Per Wojo: Clippers offered future 1st for Doc.. Trade Close

[BleedGreen1989]

Mark McNamara ‏@MarkMcn81 11m
@celticsblog I'm just going to assume that whoever the Clippers pick 25th on Thurs is secretly part of the KG-Jordan deal delayed til July.


Boston has nobody on this team that can make jump shots...rondo. bradley, the waste of $ Terry, lee...nobody

They need perimeter shooting and they need to dump terry.

Courtney Lee cant make a jump shot?

Did you watch him last year? He was awful from outside

He shot 37% that's hardly awful

Evan is right. Even in a "down" year his 37% still put him above guys such as JJ Redick and Joe Johnson.

I really don't understand all the Lee hate. I have zero issues with keeping him in green.

i think lee is a good, not great, player. he plays outstanding defense with normally good shooting. i think part of the problem was doc plays an offensive scheme that doesnt fit well with lee's skill set.

since the celtics are getting a new coach, this may change. lee has talent and i really think last year was an aberration.

Agreed.

Now that Doc is finally gone, I look forward to a coach who gives clear distinct roles.

Courtney Lee admitted that he was "inconsistent" during his first season with the Celtics.

"I wasn't playing like my normal role. Roles changed a little bit, they wanted me to focus more on being a defensive player and spot up-shooter," he said. "I'll be prepared for that, a lot better than I was this year," Lee added. May 8 - 8:53 AM

[jpurthe1]

We are not getting a "GREAT" coach. I think we might hire a person with no experience whatsoever.

Just my 2 cents...

[hpantazo]

maybe we can have a team that actually believes in rebounding next year!

[Evantime34]

Mark McNamara ‏@MarkMcn81 11m
@celticsblog I'm just going to assume that whoever the Clippers pick 25th on Thurs is secretly part of the KG-Jordan deal delayed til July.


Boston has nobody on this team that can make jump shots...rondo. bradley, the waste of $ Terry, lee...nobody

They need perimeter shooting and they need to dump terry.

Courtney Lee cant make a jump shot?

Did you watch him last year? He was awful from outside

He shot 37% that's hardly awful

Evan is right. Even in a "down" year his 37% still put him above guys such as JJ Redick and Joe Johnson.

I really don't understand all the Lee hate. I have zero issues with keeping him in green.

My problem with Lee is that he doesn't fit the team. He can knock down shots but was not great at creating shots. With so few people to create shots on the team we needed him to do that but he wasn't aggressive enough.

[Kane3387]

let the Sullinger, Green, Rondo era begin! LOL! It's like the Pierce, Jefferson, Gerald Green era all over again.

If we net a large trade exception for pierce then watch for a sign and trade for a guy like al Jefferson Andrew Bynum or josh smith.

[BleedGreen1989]

Mark McNamara ‏@MarkMcn81 11m
@celticsblog I'm just going to assume that whoever the Clippers pick 25th on Thurs is secretly part of the KG-Jordan deal delayed til July.


Boston has nobody on this team that can make jump shots...rondo. bradley, the waste of $ Terry, lee...nobody

They need perimeter shooting and they need to dump terry.

Courtney Lee cant make a jump shot?

Did you watch him last year? He was awful from outside

He shot 37% that's hardly awful

Evan is right. Even in a "down" year his 37% still put him above guys such as JJ Redick and Joe Johnson.

I really don't understand all the Lee hate. I have zero issues with keeping him in green.

My problem with Lee is that he doesn't fit the team. He can knock down shots but was not great at creating shots. With so few people to create shots on the team we needed him to do that but he wasn't aggressive enough.

That's a fair criticism but I think the rational was that he wouldn't need to create his own shot playing off of Rondo, Pierce, and Garnett.

You are right though, he is certainly not a shot creator but I don't think that's a knock. You can say that about a lot of guys. The positive side is he does not force things very often.

[JSD]

@tomhaberstroh: Erik Spoelstra is now the second-longest tenured head coach in the NBA, now that Doc Rivers has left the Celtics.