Gabe Pruitt

[BrickJames]

At the moment, I think Pruitt is the weakest player in our roster.

Giddens?

No, Pruitt.

Ok, why?

[crownsy]

At the moment, I think Pruitt is the weakest player in our roster.

Giddens?

No, Pruitt.

Ok, why?

because in 2 + years he hasent been able to wrest as few as 4 minutes a game away from a backup PG who everyone agrees is a better SG and for the second year in a row we listed as a concern by the team?

JR may be raw and uproven, but at least he's got the rookie tag going for him in the "wasted spot" debate.

Gabe's been in the system 2 years and change now, and still couldn't get over enough in practice to get a few minutes from eddie house. Add in a major PR blow with the DWI, and i think he's lowest on the celtic's resigning list for next year.

I mean, neither one is exactly a top prospect, were debating the lowest spot on the totem pole. When your battling for it, a PR black eye probley hurts more than if your spots secure.

[BrickJames]

At the moment, I think Pruitt is the weakest player in our roster.

Giddens?

No, Pruitt.

Ok, why?

because in 2 + years he hasent been able to wrest as few as 4 minutes a game away from a backup PG who everyone agrees is a better SG and for the second year in a row we listed as a concern by the team?

JR may be raw and uproven, but at least he's got the rookie tag going for him in the "wasted spot" debate.

Gabe's been in the system 2 years and change now, and still couldn't get over enough in practice to get a few minutes from eddie house. Add in a major PR blow with the DWI, and i think he's lowest on the celtic's resigning list for next year.

I mean, neither one is exactly a top prospect, were debating the lowest spot on the totem pole. When your battling for it, a PR black eye probley hurts more than if your spots secure.

Wasn't Pruitt getting more than 4 minutes prior to gettin his DUI and Marbury getting signed?

I don't care if you're a rookie or a second year player (not sure where your "2+ years comes from), it's not like Giddens was drafted out of middle school.  Giddens looks completely lost.  Pruitt only looks lost half the time on offense (when he isn't shooting open jumpers) and he looks pretty solid defensively.

Giddens looks worse than Gerald Green. And that's bad.

[BrickJames]

Alright.  It's an off day, and there isn't too much to talk about.  Might as well throw up Prospect Topic #1000001.

What do you all think of Gabe Pruitt's future with this team - or any other, for that matter?  He's now almost two full years into his NBA career, so I think it's fair to try to predict his future now.

Personally, I think he doesn't have much more of a future with the Celtics.  He's had several chances this year to prove his worth and become a fixture in the rotation, but it hasn't panned out.  He'll get one more shot next year if/when Marbury is gone, but I think he won't show anything more than he's shown this year.  I was waiting for his game this year - the one where he breaks out and is an integral part of a win, a la BBD last year vs. Detroit.  It never happened. 

He already looks like a very good defender.  If he ever gets respect from the refs, I think he could make it in the league based on that alone.  I won't draw any conclusions about his scoring ability - his supporters insist it's there, but the numbers say otherwise.  In the end, I think he will no longer wear a Celtics jersey at the end of his contract, but I think somebody else will see a potential lockdown defender and throw him a one- or two-year contract and some consistent minutes.  It just won't be Danny.  He's too far down on the depth list to gain any sort of momentum.

What are your predictions?

Ah, the original post.

Yes, he has no future with the Celtics.  Let's get over it now.

[xmuscularghandix]

He's better than Marbury.

he's not even better than Marbury right now, never mind when he gets his legs back.

Marbury IS everything that Pruitt isn't, Confident, experienced, and has leadership qualities (esspecially if he's only running a unit full of backups)

[greenwise]

What's his contract status?

[footey]

Pruitt's stock started to climb this year in pre-season and the first half, but has dropped precipitously since. The arrest did not help either.

[Chris]

What's his contract status?

I believe next year is non-guaranteed...I am not positive though.  He is under contract next year though, its just a matter of whether the C's need to pay him if they cut him or not.

[Atzar]

At the moment, I think Pruitt is the weakest player in our roster.

Giddens?

No, Pruitt.

Ok, why?

because in 2 + years he hasent been able to wrest as few as 4 minutes a game away from a backup PG who everyone agrees is a better SG and for the second year in a row we listed as a concern by the team?

JR may be raw and uproven, but at least he's got the rookie tag going for him in the "wasted spot" debate.

Gabe's been in the system 2 years and change now, and still couldn't get over enough in practice to get a few minutes from eddie house. Add in a major PR blow with the DWI, and i think he's lowest on the celtic's resigning list for next year.

I mean, neither one is exactly a top prospect, were debating the lowest spot on the totem pole. When your battling for it, a PR black eye probley hurts more than if your spots secure.

Wasn't Pruitt getting more than 4 minutes prior to gettin his DUI and Marbury getting signed?

I don't care if you're a rookie or a second year player (not sure where your "2+ years comes from), it's not like Giddens was drafted out of middle school.  Giddens looks completely lost.  Pruitt only looks lost half the time on offense (when he isn't shooting open jumpers) and he looks pretty solid defensively.

Giddens looks worse than Gerald Green. And that's bad.

Yeah, he's looked absolutely lost in all 7 of his regular season minutes    Give me a break, unless you have access to the Celtics' practices then there's no way you can say this for certain.

Anyway, I disagree with those of you who said Pruitt couldn't even get a shot over Eddie.  He got chances this season - several of them.  He just never showed himself to be a positive contributor to this team this year, so Marbury was brought in and Gabe started riding the bench.  Usually a promising young player has games in which he is productive and useful on the court - like Bill Walker, for instance - but the consistency isn't there.  Gabe has just been a consistent non-factor.

