I'd bring him back in a heatbeat.
I think he would be so happy to be here that he wouldn't care what his role is, how many minutes he plays, etc.
I'll tell you what though - last season we had EXPONENTIALLY more on paper talent than we did the year before, yet the prior year we were a better team.
Why?
Because in the prior season we had guys who performed above their talent level simply because every guy on that roster played with 150% effort every night. Marquis, Dooling, Pietrus, Stiemsma, etc. None of those guys are super talented, they just played HARD.
This season we underperformed because he had the talent to make the ECF but never played like it. And don't bring up the loss of Rondo either, because even when we WERE healthy we were a fringe playoff team.
The loss of Pietrus killed us last season I think. Regardless of what anybody says he was a VERY good (at times exceptional) defensive player who had the quickness to defend guards and the size/strength to defend forwards, plus he was a tough-as-nails guy who would play hurt and who would never shy away from contact. He got to the line well and he defended with physicality every single time. Plus as streaky as he was offensivley, he did have the ability to get on fire from three and when he did he was lights out.
There are no words to describe how DESPERATELY we needed somebody like that last season. Jeff Green had the talent but lacked the aggression, Pierce lacked the footspeed to defend a SG, Lee never looked like he cared about anything, Bradley lacked size to switch onto a SF, Terry struggles against big or quick guards defensively. Pietrus played the 2 and 3 spot equally well for us and he even handled the 4 spot reasonably well when we went super small.
I'm 95% sure he would sign for the vet min...and as far as Vet Min players go he's honestly about as good as it gets. At that price there is nothing to lose. If he performs poorly at the vet min you bench him or buy him out, there is seriously no risk at all.
DO IT DANNY!! We need guys on the team who's desire to win is equal to or greater than their talent, and we had only a handful of those last season.