David West retiring. Remember when he was almost a Celtic?

[rondofan1255]

David West just announced his retirement.

Nice solid player who got a couple all-star games from playing with CP3 then a couple rings from playing with the Warriors. First ballot Hall of Very Good player.

Trip down memory lane:

Celtics, Hornets still working to finalize David West sign and trade deal, league sources say. Three year, $27M-29M deal in the works

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/145565934751453184

Boston-NO deal for David West still on hold, sources say. Waiting on NBA. C's rookies, JaJuan Johnson and E'Twan Moore discussed in deal.

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/145667252224663552

David West has agreed to a 2 year, $20 million deal with Pacers, league source tells Y.

https://twitter.com/wojespn/status/145955115243810816

CB threads (First one is 45 pages!):

A source briefed on discussions Friday evening said that the Boston Celtics are close to a deal with free agent power forward David West, who has been with the New Orleans Hornets since being drafted in 2003.

http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=51108.0

Concerning development in David West deal: JJJ and E'Tuan???

http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=51146.0

[Donoghus]

Yesterday was his birthday too.

Another Class of '03 guy calling it a career.  One of my favorite college basketball players of the past couple of decades.    A lot of fun to watch at Xavier.  Carved out a nice NBA career.

[SparzWizard]

Did the Celtics really passed on David West because they didn't wanna include JaJuan Johnson and E'Twan Moore???

What???

I remember Larry Bird swooped in on that deal. I hated David West ever since. We could have won the title in 2012. Instead we got stuck with chumps like Keyon Dooling, Ryan Hollins, Mickael Pietrus, Brandon Bass, and Greg Stiemsma and some ailing heart injuries in Jeff Green and Chris Wilcox who were all not deep enough to finish it for us.

[TomHeinsohn]

how dare you refer to the great Mickael Pietrus as a chump

[SparzWizard]

how dare you refer to the great Mickael Pietrus as a chump

Okay maybe not Mickael Pietrus he was solid BUT YOU GET THE IDEA

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Did the Celtics really passed on David West because they didn't wanna include JaJuan Johnson and E'Twan Moore???

What???

I remember Larry Bird swooped in on that deal. I hated David West ever since. We could have won the title in 2012. Instead we got stuck with chumps like Keyon Dooling, Ryan Hollins, Mickael Pietrus, Brandon Bass, and Greg Stiemsma and some ailing heart injuries in Jeff Green and Chris Wilcox who were all not deep enough to finish it for us.

I remember the story as West not wanting to come here because our guys were too old. He thought he would get a larger window to get a chip. Bird didn't swoop in as much as West having a choice.

[perks-a-beast]

Did the Celtics really passed on David West because they didn't wanna include JaJuan Johnson and E'Twan Moore???

What???

I remember Larry Bird swooped in on that deal. I hated David West ever since. We could have won the title in 2012. Instead we got stuck with chumps like Keyon Dooling, Ryan Hollins, Mickael Pietrus, Brandon Bass, and Greg Stiemsma and some ailing heart injuries in Jeff Green and Chris Wilcox who were all not deep enough to finish it for us.

Yeah we would have definitely won the title in 2012 if that went through. Oh what could have been...

[fairweatherfan]

Did the Celtics really passed on David West because they didn't wanna include JaJuan Johnson and E'Twan Moore???

What???

I remember Larry Bird swooped in on that deal. I hated David West ever since. We could have won the title in 2012. Instead we got stuck with chumps like Keyon Dooling, Ryan Hollins, Mickael Pietrus, Brandon Bass, and Greg Stiemsma and some ailing heart injuries in Jeff Green and Chris Wilcox who were all not deep enough to finish it for us.

I remember the story as West not wanting to come here because our guys were too old. He thought he would get a larger window to get a chip. Bird didn't swoop in as much as West having a choice.

Yeah I remember West doing interviews after the signing where he basically downplayed coming to Boston and said it wasn't nearly as imminent as people had reported. Basically seemed like a rumor that had some truth to it but got overblown.

[Roy H.]

Did the Celtics really passed on David West because they didn't wanna include JaJuan Johnson and E'Twan Moore???

What???

I remember Larry Bird swooped in on that deal. I hated David West ever since. We could have won the title in 2012. Instead we got stuck with chumps like Keyon Dooling, Ryan Hollins, Mickael Pietrus, Brandon Bass, and Greg Stiemsma and some ailing heart injuries in Jeff Green and Chris Wilcox who were all not deep enough to finish it for us.

I remember the story as West not wanting to come here because our guys were too old. He thought he would get a larger window to get a chip. Bird didn't swoop in as much as West having a choice.

Yeah I remember West doing interviews after the signing where he basically downplayed coming to Boston and said it wasn't nearly as imminent as people had reported. Basically seemed like a rumor that had some truth to it but got overblown.

http://www.espn.com/boston/nba/story/_/id/7433214/david-west-says-indiana-pacers-were-better-fit-boston-celtics