Gabe Pruitt can fill Eddie House role next year

[Celtic]

Don't forget game 7 against the Cavs when Eddie was diving all over the court hitting shots, came in and gave energy to the team and electrified the crowd, he is extremely valuable. I wanted Sam Cassell as much as everyone else, but now I realize that it wasn't until Eddie got the back up minutes that the C's really got going in the playoffs.

[SmarterThanEwe]

Eddie House is a gamer.  James Posey = gamer.  Leon Powe = gamer.  They're not roles you just fill.  It takes chemistry to win a championship.

If you want to get rid of someone, get rid of Tony Allen.  Great defender...seems like a real clown, though.  I was at the game he blew his ACL...what a fool.  Did it while dunking for absolutely no reason - play was well over.

KG must be a fool then too because he goes up to block shots after the whistle blows every time.

KG (et al) take that shot away for a mental advantage over the shooter.  They don't want to ever let a shooter feel comfortable out there.  Seeing your shot go down increases confidence, whether it counts or not.  On the other hand, Tony Allen going up for a dunk after a play is over is just backwards logic.  You dominate on the defensive end - who cares about the offensive end.  Players who try to dominate on the offensive side of things are just selfish.  He might as well have turned his shirt around then to show people who he was playing for - the "Allen's"...

[rondohondo]

Eddie House is a gamer.  James Posey = gamer.  Leon Powe = gamer.  They're not roles you just fill.  It takes chemistry to win a championship.

If you want to get rid of someone, get rid of Tony Allen.  Great defender...seems like a real clown, though.  I was at the game he blew his ACL...what a fool.  Did it while dunking for absolutely no reason - play was well over.

KG must be a fool then too because he goes up to block shots after the whistle blows every time.

KG (et al) take that shot away for a mental advantage over the shooter.  They don't want to ever let a shooter feel comfortable out there.  Seeing your shot go down increases confidence, whether it counts or not.  On the other hand, Tony Allen going up for a dunk after a play is over is just backwards logic.  You dominate on the defensive end - who cares about the offensive end.  Players who try to dominate on the offensive side of things are just selfish.  He might as well have turned his shirt around then to show people who he was playing for - the "Allen's"...

so is it worth it to intimidate the opposing team after the whistle if KG blows out his knee doing it? It's the same thing

[illantari]

Why can't Eddie House fill Eddie House's role next year?

I don't know, maybe it's just me, but I feel strangely attached to guys 1-11 on this roster (excluding Tony Allen, Sam Cassell cuz... he's Sam Cassell, Scot Pollard, and Gabe Pruitt since he barely played- no rap on him personally).  I think seeing them all work as a team to get us a championship will do that to me.  All of this talk of replacing Posey or House or, god forbid, trading Ray Allen is really kinda disturbing to me.  This team is a winning formula.  Am I the only one that'd gravely miss things like Cedric Maxwell screaming: "You can't leave the House!"?

[EJPLAYA]

No chance at all that Gabe can fill Eddie's role. #1 Eddie is pure energy off the bench and Gabe is very laid back out there. #2 Eddie can outshoot 99.9% of the guys on the planet. Gabe looks to be pretty smooth, but not in Eddie's league. I think Gabe can fill Cassell's role just fine, but Eddie's?! Please!

[iowa plowboy]

Pruitt will likely not even make the team unless Giddens doesn't pan out.

[Who]

Not to replace Eddie House no. He's not ready.

To be a 3rd string point guard? Fine. Good. Do that.

Otherwise cut him and let him get his career going elsewhere. A second wasted year would be harmful to the kid.

[action781]

I wouldn't be too comfortable with solely House and Pruitt to tell you the truth.

If we get a big PG, then I can be fine with him and Pruitt. If we get House, I hope we get an additional SG who can play some point too, or simply an additional PG who can play some SG (with size).

In all, I'd be pretty much fine with our situation... but I don't think our optimum roster should leave us one injury away from relying on Pruitt to play a big role in the playoffs.

We already do have a SG who can play some point: Ray Allen.  Paul Pierce can too.  We did it this postseason with House in the game getting pressured and it worked well.  Nobody I'd rather have as backup pg on the market (for comparable price) than House. My 2nd and 3rd free agent options would be Pargo and Hunter if we cant get House back.

So well that House couldn't step in the court against Detroit and the Pierce bringing up the ball against them wasn't going so smoothly. It works against certain teams, sure... but once again, not something you want to rely on.

I wonder if people are having problems differentiating between what I feel is our optimum team vs. a team that I feel is capable of winning the championship. They're two completely different issues.  Sure we can have Ray and Pierce bring down the ball, but is that our optimum option or team? I believe not.

I agree an optimum situation would have us getting Gilbert Arenas or Baron Davis as backup pg, not Eddie House.  But we are over the salary cap.  I don't think we have enough money to sign House, Posey, another big, PLUS another sg who can play some point?  I'd rather save the couple million and have Ray and PP do it. 

And what did you mean by a big pg?  What big pg would you rather have as a backup than house?  House gave us so much last year I think it'd bec razy

[BudweiserCeltic]

I wouldn't be too comfortable with solely House and Pruitt to tell you the truth.

If we get a big PG, then I can be fine with him and Pruitt. If we get House, I hope we get an additional SG who can play some point too, or simply an additional PG who can play some SG (with size).

In all, I'd be pretty much fine with our situation... but I don't think our optimum roster should leave us one injury away from relying on Pruitt to play a big role in the playoffs.

We already do have a SG who can play some point: Ray Allen.  Paul Pierce can too.  We did it this postseason with House in the game getting pressured and it worked well.  Nobody I'd rather have as backup pg on the market (for comparable price) than House. My 2nd and 3rd free agent options would be Pargo and Hunter if we cant get House back.

So well that House couldn't step in the court against Detroit and the Pierce bringing up the ball against them wasn't going so smoothly. It works against certain teams, sure... but once again, not something you want to rely on.

I wonder if people are having problems differentiating between what I feel is our optimum team vs. a team that I feel is capable of winning the championship. They're two completely different issues.  Sure we can have Ray and Pierce bring down the ball, but is that our optimum option or team? I believe not.

I agree an optimum situation would have us getting Gilbert Arenas or Baron Davis as backup pg, not Eddie House.  But we are over the salary cap.  I don't think we have enough money to sign House, Posey, another big, PLUS another sg who can play some point?  I'd rather save the couple million and have Ray and PP do it. 

And what did you mean by a big pg?  What big pg would you rather have as a backup than house?  House gave us so much last year I think it'd bec razy

Tony Allen. But it's not instead of, in addition to. If someone arises that we can get with the min. or LLE and is better than Tony then go for it. If the team doesn't want Tony and can't find a big PG or SG that can play some point, then I don't want House to tell you the truth (I'd rather have a legit playmaker as a back-up in this situation). But, if House is all we can get, then fine, but there's little reason not to bring in Tony Allen too if this is the case.

It's a whole set of different scenarios: if this happens, if this is all we can get, what do we do then, etc. Being content with just signing House wouldn't be smart, in my opinion, because House can't play under all circumstances. There are circumstances that call for a bigger defender in there, who is capable of playing some point. There are circumstances that call for a better ballhandler. Sure, we have Pruitt, but as I've said many times before he's currently a big X factor. Hey, if he's the real deal then we're more than fine with House, but I don't think anyone here truely believes that at this point in time.  You know, Pruitt can play the Tony role in my view, but we just don't know what we have in him... the Celtics should know better, but for argument sake we just can't rely on him without knowing from our point of view.