Is Pruitt a Good Enough Back Up PG?

[wdleehi]

Aaron? Got a suggestion on that PG with the LLE?

Yeah, Anthony Carter

Sign him with the Vet min.

Sign Bogans with the Vet min.


Happy offseason for all.

yeesh -- how is Anthony 'don't call me Derrick Martin' Carter going to play in the backcourt with House? Think the afore-mentioned Rose and Alston are gonna struggle with that duo?

i'd prefer Royal Ivey, but neither is a very good option. i'm all for Bogans at the min tho.

But he is better then any of the larger FA PGs. 


Ivey is a player that has never even cracked a bad team rotation.  No thanks.

Ivey played well last year in Phili, and turned down his option with them to seek out a better deal.

In any case this floats my arguement that the LLE shoud be spent on the best available wing player, not the best available PG if the pickins are Ivey, Carter, Lue.

I don't think there is a player out there worth the LLE right now. 

[ssspence]

The short and simple answer is no. He's not good enough. The long answer, which is a complicated one, is that Pruitt can shoot, pass, distribute, and defend, but he's never been given the chance to. The question has been asked, and it's up to you to believe the answer you would like.

i can only open the door, you must walk through it. TP.

[ssspence]

Aaron? Got a suggestion on that PG with the LLE?

Yeah, Anthony Carter

Sign him with the Vet min.

Sign Bogans with the Vet min.


Happy offseason for all.

yeesh -- how is Anthony 'don't call me Derrick Martin' Carter going to play in the backcourt with House? Think the afore-mentioned Rose and Alston are gonna struggle with that duo?

i'd prefer Royal Ivey, but neither is a very good option. i'm all for Bogans at the min tho.

But he is better then any of the larger FA PGs. 


Ivey is a player that has never even cracked a bad team rotation.  No thanks.

Ivey played well last year in Phili, and turned down his option with them to seek out a better deal.

In any case this floats my arguement that the LLE shoud be spent on the best available wing player, not the best available PG if the pickins are Ivey, Carter, Lue.

I don't think there is a player out there worth the LLE right now. 

So you'd rather hold onto it than pay it to Bogans or Udoka and get them on the team?

[celticinorlando]

i'd rather have sheed run the point than see pruitt on the court

[wdleehi]

Aaron? Got a suggestion on that PG with the LLE?

Yeah, Anthony Carter

Sign him with the Vet min.

Sign Bogans with the Vet min.


Happy offseason for all.

yeesh -- how is Anthony 'don't call me Derrick Martin' Carter going to play in the backcourt with House? Think the afore-mentioned Rose and Alston are gonna struggle with that duo?

i'd prefer Royal Ivey, but neither is a very good option. i'm all for Bogans at the min tho.

But he is better then any of the larger FA PGs. 


Ivey is a player that has never even cracked a bad team rotation.  No thanks.

Ivey played well last year in Phili, and turned down his option with them to seek out a better deal.

In any case this floats my arguement that the LLE shoud be spent on the best available wing player, not the best available PG if the pickins are Ivey, Carter, Lue.

I don't think there is a player out there worth the LLE right now. 

So you'd rather hold onto it than pay it to Bogans or Udoka and get them on the team?

I think the vet min is all it will take.

[ssspence]

Aaron? Got a suggestion on that PG with the LLE?

Yeah, Anthony Carter

Sign him with the Vet min.

Sign Bogans with the Vet min.


Happy offseason for all.

yeesh -- how is Anthony 'don't call me Derrick Martin' Carter going to play in the backcourt with House? Think the afore-mentioned Rose and Alston are gonna struggle with that duo?

i'd prefer Royal Ivey, but neither is a very good option. i'm all for Bogans at the min tho.

But he is better then any of the larger FA PGs. 


Ivey is a player that has never even cracked a bad team rotation.  No thanks.

Ivey played well last year in Phili, and turned down his option with them to seek out a better deal.

