I am not sure how many of you heard Danny Ainge on WEEI radio yesterday.
Big O and gang asked him many pertinent questions. Did he have any hope that KG would have played had the Celts continued to advance. He said that he had hope that he might be able to play at some point but was not counting on it. He said that it was up to KG and how he felt. He said the knee has no structural damage. They asked him if he would "do-over" the way he had handled the KG injury and just say that KG was out, but he said that they always had hope that he might be able to play at some point.
He was asked if he thought KG and all of the injured players would be back by the beginning of next season. He said yes. He said that he was somewhat worried about Perk's shoulder but he said that he thought they all would be ready by the start of next season. (I am not sure if Powe was included in that question/answer).
They asked about the loss of Posey and the inability to replace his attributes. He said that Tony was hurt for 2 months coming into the playoffs and Doc just didn't have the confidence to play him. He said that there isn't always enough minutes to play everybody. He mentioned Scal playing well and the fact that Big Baby made so much improvement. He said that Mikey Moore just didn't pick up their defensive system as they had hoped that he would. They asked about Stephon. He said that Marbury played the best defense that he had ever played in his career but that he was never really able to get his rythmn on offense. He said that he and Toney did not play well in 4 minute spurts. They both needed more playing time to be successful. He said that they were interested in bringing back Marbury if he could help the team the way that they need him to play but he might be better off playing more minutes (IE as a starter somewhere else).
They asked him about Big Baby and was there a limit ($) to sign him. He said that there was a limit and they had to manage the salary cap and luxury tax. He said that they wanted to sign him but that they would look at many free agents as well as their own.
They asked him if he would watch the other series as a fan or what. He said that he would watch them with a pad of paper and keep tab on all the players still playing and pay attention to how each team goes about beating the other team.
He said that they would try to add to their front line. He said that all teams are trying to do this and that there just are not that many good veteran bigs out there that are willing to play for short money.
He probably said more but this what I remember.
