Cs waive Shav, sign Babb and send him right to the Maine Claws.

[colincb]

This is the back story.  The Cs wanted a non-guaranteed deal (probably to trade his contract as filler is my guess) and he didn't want to:

http://www.basketballinsiders.com/randolph-wants-guaranteed-contract-to-explore-options/

[Finkelskyhook]

Man ......I like Shav .....he all team

Babb is a gamer though ......he got no quit in him either.



Maybe Kelly told Danny to fire Shav for giving him the shiner

My first thought was KO's eye, too. Haha.

Babb...how many times has that guy been signed by us now?

That's what I was thinking! Signing Babb is like an annual end of the season ceremony by now!

Ditto.  I also thought that he had been playing on the red claws the whole time, so was he traded to another d-league team, decided to play overseas, or have I missed something?  Can't we just call Young up instead, or are we now at 15 players?

I saw both in Des Moines Saturday.  Young ....In the NBDL...Looks like a boy among men.  Don't know if he was injured...Looked like he was going through the motions.  Doesn't run the court...Jogs.  Especially defensively.  Didn't play most of the 4th quarter and seemed pretty disinterested during timeouts.  Great stroke.  That's really about it.  Young looked years away from the NBA.

Babb is almost never out of position defensively.  In the second half...The only position he wasn't guarding was the 5.  Switched to Damien Wilkens ....Wilkins tried to post up and back Babb down and couldn't move him.   Complete opposite of Young.  Weird shot...But it goes in.  Plays hard every second he's in.   

[D Dub]

I saw both in Des Moines Saturday.  Young ....In the NBDL...Looks like a boy among men.  Don't know if he was injured...Looked like he was going through the motions.  Doesn't run the court...Jogs.  Especially defensively.  Didn't play most of the 4th quarter and seemed pretty disinterested during timeouts.  Great stroke.  That's really about it.  Young looked years away from the NBA.

Babb is almost never out of position defensively.  In the second half...The only position he wasn't guarding was the 5.  Switched to Damien Wilkens ....Wilkins tried to post up and back Babb down and couldn't move him.   Complete opposite of Young.  Weird shot...But it goes in.  Plays hard every second he's in.

TP for the breakdown, Finkelskyhook.

Sounds like Babb is the kind of guy who fits into the CBS system as a three & D guy who can switch liberally.  Probably a backup plan of sorts should we be unable to re-sign Crowder this offseason. 

[CelticGuardian]

I like what I saw in Babb in the Summer League

[kozlodoev]

I like what I saw in Babb in the Summer League

He's 25 and couldn't stick on an awful Celtics team last season.

[hwangjini_1]

I like what I saw in Babb in the Summer League

He's 25 and couldn't stick on an awful Celtics team last season.

and he wont stick on a mediocre celtics team this season. babb this year is what he was last year, 15th guy on the team. glad to see he gets a bigger payday for all his loyalty and hard work though. good for him.

[CelticGuardian]

I like what I saw in Babb in the Summer League

He's 25 and couldn't stick on an awful Celtics team last season.

Babb plays hard so I'm happy for the guy.

Don't get me wrong I wouldn't want him to cut into Young's minutes or something like that. But this was just Danny Ainge making a little wiggle room for this offseason, could be setting something up.

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

Till we waive you again Shav...bye.

[CFAN38]

solid end of the bench move. Babb is a 3-D wing who seems capable of filling in case of injury. If their is a major roster shake up next season I could see him making the team.

[Quetzalcoatl]

I'm wondering if this signing has to do with Crowder's ankle injury.  If not, then this signing doesn't make sense. 

The C's number one need is a big man who can rebound and be a defensive stopper.  There must a number of players in the D-League better than Shav who would offer tougher defense in the middle.

It's about having flexibility, as I'm sure the team gave him a fully non-guaranateed deal for next season. So it means that contract could be used as a filler in any potential deal if necessary.

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4718780/celtics-sign-babb-waive-randolph

Basically this - TP.  If you read that Chris Forsberg article, it seems like we basically just gave Babb $50k for like 11 days of work, so he can be an easily waived $1 million that we can throw into a S&T for a big free agent next year.  Shav wasn't under contract for next season, so he isn't a trade asset going forward.  If we are going to get two big salary players, one of them will have to be via trade (more likely a S&T), so every easily waived million counts.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

didn't know where to put this but Babb and Young's playoff game is about to start, it's on ESPNU.

[hwangjini_1]

didn't know where to put this but Babb and Young's playoff game is about to start, it's on ESPNU.

and in 8 minutes of play, young is promptly 0-4. being topped by the celtics' latest acquisition, our all time favorite end of the season player, chris babb. babb has 4 points.

gooooo claws!!!