
As for the celtics I feel like isaiah thomas can be the support for offense and the distributer of the ball and avery badly can be the lockdown defender. So the two of them combined is scotty pippen.
I am hearing rumors about jimmy butler/durant and other ball dominant scoring players. So my main concern today is who can the celtics get to take the role of rodman a defensive rebounding big man who can run the floor for modern nba times
Amir johnson has been a great improvement for defensive bigs from last time. However he is not exactly known as a great rebounder and his offense is not amazing he is mainly used for cutbacks.
SO I want to get the 26 year old center in minnesota named gorge deing
according to basketball reference
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/d/dienggo01.htmlhttp://www.basketball-reference.com/players/j/johnsam01.html Deing is as good a rebounder then Johnson
Deing averages 7.1 rebounds per game in 27 minutes with 1.9 of those rebounds being offensive rebounds
Johnson averages 6.4 rebounds per game of 23 minutes of play with 2.3 of those rebounds being offensive
However in 2013 when Johnson averaged 28 minutes a game he only got 6.6 rebounds per game
so maybe deing is a slightly better rebounder
Deing is actually as good defensively as Johnson and he is young so he can improve
Deing this year on average stole the ball 1.1 times and blocked the ball 1.2 times a game. Jonson averaged 0.7 steals a game blocked the ball 1.1 times
In advanced stats
in defensive box score jonshon has +3.2 a game with -0.2 offensive box score a game
box score wise for Deing he averages +2.4 and + 0.2 offensively. his rookie season deing averaged +3.2 defensively so if he played with a good defensive team rather then the timberwolves i expect the number will rise
Offensively
in 27 minutes Deing takes 7 shots a game and averages 10 points making 53% of his shots
in 23 minutes Johnson takes 5.4 shots a game and averages 7 points making 58% of his shots
Deing PER is 17
Johnsons PER is 16
I know it does not look as much of a difference but to be able to take more shots and average around the same numbers I think deing can make a better offensive contribution. This is a strong defensive team that lacks serious offense. Even if its not as big an impact it might help carry the load for others. He has a good midrange jumper. He was the guy who stretched the floor for towns. if we have a center who can post up and shoot a good mid range jumper it will make us much more effective.
Deing makes 2 million
Johnson makes 12.5 million
I suggest trading olynyk and a mid round first round pick for him. Johnson can be released at the end of this season save money. we can sign someone to score just as well as Olynyk.
Write what you think? Do you think Deing should be a celtic? AM I offering to much for him too little?