Wasted Roster Spots?

[Goldstar88]

Can someone explain why Grant Williams, Javonte Green, Carsen Edwards, Tremont Waters, and Tacko Fall are taking up a roster spot on this team? All of these guys have very limited upside and It doesn’t seem like any of them will ever be legitimate NBA players.

I understand having 1 or 2 “project” players on the roster, but 5? There were plenty of veteran players available who signed minimal contracts with other teams that would have actually been able to contribute to the Celtics as bench players.

Tyler Johnson($2m) and Jeff Green($2.5m) signed with the Brooklyn

Josh Jackson ($5m/year) and Wayne Ellington ($2.5m) signed with Detroit

Kent Bazemore($2.3M) signed with Golden state

Sterling Brown($1.6M) signed with Houston

Bobby Portis($3.6M) and Bryn Forbes($2.3M) signed with Milwaukee

Willy Hernangomez($1.8M) signed with New Orleans.

Nerlens Noel ($5M) and Austin Rivers($3.5M) signed with New York.

Dwight Howard($2.5m) signed with Philadelphia

E’Twaun Moore($2.3M) and Frank Kaminsky($1.7M signed with Phoenix

Harry Giles(1.6M) and Enes Kanter($5M) signed with Portland

Hassan Whiteside($2.3M) signed with Sacramento

Alex Len($2.2M) signed with Toronto.

Any of the above would have been an upgrade over G-Williams, Edwards, Green, Waters, and Tacko. I don’t see the point of keeping these players on the roster when there are other guys out there signing elsewhere for minimal contracts that can actually play in the NBA.

[NKY fan]

Waters and Tacko are 2 way. 2 way spots are not sought after by free agents in the nba . Now the other players I have no idea.

[W8ting2McHale]

A) Some of those players have been here before.

B) Some of those players never wanted to come here.

C) Some of those players have been available multiple times and Danny has never wanted them here.

D) Some of those players are simply chasing rings at this point.

E) Some of those players just don’t fit here.

F) Some of those players are multiple choice answers.

[Goldstar88]

A) Some of those players have been here before.

B) Some of those players never wanted to come here.

C) Some of those players have been available multiple times and Danny has never wanted them here.

D) Some of those players are simply chasing rings at this point.

E) Some of those players just don’t fit here.

F) Some of those players are multiple choice answers.

That’s impressive how much you know about what the players and Danny want/don’t want to do. I also didn’t know that if a player has been with an organization once, they are not able to return. Someone should tell Kanter right away.

[Roy H.]

A) Some of those players have been here before.

B) Some of those players never wanted to come here.

C) Some of those players have been available multiple times and Danny has never wanted them here.

D) Some of those players are simply chasing rings at this point.

E) Some of those players just don’t fit here.

F) Some of those players are multiple choice answers.

G) Several of those players make more than the minimum.

[slamtheking]

A) Some of those players have been here before.

B) Some of those players never wanted to come here.

C) Some of those players have been available multiple times and Danny has never wanted them here.

D) Some of those players are simply chasing rings at this point.

E) Some of those players just don’t fit here.

F) Some of those players are multiple choice answers.

G) Several of those players make more than the minimum.

H) none of those players, except probably Howard over Thompson would have made much of a difference. 

As for why GWill is still on the roster, did you miss how he was playing at the end of last season and the playoffs?  kid was a legit NBA player.  no idea what happened this season.