Poll: Free Agency Predictions

[johnnyrondo]

Actually your Atlanta "Carlton Fisk" paperwork snafu soulds possible.

[cordobes]

Here's what I want to happen:

- We sign a good defensive winger. We try, by this order:

James Posey
James Jones
Quinton "The new Bowen" Ross, although Bill Simmons is yet to teach him the corner three

(What's going to happen: you are probably right and we'll end wasting almost the full MLE with someone like Barnes who can't really defend SFs, let alone SGs, or the former "French Jordan", nowadays "Tony Allen on steroids", Mikael Pietrus - google Pietrus BBIQ, if you please, or even a washed up Finley).

- We sign a competent man-to-man post defender, able to play side denial of the post, front or from behind and simultaneously an enforcer who's not a liability on the offensive end. This description belongs to:

Kurt Thomas

(What's going to happen: you are probably right and we'll sign an athletic shot-blocker like AndersEn - I don't quit trying Amager Celtic Fan - who has no idea about the footwork necessary to make the aforementioned moves or a rotations serial killer like Elson)

- We resign Eddie House or, if we had opted for Jones, an experienced point guard like Anthony Johnson or Carter

(What's going to happen - we allow House to leave and sign a total scrub like Salim Stoudamire)

In Ainge I trust, but some reverse jinx can't hurt...

[kw10]

Here's what I want to happen:

- We sign a competent man-to-man post defender, able to play side denial of the post, front or from behind and simultaneously an enforcer who's not a liability on the offensive end. This description belongs to:

Kurt Thomas

Can't agree more. TP for you.

[KJR]

I think Celtics will add Maggette and Andersen, and subtract House and TA.  PJ will retire.  Pruitt will be the back-up PG.

The fifteen man roster will be:

Perk/Andersen
KG/Powe/Davis
Pierce/Maggette/Posey
Ray/Maggette
Rondo/Pruitt/Cassell

with Scal, Giddens and Walker (13-15)

Approximate minutes will be:

Perk 24, Andersen 8
KG 32, Powe 8, Davis 8
Pierce 32, Maggette 30, Posey 20
Ray 32, Maggette
Rondo 38, Pruitt 8, Cassell 0

Rationale: Pruitt gets a full shot to be the back-up.  With Cassell as insurance, there's no need to bring in another PG at this point.  None of the FA PGs are all that exciting.  Pruitt has a great stroke, great lift and the ability to make steals in the passing lanes.  He may well become a better player than any of the FA PGs now available.  Andersen has the footwork and mobility.  He's exactly what the Celts need in terms of a back-up center; someone that will hustle, play defense and block shots.  Maggette will join the Celtics.  He could go to the Warriors, but it's likely they aren't good enough to go deep in the playoffs.  He's already played for Doc.  His family knows Doc.  I think it would be a lot more fun for him to join the Celtics (at $5.8 million) rather than the Warriors for a few million more.  He might go to the Spurs, but I think it's 50/50 he comes to the Celtics.  Posey re-signs with the Celtics for 4 years at an average of $4 million.  Other teams might offer him a total of $20 million; but he'll turn them down and return to the Celtics when Danny increases the offer.  Posey doesn't fit in well with the Lakers style of play.  He's also not what Cleveland needs.  Detroit is on the decline.  Best fit (besides Celtics) is NO or SA.  But he returns to Celtics.  I really don't see him hugging Chris Paul and Peja, or Duncan and Manu before every game.  The guys on the Celtics are close.  No one wants to leave a winning team.  When it comes down to it, he will re-sign with the Celts.  Cassell will be a kind of player/coach to help ease him into his next career.  He's on the team to teach Rondo and Pruitt and because he's a friend of KG and Ray, and because he's an insurance policy if Rondo is injured or Pruitt doesn't develop as planned.

With this lineup, the Celtics will be the odds-on favorites to win it all once again.

[bucknersrevenge]

i agree with the andersen sentiment. dannys had an eye on him for too long. i think he pulls the trigger on him now.

i think they decide against house and go with tyronn lue. lue is a more traditional ballhandling pg. he can still shoot. he has a relationship with KG and correct me if im wrong but wasnt he on one of docs teams in orlando as well?

at swing i think we whiff on both posey and maggette. posey gets the deal he wants at his price elsewhere and corey goes with the spurs. danny goes lo-tech in the wake of losing out on both players and brings in kirk snyder a guy he just brought in for a look that is young, cost effective and has experience with thibideoux's schemes and pair him with giddens as wing defenders off the bench. 

pg-rondo/lue/pruitt
sg-ray/jr
sf-paul/snyder/walker
pf-KG/powe/BBD/scal
c-per/birdman

this leaves our roster at 14 again allowing us to maneuver later in the season if need be.

[Hondo to Rondo]

Big--Anderson
PG--Livingston
2/3--Posey

[P2]

Birdman
Maggette
House
Morris (on a non-guaranteed contract)

[P2]

Second prediction:

Birdman
Pietrus
Lue
Miles

[JBcat]

I hope I'm wrong but i have a bad feeling we will lose on both the Posey and Maggette sweepstakes.   If that happens here is my best guess.

Birdman (Ainge has liked him for a while and brought him in for 2 days)
Pietrus
re-sign Tony Allen
risk move-Shaun Livingston safe move-House (either way Pruitt will be given a chance to get some court time)

I wouldn't be surprised to see Walker go oversees to leave a roster spot if we need a midseason pickup. 

[johnnyrondo]

People predicting Lue makes some sense, b/c he kinda is a combo of House and Cassell (though not as good a shooter as House). The only thing is this is the third time that Lue has wanted to come to Boston and Danny has passed twice, so the attraction just might not be mutual.

[SShoreFan 2.0]

I get the feeling that the Celts are going to end up being losers on the FA front.....let's hope I am wrong.

There's been a lot of names being passed around - who do you think will be wearing green next year?

[Roy Hobbs]

I get the feeling that the Celts are going to end up being losers on the FA front.....let's hope I am wrong.

There's been a lot of names being passed around - who do you think will be wearing green next year?

I merged your poll with the "predictions" thread.

[SShoreFan 2.0]

I get the feeling that the Celts are going to end up being losers on the FA front.....let's hope I am wrong.

There's been a lot of names being passed around - who do you think will be wearing green next year?

I merged your poll with the "predictions" thread.

I was looking to see if there was one like this, but couldn't find it.  Thanks.

Any chance to add (Poll) to the header?