Ainge said it is not set in stone that the remaining roster spot will go to a point guard, even though the Celtics only have one pure point guard on the team in Rondo.
“I’m not feeling a great urgency, because I think that both Eddie [House] and Marquis can play there, and even Tony [Allen],” Ainge said. “We won a game [in December 2007] by 20 points against the Lakers with Tony starting at point guard, so it’s not an urgent thing that we are trying to do right now.”
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I was just starting to forget how horrific the "Tony as PG" experiment was, and now Danny has to go and remind us. I can't imagine that this would happen in a million years -- generally, guys who average more turnovers than assists aren't made point guards -- but it's still a ridiculous thing for Danny to say.
What I don't understand is, why say it at all? Nobody is fooled. Opposing GMs aren't going to say, "Oh, wow, Tony Allen really would look good at PG on our team". Most fans are going to cringe. The players on the roster might chuckle. And Doc is going to disregard it completely.
It's amusing to go to 82games.com, and look at Tony's performance in the '07 - '08 season that Danny is referencing. If you extrapolate Tony's performance over 48 minutes, here's how Tony performed as a point guard that year:
17.6 pts (per 48), 2.0 assists, 8.1 turnovers, 10.2 personal fouls.
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Why on earth would Danny reference such a small sample size, when Tony performed so poorly at the position?
The real question isn't "Why is Danny saying this stuff about Tony Allen?".
The real question is "How can he not say such things about Tony Allen after giving him one of the more head-scratching, ill-advised, just-plain-stupid, 2 year/$5 million contracts in Celtic history?"
$2.5 a year for Tony for two years was a very good deal for us. There's no mistake in that regard.
Uh, no. Five large committed to a player who isn't smart enough to see the floor - in the wake of all the gloating over the money saved on Posey - isn't a good deal for us. Not even close.
It's wasted money, and one of Ainge's worst deals ever.
Considering that to sign him we didn't waste any of our resources to pursue other free-agents. Considering that it was a short term contract expiring on the verge of one of the most anticipated free-agent years. Considering that he's a more useful player than any of you who don't like him care to admit and constantly exaggerate his misgivings. The no, it wasn't a waste.
When we manage to convert his contract into something even more useful, we'll see.
He's a decent player sign for low money on a short term contract. No need to make it more or less than it is.
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