Baby to the Spurs

[Roy Hobbs]

I think we'll match.  A $5mil contract is good to have on the books.  We can use him in a trade at the deadline if we need to.

A 5 million dollar contract on the books isn't a great thing if you get back a 3 million dollar player...

Right.  Also, a $5 million per season, 3 year deal is of course more tradeable than a $5 million per season, 5 year deal.  A lot of times, it's the length of a contract that makes a player untradeable.

[EJPLAYA]

I think we'll match.  A $5mil contract is good to have on the books.  We can use him in a trade at the deadline if we need to.

A 5 million dollar contract on the books isn't a great thing if you get back a 3 million dollar player...

That's what you think he's worth.  Not sure what the Celtics think.

If/when they offer him 5 years at the MLE you will see what the Celtics think. They consider 3 years MLE match, but no way Danny gives him 5 years MLE. You just don't do that for a guy with so many question marks.

[Fafnir]

I think we'll match.  A $5mil contract is good to have on the books.  We can use him in a trade at the deadline if we need to.

The idea that its okay to overpay a player because having expiring contracts is occasionally valuable is crazy. Teams that don't overpay are the ones that can take on the money to get steals in the trade market.

[Scalablob990]

if baby walks..boston needs another big on the frontline to play behind KG. Scal is more of a shooting forward and we need another banger inside. i also dont think the spurs offer him their MLE. if it is minutes then that might be his reason. but i expect anything 4 mil and under boston will match. they need baby to back up KG. Scal cannot do this

ride it out until Powe is healthy.

in a perfect world...danny would offer leon league min. and powe would be ready by january. then you can deal scal and tony at the trade deadline for whatever you need

Not even god can make that happen right now. The deal will also bring us something rewarding like a decent player or a 1st round pick.  If only.....

[toinewalka]

I think we'll match.  A $5mil contract is good to have on the books.  We can use him in a trade at the deadline if we need to.

The idea that its okay to overpay a player because having expiring contracts is occasionally valuable is crazy. Teams that don't overpay are the ones that can take on the money to get steals in the trade market.

You're right, this makes no sense.  Teams want contracts that expire at the end of the year for guys that they can let go of and not worry about resigning.  This wouldn't work with a young guy like Davis that is going to get more than a year.  Also, to spend any amount of money on a guy for the C's that they are not planning on needing during their run this year is useless.  We have some chips to trade if need be, and if they match on Davis it's ONLY because they see him helping this year.

[Vermont Green]

It is hard for me to believe that Boston will match on Davis now that Wallace is booked.  Scal will be our #3 PF, get used to it.  (and this really isn't all that bad).

It sounds like the C's may get Grant Hill who will be small $$ and a perfect fit behind Pierce plus they will sign a vet Min 7 footer.  (and if not Grant Hill, then someone like Bruce Bowen).

The roster will not be perfect but it will be darn good.

[Casperian]

This is probably the saddest day of my fan-life since the Lakers won their third title in a row in 2002.

For real?  Is it personality-motivated or do you hate Sheed's game and love Baby's?

If it's the latter, I have to disagree.  Baby rebounds a little, shoots a lot, makes a little and he's set to make a lot of money. If the Spurs are signing him, it means they aren't signing McDyess, and that makes me happy.

And Sheed is a good rebounder and doesn´t shoot too much? Yeah, right.

I´ve lost all my confidence in Danny Ainge.

In fact, I want him fired, if this is true.

LOL You're hilarious! Really, stop. You're killing me over here. I'm giving you a TP for that one.

Back at you. 

[BballTim]

  Without reading all 8 pages of this, is there a real report of the Spurs offering Davis the full MLE? It seems pretty unlikely.