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Speeding up to get Marbury
« on: January 24, 2009, 11:38:26 PM »

Offline jdub1660

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Ignore the current record, and admit that the Celtics have to upgrade that bench to prevent another scary Playoff series. As it is now ,we have no single player to truly help the bench. SO, we should all agree that Marbury could definitely fit in with our bench, allowing House to be a true SG. So since we still have half of the MLE, isn't there a legal way for Ainge to convince Marbury to give up 2 or 2.5 mil of his contract so he could be waived and signed by Boston? I bet they could do that as long as Walch is involved.
Next to that, we should try a 10 day contract for Antoine, and also look into a 10 day offer to Miles possibly. Besides that, I would recommend looking into the health of Pollard, as well as trading a couple players for draft picks. We can't wait up on a title this year just to save the possibility of Bill Walker, Giddens, Pruitt, and/or BBD to be good. Someone's gotta go since noone will take Scal...even if we paid them...could we do that...
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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #1 on: January 24, 2009, 11:52:34 PM »

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We're gonna have scary playoff rounds regardless, and unless marbury can guard the Lebrons/Kobes , or rebound and defend the paint I dont think hes that important.

I wish we could just let this whole marbury pipe dream go..he wouldnt even be that big of a help, we're not going to be playing 4-5 benchers at once in the playoffs, our current bench gets the job done when mixed with the starters

Danny needs to find something better than Marbury
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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #2 on: January 25, 2009, 02:21:17 AM »

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Didn't we spend the entire MLE on House and Tony?
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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #3 on: January 25, 2009, 02:23:33 AM »

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Quote from: jdub1660 on January 24, 2009, 11:38:26 PM
Ignore the current record, and admit that the Celtics have to upgrade that bench to prevent another scary Playoff series. As it is now ,we have no single player to truly help the bench. SO, we should all agree that Marbury could definitely fit in with our bench, allowing House to be a true SG. So since we still have half of the MLE, isn't there a legal way for Ainge to convince Marbury to give up 2 or 2.5 mil of his contract so he could be waived and signed by Boston? I bet they could do that as long as Walch is involved.
Next to that, we should try a 10 day contract for Antoine, and also look into a 10 day offer to Miles possibly. Besides that, I would recommend looking into the health of Pollard, as well as trading a couple players for draft picks. We can't wait up on a title this year just to save the possibility of Bill Walker, Giddens, Pruitt, and/or BBD to be good. Someone's gotta go since noone will take Scal...even if we paid them...could we do that...

This is one giant post full of bad ideas. Literally one right after the other. Marbury, Antoine, Miles, and then Scot Pollard. Wow...just Wow. I mean is Kedrick Brown not available?? Any other has been basketball players we can dredge up for this discussion?
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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #4 on: January 25, 2009, 03:11:56 AM »

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what for?? i rather try to get pargo and nachbar before marbury.

Also i like what gabe pruitt has done for us lately.

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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #5 on: January 25, 2009, 03:46:28 AM »

Offline blueygreen

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Quote from: bucknersrevenge on January 25, 2009, 02:23:33 AM
Quote from: jdub1660 on January 24, 2009, 11:38:26 PM
Ignore the current record, and admit that the Celtics have to upgrade that bench to prevent another scary Playoff series. As it is now ,we have no single player to truly help the bench. SO, we should all agree that Marbury could definitely fit in with our bench, allowing House to be a true SG. So since we still have half of the MLE, isn't there a legal way for Ainge to convince Marbury to give up 2 or 2.5 mil of his contract so he could be waived and signed by Boston? I bet they could do that as long as Walch is involved.
Next to that, we should try a 10 day contract for Antoine, and also look into a 10 day offer to Miles possibly. Besides that, I would recommend looking into the health of Pollard, as well as trading a couple players for draft picks. We can't wait up on a title this year just to save the possibility of Bill Walker, Giddens, Pruitt, and/or BBD to be good. Someone's gotta go since noone will take Scal...even if we paid them...could we do that...

This is one giant post full of bad ideas. Literally one right after the other. Marbury, Antoine, Miles, and then Scot Pollard. Wow...just Wow. I mean is Kedrick Brown not available?? Any other has been basketball players we can dredge up for this discussion?

I've heard that Shawn Kemp could be looking for a place to play
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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #6 on: January 25, 2009, 07:40:39 AM »

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Quote from: blueygreen on January 25, 2009, 02:21:17 AM
Didn't we spend the entire MLE on House and Tony?

No; Tony didn't count against the MLE, because we had his Bird Rights.  We used the MLE on House and Walker, and have around $2.3 million left.
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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2009, 08:09:47 AM »

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Marbury really doesn't help us with anything besides a player that can probably create his own shot and score off the bench. We need a more versatile player for the 3 and a long big man first.
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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2009, 08:21:32 AM »

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Quote from: zerophase on January 25, 2009, 08:09:47 AM
Marbury really doesn't help us with anything besides a player that can probably create his own shot and score off the bench. We need a more versatile player for the 3 and a long big man first.

I agree we do need these things, but is now the time to be picky?  I do think a big may become available, but it doesn't seem as if a 3 is going to come other then by trade, which we don't have many assets to use.
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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2009, 08:25:44 AM »

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Yes, now is the time to be picky. Our roster is full right now so any move would require a cut player or traded one. I don't want another player to come to try to help us with a minor problem when major ones still loom, and have to trade a young player as a result of this nice experiment.
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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #10 on: January 25, 2009, 09:27:50 AM »

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Unless Pruitt starts playing more aggressively in the minutes given, I think Marbury would be a big upgrade for our bench, especially offensively.
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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #11 on: January 25, 2009, 09:41:16 AM »

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where is nachbar?
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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #12 on: January 25, 2009, 09:50:27 AM »

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Quote from: winsomme on January 25, 2009, 09:41:16 AM
where is nachbar?

i was thinking about raising the subject of nachbar on this board late last week when he was mentioned in ESPN article as "wanting to come back to the NBA". he's playing for the Red Army squad in Russia, and they can't afford to pay their players:

http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/news/story?id=3855139&campaign=rss&source=ESPNHeadlines

he's definitely a versatile offensive player, with size as a 3. is he any kind of defender?
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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #13 on: January 25, 2009, 09:54:47 AM »

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Quote from: footey on January 25, 2009, 09:27:50 AM
Unless Pruitt starts playing more aggressively in the minutes given, I think Marbury would be a big upgrade for our bench, especially offensively.

Agreed.  Not that impressed with Pruitt unless he steps it up.  No, Pruitt would not do.  Pargo or Marbury, I'd take either one.
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Re: Speeding up to get Marbury
« Reply #14 on: January 25, 2009, 10:04:16 AM »

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Don't think any of the above ideas make sense. Our biggest need is a big with length that can defend (Perk sub). We don't need smaller players. I'd rather have Ray Allen handle the point when Rondo is sitting than Pargo and definitely Marbury. The ideal at this point is Pruitt. He's getting more meaningful minutes and hopefully he can improve his game by playoff time. Whatever we do will be last minute when teams want to unload players. I think we do need a QUALITY addition to the team, not just anyone.
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