[crownsy]

At the moment, I think Pruitt is the weakest player in our roster.

Giddens?

No, Pruitt.

Ok, why?

because in 2 + years he hasent been able to wrest as few as 4 minutes a game away from a backup PG who everyone agrees is a better SG and for the second year in a row we listed as a concern by the team?

JR may be raw and uproven, but at least he's got the rookie tag going for him in the "wasted spot" debate.

Gabe's been in the system 2 years and change now, and still couldn't get over enough in practice to get a few minutes from eddie house. Add in a major PR blow with the DWI, and i think he's lowest on the celtic's resigning list for next year.

I mean, neither one is exactly a top prospect, were debating the lowest spot on the totem pole. When your battling for it, a PR black eye probley hurts more than if your spots secure.

Wasn't Pruitt getting more than 4 minutes prior to gettin his DUI and Marbury getting signed?

I don't care if you're a rookie or a second year player (not sure where your "2+ years comes from), it's not like Giddens was drafted out of middle school.  Giddens looks completely lost.  Pruitt only looks lost half the time on offense (when he isn't shooting open jumpers) and he looks pretty solid defensively.

Giddens looks worse than Gerald Green. And that's bad.

you scouting him at practice? because until last night he had a grand total of 10 regular season minutes.

and no, gabe wasn't getting consistant minutes before marbury and the DWI.

Pruitt hasen't been able to prove himself in 2  years, is a second round pick, had a PR black eye, and it saves the team somewhere around 1.7 mill off the cap to cut him this offseason.

I don't like his chances.

Neither one is high on the totem pole, not sure why we need to pin down who's the first one cut, but i'd be shocked if they don't cut pruitt this offseason. He's just not that good. JR might not be any good either, but they have no reason to cut him. Gabe they have every finacial reason to cut ties with, and its not like its tough to replace a 2nd rounder who can't break into the rotation.

[Bankshot]

At the moment, I think Pruitt is the weakest player in our roster.

Giddens?

No, Pruitt.

Ok, why?

because in 2 + years he hasent been able to wrest as few as 4 minutes a game away from a backup PG who everyone agrees is a better SG and for the second year in a row we listed as a concern by the team?

JR may be raw and uproven, but at least he's got the rookie tag going for him in the "wasted spot" debate.

Gabe's been in the system 2 years and change now, and still couldn't get over enough in practice to get a few minutes from eddie house. Add in a major PR blow with the DWI, and i think he's lowest on the celtic's resigning list for next year.

I mean, neither one is exactly a top prospect, were debating the lowest spot on the totem pole. When your battling for it, a PR black eye probley hurts more than if your spots secure.

Wasn't Pruitt getting more than 4 minutes prior to gettin his DUI and Marbury getting signed?

I don't care if you're a rookie or a second year player (not sure where your "2+ years comes from), it's not like Giddens was drafted out of middle school.  Giddens looks completely lost.  Pruitt only looks lost half the time on offense (when he isn't shooting open jumpers) and he looks pretty solid defensively.

Giddens looks worse than Gerald Green. And that's bad.

Yeah, he's looked absolutely lost in all 7 of his regular season minutes    Give me a break, unless you have access to the Celtics' practices then there's no way you can say this for certain.

Anyway, I disagree with those of you who said Pruitt couldn't even get a shot over Eddie.  He got chances this season - several of them.  He just never showed himself to be a positive contributor to this team this year, so Marbury was brought in and Gabe started riding the bench.  Usually a promising young player has games in which he is productive and useful on the court - like Bill Walker, for instance - but the consistency isn't there.  Gabe has just been a consistent non-factor.

Agreed.  A consistent non-factor is exactly how I would describe Gabe, sadly.

[Brickowski]

I don't think he was a consistent non factor at all.  His defense was consistently quite good.  He's just another young player misused by Rivers.  So what else is new?

[crownsy]

I don't think he was a consistent non factor at all.  His defense was consistently quite good.  He's just another young player misused by Rivers.  So what else is new?

or mabey despite danny's good picks in the second round, he's just not very good, like most guys picked in that round.

He plays good enough D, so i don't think he's going to be out of the league or anything, but given his non-impressive stint here and that his contract is easily cutable this offseason, I think he's gone.

[Brickowski]

Well, Powe, Davis, Moore (probably), Marbury and Pruitt will all be gone.  House and Tony Allen may be gone as well. TA has another year on his deal, but he is certainly trade bait.

The only certain returnees are Garnett, Pierce, Perkins, Rondo and Ray Allen, and I expect Ray to be gone by June, 2010 at the latest.

On the plus side, I expect a number of good free agents to be available for the MLE or less.  And we'll have a rasw young Turkish 7 footer in lieu of a first round draft pick.  I wonder how long before Rivers ruins him also.

[crownsy]

Well, Powe, Davis, Moore (probably), Marbury and Pruitt will all be gone.  House and Tony Allen may be gone as well. TA has another year on his deal, but he is certainly trade bait.

The only certain returnees are Garnett, Pierce, Perkins, Rondo and Ray Allen, and I expect Ray to be gone by June, 2010 at the latest.

On the plus side, I expect a number of good free agents to be available for the MLE or less.  And we'll have a rasw young Turkish 7 footer in lieu of a first round draft pick.  I wonder how long before Rivers ruins him also.

isn't the current report on said 7 footer that he sucks?

I'll have to defer to cor on this one for his take as our euro c's fan, but i heard that he was regresing at an astonishing rate.

I think they keep one of the powe/davis combo, which ever one doesn't get large offers from other teams.

Sadly, i think leon is quickly playing himself out of a C's uni with his play of late. I'd love to keep him, but some bad to mid level team (like pacers, kings, what have you) is going to offer him a starting job and money.