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Should we have kept Darius?
« on: January 13, 2009, 10:11:26 PM »

Offline footey

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I am watching D Miles tonight versus Cleveland. After a shaky start, he is starting to look pretty darn good.  He has 11 points so far in limited minutes. He really has good length, and can post up very well. Wally is trying to cover him, what a joke!!
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« Reply #1 on: January 13, 2009, 10:22:48 PM »

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I really thought this was a thread saying we should have kept  Darius Songaila.  I was going to say that ship passed long ago.  As for DMiles, I think if we make a trade and have a spot open, we really would pick him up.  We shall see
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« Reply #2 on: January 13, 2009, 10:25:25 PM »

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Quote from: footey on January 13, 2009, 10:11:26 PM
I am watching D Miles tonight versus Cleveland. After a shaky start, he is starting to look pretty darn good.  He has 11 points so far in limited minutes. He really has good length, and can post up very well. Wally is trying to cover him, what a joke!!

wally trying d-miles really is a huge joke, and the fact that darius is exploiting him shows us that we could use him against the cavs.
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« Reply #3 on: January 13, 2009, 10:33:01 PM »

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I brought this up when he was waved. He'd be a good fit and he has length.
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Re: Should we have kept Darius?
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2009, 10:38:46 PM »

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Yeah, I would've liked to have heard a good explanation as to why Miles didn't make it with this team.

If Darius turns out to be a solid player for them off the bench, I'm not going to happy at all.  Danny and Doc are probably the two people on this planet that want him to fail the most...because then they'll notice that they made a mistake.  It is still early but we'll see.

It'd be pretty sweet if Memphis planned to only keep him for 2 games, screw Portland, and then release him.  I'd love to give him a second chance and with how thin our bench is, I'm sure Danny and Doc wouldn't mind giving him a second chance either.

Doubt it will happen though.
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« Reply #5 on: January 13, 2009, 11:23:34 PM »

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Miles was not an NBA player this preseason, plain and simple.  He did not have any of his explosiveness back, and without his explosiveness, he just was not good enough...especially given his contract status compared to the rest of the roster.

Now, he may be an NBA player now, I don't know, but it wouldn't have made much sense for them to keep him at that point, unless they had very good reason to think he was going to improve by leaps and bounds by the end of this season...which I hardly believe there was reason to think.
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« Reply #6 on: January 14, 2009, 12:02:17 AM »

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Who would we have cut instead of Miles?  I would rather take the risk on POB than keep Miles.  If KG can get into POB's head he might turn into a decent player.  Miles didn't show me anything in the preseason for us to keep him.

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« Reply #7 on: January 14, 2009, 12:54:09 AM »

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Quote from: Chris on January 13, 2009, 11:23:34 PM
Miles was not an NBA player this preseason, plain and simple.  He did not have any of his explosiveness back, and without his explosiveness, he just was not good enough...especially given his contract status compared to the rest of the roster.

Now, he may be an NBA player now, I don't know, but it wouldn't have made much sense for them to keep him at that point, unless they had very good reason to think he was going to improve by leaps and bounds by the end of this season...which I hardly believe there was reason to think.

In fact, I think it was his being cut from the Celtics' that motivated him to workout even harder and really regain some of that old explosiveness. Had he been kept on the roster, he would have only seen spotty minutes, and really not had a chance to continue his strength training and physical conditioning, due to the travel demands and hectic schedule of the NBA. I don't think its going too far at all to say that Darius wouldn't be playing as well as he is for Memphis right now if he had not been cut.
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« Reply #8 on: January 14, 2009, 01:15:19 AM »

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I would say yes. I would rather sign miles and ship out Scal or BBD If we are able to get another Big(Joe Smith) or another center . Miles had 13pts in 13mins tonight, and he is only going to get better with time.
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« Reply #9 on: January 14, 2009, 02:03:41 AM »

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I had hope for him but he was really rusty when he was here. The game was moving too fast for him here. Time has helped his game return.
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« Reply #10 on: January 14, 2009, 03:38:49 AM »

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Quote from: indyceltic on January 14, 2009, 12:02:17 AM
Who would we have cut instead of Miles?  I would rather take the risk on POB than keep Miles.  If KG can get into POB's head he might turn into a decent player.  Miles didn't show me anything in the preseason for us to keep him.

IndyCeltic

We don't have a back up three, and Sam Cassell isn't even playing. I'd rather have Darius over Sam.
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« Reply #11 on: January 14, 2009, 07:29:52 AM »

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Quote from: lon3lytoaster on January 14, 2009, 03:38:49 AM
Quote from: indyceltic on January 14, 2009, 12:02:17 AM
Who would we have cut instead of Miles?  I would rather take the risk on POB than keep Miles.  If KG can get into POB's head he might turn into a decent player.  Miles didn't show me anything in the preseason for us to keep him.

IndyCeltic

We don't have a back up three, and Sam Cassell isn't even playing. I'd rather have Darius over Sam.

POB is a waste of space, he can't even get out of the dog house when he's the only true backup center.

Miles > sam, POB, BBD, and Scal, in that order, would have been fine with me.
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Re: Should we have kept Darius?
« Reply #12 on: January 14, 2009, 07:40:48 AM »

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Quote from: crownsy on January 14, 2009, 07:29:52 AM
Quote from: lon3lytoaster on January 14, 2009, 03:38:49 AM
Quote from: indyceltic on January 14, 2009, 12:02:17 AM
Who would we have cut instead of Miles?  I would rather take the risk on POB than keep Miles.  If KG can get into POB's head he might turn into a decent player.  Miles didn't show me anything in the preseason for us to keep him.

IndyCeltic

We don't have a back up three, and Sam Cassell isn't even playing. I'd rather have Darius over Sam.

POB is a waste of space, he can't even get out of the dog house when he's the only true backup center.

Miles > sam, POB, BBD, and Scal, in that order, would have been fine with me.

right now Scal is better than POB, BBD, and Sam.

i knew that this might be a good point when they showed some darious miles highlights on SC last night. (also showed some REALLY good stuff of the Birdman filling in time for Carmello)
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« Reply #13 on: January 14, 2009, 08:03:57 AM »

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If I was one of the Big 3, I'd be ticked off right now at the Celtics front office.  They turned down some decent vets that could have helped the team and instead stuck the Big 3 with a bunch of inconsistent young players.  Birdman, Miles, Mutombo all could be helping the Celtics right now.

Incredibly TERRIBLE offseason by Ainge. >:(
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Re: Should we have kept Darius?
« Reply #14 on: January 14, 2009, 08:07:07 AM »

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He didn't show he was ready in the preseason.


What Celtics should have done was instead of wasting time with Miles and POB was bring in actual NBA vets that could be counted on.
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