He'd be a sensational backup for Ray and Paul, and could probably slide to play some 4 like Posey did. The only problem, of course, is that if we spend the whole MLE on him, how do we address our gaping hole in the middle behind Perk? Maybe if we can get Oberto at the LLE or minimum, or someone like Joe Smith or Drew Gooden, but I worry if we spend the MLE on a 2/3 guy, rather than a 4/5 guy, we're going to have a lot of trouble addressing a backup for Perk.
Now granted you could say the same thing about the 2/3 spot; however, at least we have guys like Bill Walker who could conceivably be a decent backup. There's absolutely no one behind Perk.
Your points are all valid, but I think what we were missing the most this past playoffs was a true 6th man. Scal was our 6th man. I think Artest could play the 4 for stretches, especially versus players like Lewis. Also, it would be nice for other teams to have to adjust to us too.
I'd be fine with BBD and Oberto (or a similar cheap FA) backing up Perk, IF we brought in a player of Artest's caliber.
Basically we'd have last yr's playoff team, which almost beat the Magic, plus KG, Artest, Oberto, and Powe.
2 years full MLE would you do it celticsbloggers?
3 years full MLE???
Your points are all valid, but I think what we were missing the most this past playoffs was a true 6th man. Scal was our 6th man. I think Artest could play the 4 for stretches, especially versus players like Lewis. Also, it would be nice for other teams to have to adjust to us too.
I'd be fine with BBD and Oberto (or a similar cheap FA) backing up Perk, IF we brought in a player of Artest's caliber.
2 years full MLE would you do it celticsbloggers?
3 years full MLE???
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I'd be OK with BBD, Oberto, KG, and Perk in a rotation. Heck, I'd probably be OK with Powe, Oberto, KG, and Perk in a 4/5 rotation. Artest and Scal could handle backing up KG until Powe got back.
My only question with these Artest and Marion proposals is about value. Assuming we spend the MLE and LLE, what's a better value, Artest at the MLE and Oberto at the LLE, or Wallace at the MLE and a guy like Grant Hill or Matt Barnes at the LLE? Remember, Hill only made a little less than two million dollars last year. I agree that Artest and Marion are probably better than Sheed, we may be able to get more out of the MLE and LLE getting him instead.
Still, I'd be very happy with Artest. He's an incredible defender and would give us an even better version of James Posey. I'd be willing to go three years, since I don't see the rebuilding process starting here until at least KG's contract expires.
