Room exception and vet minimum options

[GreenEnvy]

2. Resign D Jackson

I don't see this as a priority.   I would rather give the Allen kid a chance.

He's under contract already, so I don't see how he can be "re-signed."

We are gonna buy him out for $500K on his rookie deal to resign him for the Room Exception. And who said Ainge doesn't know what he's doing?

[CELTICSofBOSTON]

I would use the room exception to sign a PF.

Imo, the 2 most realistic options are Patrick Patterson and Luc Mbah a Moute. Unfortunately, Mbah a Moute is a below average rebounder.

How much do you think Willie Reed gets?

I guess Willie Reed would be a realistic option as well. Problem is, according to Danny it's not worth signing a rim protector who kills our spacing.

“When you just add a rebounder, and he hurts your offense, it defeats the purpose. A rebounder will just be sitting on your bench. We have players that are more skilled, and we play around our strengths. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that when we added Al Horford this year — and this is nothing to take away from Isaiah (Thomas) and Avery (Bradley), because they’re fantastic players — but I think that Al’s presence makes those guys all better. We have the floor spread and we have skilled bigs. Al is leading NBA centers in assists this year, and that’s the way that we play. First of all, we know that we don’t have a great rebounding team from a personnel standpoint, but we also don’t play a great rebounding style, in that we rely on our bigs to play out on the perimeter and make plays and make passes and open up the court up for our guards. It is a weakness. There are some guys out there that can rebound OK. I think there was one or two rebounders that I would say that were good rebounders that could help us rebounding. But we’re always trying to evaluate if they’re going to help our team overall.”

http://nesn.com/2017/02/danny-ainge-explains-why-celtics-didnt-fill-rebounding-need-at-trade-deadline/


I've heard him making this argument multiple times.

Interesting stuff from Danny.

My concern is more about what kind of contract he gets not fit.

It's not like he is hurrendous offensively. He has good hands and a floater for a big.

[Jvalin]

I would use the room exception to sign a PF.

Imo, the 2 most realistic options are Patrick Patterson and Luc Mbah a Moute. Unfortunately, Mbah a Moute is a below average rebounder.

How much do you think Willie Reed gets?

I guess Willie Reed would be a realistic option as well. Problem is, according to Danny it's not worth signing a rim protector who kills our spacing.

“When you just add a rebounder, and he hurts your offense, it defeats the purpose. A rebounder will just be sitting on your bench. We have players that are more skilled, and we play around our strengths. I don’t think it’s a coincidence that when we added Al Horford this year — and this is nothing to take away from Isaiah (Thomas) and Avery (Bradley), because they’re fantastic players — but I think that Al’s presence makes those guys all better. We have the floor spread and we have skilled bigs. Al is leading NBA centers in assists this year, and that’s the way that we play. First of all, we know that we don’t have a great rebounding team from a personnel standpoint, but we also don’t play a great rebounding style, in that we rely on our bigs to play out on the perimeter and make plays and make passes and open up the court up for our guards. It is a weakness. There are some guys out there that can rebound OK. I think there was one or two rebounders that I would say that were good rebounders that could help us rebounding. But we’re always trying to evaluate if they’re going to help our team overall.”

http://nesn.com/2017/02/danny-ainge-explains-why-celtics-didnt-fill-rebounding-need-at-trade-deadline/


I've heard him making this argument multiple times.

Interesting stuff from Danny.

My concern is more about what kind of contract he gets not fit.

It's not like he is hurrendous offensively. He has good hands and a floater for a big.

Sure but he doesn't spread the floor and his AST/TO ratio is 0.77 (36 assists, 47 turnovers).

[flybono]

Shooters shooters shooters call Reddick!!

[CELTICSofBOSTON]

Shooters shooters shooters call Reddick!!

More like Jodie Meeks

[jay]

Assuming a Marc Gasol trade wipes out our bench, I am bringing this thread back up.


Veteran Minimum options:

Gerald Green - mentor/ scoring
Anthony Tolliver - stretch 4
Luke Babbitt - stretch 4
Shelvin Mack - Butler connection
Randy Foye
Aaron Brooks
Barbosa
Lavoy Allen
Tony Allen
Ramon Sessions
Norris Cole
Derrick Williams
Thomas Robinson


Room Exception options:

I like the first two options if we keep Smart and Rozier, but if we lose allof our guards we might need to add a guard with the room exception.

Jonas Jerebko
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
Trey Burke
Sessions?
Dante Cunningham
Mike Muscala
Donates Motiejunas

[hpantazo]

Assuming a Marc Gasol trade wipes out our bench, I am bringing this thread back up.


Veteran Minimum options:

Gerald Green - mentor/ scoring
Anthony Tolliver - stretch 4
Luke Babbitt - stretch 4
Shelvin Mack - Butler connection
Randy Foye
Aaron Brooks
Barbosa
Lavoy Allen
Tony Allen
Ramon Sessions
Norris Cole
Derrick Williams
Thomas Robinson


Room Exception options:

I like the first two options if we keep Smart and Rozier, but if we lose allof our guards we might need to add a guard with the room exception.

Jonas Jerebko
Luc Richard Mbah a Moute
Trey Burke
Sessions?
Dante Cunningham
Mike Muscala
Donates Motiejunas

Derrick Williams and Thomas Robinson look like very good options from the first list. I expect Gerald Green to be back too.

I would love to see Tony Allen come back, and hopefully join Marc Gasol here in Boston.

Muscala, Sessions, and Motiejunas are all great options from the second list.

[jay]

masslive offers potential big men for the room exception:


http://www.masslive.com/celtics/index.ssf/2017/07/gordon_hayward_signs_with_bost.html