Amir Johnson to Celtics

[LarBrd33]

snore

[Chief Macho]

puke.   ainge is a Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.ing moron.

[Scintan]

I don't get it. Why does everyone say that they are happy to have the second year non-guaranteed? We just signed the guy and everyone already sees them as expiring contracts to get rid of.

Because the signings are more valuable as year 2 trade chips than they are as actual players. 

[walker834]

very nice.  This is exactly what I was talking about.

[greece66]

TWELVE MILLION A YEAR FOR AMIR JOHNSON BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

He can defend the 5, he can shoot 3s, good strength, long arms, quick, great hustle. Definitely an upgrade over Bass.
Only issue is he is injury prone (ankle).
What exactly is the problem?

[Smokeeye123]

snore

Cap went up 9mil and its short term. Dont see anything inherently wrong with it. If we had an established core this would be a great signing. I mean I am the biggest tanker around, but you can't  expect Ainge to just sit on his massive cap space this offseason and trot out complete scrubs.

[Snakehead]

Had to make sure I wasn't on a Lakers board with all this entitlement and pouting.

[PhoSita]

TWELVE MILLION A YEAR FOR AMIR JOHNSON BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

He can defend the 5, he can shoot 3s, good strength, long arms, quick, great hustle. Definitely an upgrade over Bass.
Only issue is he is injury prone (ankle).
What exactly is the problem?

My apologies for my excessive reaction. 

It's not entirely crazy, especially with only one year guaranteed.

If signing Amir for 12 for one year guaranteed is the alternative to signing Robin Lopez for 4 years / $55 million or something crazy, then I'm OK with it.  Amir makes more sense if he's gonna be the starting center.


Still, it's a let down to see that Amir is probably the big acquisition of the summer, at least until Danny trades some of the redundant guards and power forwards for Danilo Gallinari.

[BleedGreen1989]

TWELVE MILLION A YEAR FOR AMIR JOHNSON BAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

He can defend the 5, he can shoot 3s, good strength, long arms, quick, great hustle. Definitely an upgrade over Bass.
Only issue is he is injury prone (ankle).
What exactly is the problem?

Umm, he made 19 threes all of last year.

[Eddie20]

snore

What would you do in Ainge's shoes? You're always very dismissive on all the moves we make, but the Sixers and Hinkie could do no wrong. So it'd be nice for you to provide an alternatve, with some actual names.

[TheFlex]

snore

What would you do in Ainge's shoes? You're always very dismissive on all the moves we make, but the Sixers and Hinkie could do no wrong. So it'd be nice for you to provide an alternatve, with some actual names.

"Don't expect any big moves"

*Free agency starts*

"This offseason is boring"

*troll complete*

Edit: I think we can ease up on the accusations of him being a Sixers fan though. He's obviously a Celts fan.

[35Lewis]

And Danny finally gets Amir after missing out due to the promise he made to draft Orien Greene.

[footey]

A few years ago, everyone wanted Amir Johnson.

Why all the hate now?? He fills a need, on a very short contract, keeping our flexibility on payroll.

[walker834]

I guess Brandon Bass's days are numbered.

[barefacedmonk]

A few years ago, everyone wanted Amir Johnson.

Few years ago I was also excited about Rasheed Wallace and Shaq.