Why would BBD sign a 4 year deal for small money to come in here and ride the pine? Now that Shelden Williams is signed he will have to split minutes with yet another big as I doubt they brought him in to get no minutes at all. Scal also could take some of those minutes if he starts playing like he did prior to that head injury. There might be quite a few DNP's in sight for him.
If he doesn't get a much better offer look for BBD to sign the one year offer and become un-restricted next season where he has a better chance of getting paid. He will have one more year of proving he can play, and one more year of hopefully keeping the weight off.
If Davis is here, he will be well ahead of Williams in the rotation. Given the age and injury history of the three guys ahead of him, Davis would likely be playing 10-15 minutes per game if everyone is healthy, and will likely average between 15-25 minutes per game for the season, due to the fact that he will inevitably fill in for stretches when there are injuries.
And I think he may actually help his value by playing shorter minutes this year. Last year, he struggled keeping up the defensive intensity he had early in the season when he started playing 30 minutes a game. But if he is playing 15 minutes, he can go really hard for pretty much that entire time, and show that last year was not a fluke.
I don't think there are 15 minutes out there for him. Sheed is going to play a vast majority of the minutes that are left over behind KG and Perk. There are 96 potential minutes at the 4 and 5 spot. Each will average 32. Sheed will take 25+ more if not 30. That leaves 2-7 minutes max. Even if you drop KG and Perk down to 30 that only leaves 6-11. Unless Shelden never plays that doesn't leave enough time for BBD.
Even last year Perk did not average over 30 minutes a game. In the playoffs he averaged 36 but that was when he was our only shot blocker. Doc often was forced to leave him in even when completely gassed.
My guess is Perk is around 26-28 if KG/Sheed are healthy.
Yeah, I think Perk, KG, and Wallace will all play close to 28 minutes per game, leaving 12 minutes for Baby. If Doc has that much talent in the frontcourt, he will take advantage of it, in order to keep guys fresh.
28 mpg? I really don't see that happening unless we blow a ton of teams out (and by a ton, I mean like winning 50+ games in blowout form).
Perk is coming into his own more, and I don't see why he's going to want to continue to play less-than-starter minutes. Similarly, KG and Wallace are both asked to sacrifice a lot from a statistical standpoint: asking them to sacrifice minutes for the likes of Big Baby isn't going to go over well.
I really see him playing less than 10 mpg and in games that are close, probably less than 5. Come playoff time, I don't see him sniffing the court unless there's early foul trouble.
That's a good thing for the C's to have someone of his quality on the bench; however, if I was Baby's agent, I'd want him somewhere else. He's certainly not going to get the PT to improve his contract situation here anytime soon.
But I also don't blame teams for not giving him big money. He's clearly not good enough to be a starter on a contender. So if a team is not a contender, why do they want to give big money to a guy who isn't going to make them a contender this year and won't start for them in a couple years if they become a contender? And let's also face the fact that he's undersized even for the 4, has weight issues, and even last year, was usually the beneficiary of teams focusing most of their attention on Pierce, Allen, and Rondo.
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