Secondly, there's not a snowball's chance in hell Marbury wants to stick around, and even if he did, we wouldn't be able to afford what he's asking for. This whole "if Marbury comes back" thing is total nonsense. I'm getting a bit tired of it to be honest.
What market do you think there is for Marbury? He'll get some veteran's minimum offers, and he MIGHT get some LLE offers, but he didn't exactly improve his value with his on-court performance, making him less than desirable to contending teams with limited resources. And his past off-court performance is still likely to keep any young, impressionable team (or even many established, veteran teams) from wanting to bring him in. I don't think he's going to cost a lot of money, actually. And from what it says on the front page about him being at the Waltham practice facility after the season ended and holding onto his Waltham apartment, I don't see any indication that he doesn't want to come back.
Anthony Johnson would be a decent option. But Anthony Carter wouldn't work at all, for the reasons I stated in the original post. He can't shoot 3's to save his life, and he's 6-1, which would be a horrible defensive pairing if he was in with House. People would shoot over them all day.
For center, Rasheed would be great, but it's probably unrealistic. And, once again referring to my original post, Drew Gooden can't block shots, which is what we really need from our backup center.
No offense, but I feel like you didn't really listen to the things I said in the original post.
Anthony Johnson is under contract next year. I like Carter a lot, personally, and I don't think his lack of a 3 point shot matters all that much. It matters when a guy hoists 3s all the time. He doesn't. He plays smart and within himself and he hustles, he has the right mindset for the team. His height might be an issue but it's not like he's below 6'0", he's 6'2". Not ideal, but not terrible. However, we can't realistically get him because the money we would offer him is limited, so he'd be more likely to stay in Denver (which would offer him the same limited money).
I agree with you about Rasheed being unrealistic. I'm trying to talk myself into it, because I think it would solve our front court problems (especially if we could hang onto Powe to come back midseason to give us 4 good big men), and let us shop Scal and TA's expiring contracts, and maybe Davis in a sign and trade with them, to bring in a taller wing player who can hit 3s, defend and bridge the 3/4 gap so we can go small or big. However, I see little reason for him to come here. He'd have to take the MLE, and if he were to do that, wouldn't he rather go to another contending team - like Cleveland or San Antonio - where he'd get a lot more minutes so he could make a bunch more money next offseason? I just don't see him wanting to be a sixth man behind Kendrick Perkins. (But man oh man, it'd be perfect to have those 2 and KG playing 32 minutes a night each).
On the last comment, I actually take a little issue. Just because somebody doesn't agree with everything you said and proposes different ideas doesn't mean they didn't listen to you. Moreover, ballaholic didn't even disagree or argue against anything you said, but just gave his (or her) own thoughts about what the Celtics' bench could use. Not everything has to directly follow the original post, especially when the very topic title seems to invite readers to post their own thoughts on "What our 09-10 bench will need."
The fact is, I'm in favor of getting a backup center too, but it would be easy for a lot of people to say that what we need MOST is not a backup point guard or backup center but a backup wing. I mean, we were down two of our major front court contributors and still managed reasonably well in the playoffs with just our number 2, 4, and 5 big men. Where we were killed was in having NOBODY to spell Pierce, and only a 6 footer to spell Ray Allen. Tony Allen is/was a bust, Bill Walker and JR Giddens are clearly nowhere near ready, and we were missing a bigger defensive 3 to cover the likes of Rashard Lewis or John Salmons (when Chicago went small and killed us in stretches). Another center wouldn't have helped in either of those situations.
Actually, now that I write this, while all my initial ideas have focused on getting a backup center, I think now that our biggest need is a 3/4 hybrid with the quickness to defend on the perimeter, enough size not to get killed in the post, and a fairly reliable outside shot to space the floor. The real source of disagreement, I think, is Bill Walker. It seems you think he's ready for that role. I like the kid, and think he has potential, but as much as I enjoyed some of his flashes in the regular season, he didn't show me anything to indicate he's going to be ready for major minutes next year. He has defensive lapses, he doesn't have much range, and he makes a lot of rookie mistakes. Some of those things will be fixed with time, but I'd rather bring in somebody for next year who I know can fill that role, rather than roll the dice with that position, as we unsuccessfully did this year. The way I see it, looking at the pieces we lost after 08, if we had James Posey this year, we win that Orlando series, because he doesn't let Rashard Lewis just kill us. PJ Brown, on the other hand, doesn't make that much difference against the Magic.
I do agree with you, though, that a 3-point shooting point guard takes away some of the need for Walker to have the range. And if he could do it, I'd love it if Walker could fill that 3/4 role.
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