In any case this floats my arguement that the LLE shoud be spent on the best available wing player, not the best available PG if the pickins are Ivey, Carter, Lue.

I don't think there is a player out there worth the LLE right now. 

So you'd rather hold onto it than pay it to Bogans or Udoka and get them on the team?

I think the vet min is all it will take.

i'd be very happy if one did. and if not there's plenty of other options out there -- NBA swing men grow on trees, i understand.

[Brickowski]

The short and simple answer is no. He's not good enough. The long answer, which is a complicated one, is that Pruitt can shoot, pass, distribute, and defend, but he's never been given the chance to. The question has been asked, and it's up to you to believe the answer you would like.

The simple answer is "who knows?"  He has the talent. Does he have the personality-- the drive, the toughness-- to succeed in the NBA and in the playoffs?  Frankly, no one here knows, and maybe Pruitt himself doesn't know.

You could give the same answer for a number of the pgs on the market.  Even some veterans like Kevin Ollie have never faced real playoff pressure.

[ThaPreacher]

LOL, I remeber when Pruitt was drafted and all of the Delonte West haters (remember them?) gushed about how much better he was going to be than Delonte.

pruitt = 1 nba championship ring

west = 0 nba championship ring

i guess that means pruitt is better. 

****!   
With that kind of logic,

Scott Pollard=  one championship ring
Dwight Howard=   zero


hmmmmmmmm   maybe we should resign Pollard?


NOT!!!!!     LOL

[KungPoweChicken]

The short and simple answer is no. He's not good enough. The long answer, which is a complicated one, is that Pruitt can shoot, pass, distribute, and defend, but he's never been given the chance to. The question has been asked, and it's up to you to believe the answer you would like.

The simple answer is "who knows?"  He has the talent. Does he have the personality-- the drive, the toughness-- to succeed in the NBA and in the playoffs?  Frankly, no one here knows, and maybe Pruitt himself doesn't know.

You could give the same answer for a number of the pgs on the market.  Even some veterans like Kevin Ollie have never faced real playoff pressure.

My personal philosophy is that "playoff pressure" is a media made up term. Stan Van said a similar thing after a loss in the finals. But that's a different topic for a different day.

[pumpfake]

he only seems to lack confidence, which he will gain from pt. He's probably better than most backup pgs.

[Aaron]

Aaron? Got a suggestion on that PG with the LLE?

Yeah, Anthony Carter

Sign him with the Vet min.

Sign Bogans with the Vet min.


Happy offseason for all.

yeesh -- how is Anthony 'don't call me Derrick Martin' Carter going to play in the backcourt with House? Think the afore-mentioned Rose and Alston are gonna struggle with that duo?

i'd prefer Royal Ivey, but neither is a very good option. i'm all for Bogans at the min tho.

But he is better then any of the larger FA PGs. 


Ivey is a player that has never even cracked a bad team rotation.  No thanks.

Ivey played well last year in Phili, and turned down his option with them to seek out a better deal.

In any case this floats my arguement that the LLE shoud be spent on the best available wing player, not the best available PG if the pickins are Ivey, Carter, Lue.

I don't think there is a player out there worth the LLE right now. 

So you'd rather hold onto it than pay it to Bogans or Udoka and get them on the team?

I think the vet min is all it will take.

i'd be very happy if one did. and if not there's plenty of other options out there -- NBA swing men grow on trees, i understand.

Hahaha, thank you.  After a long drive home from a stressful day of work, this made me smile.

And I'm glad I could crack a few eggs of knowledge for you.

[Prof. Clutch]

Pruitt is probably still not ready for the big show.  I'm beginning to think, and maybe this is a dangerous strategy, that we should wait some of this stuff out and see what's available at the deadline.  We have some expiring contracts, teams will know better where they stand (if they have a shot at the playoffs, a shot a good draft pick, or a desire to shed salary.)  But, whether we want it or not, Pruitt may be our back-up point for the beginning of the season.

The problem with that is Pruitt loses a lot of his value once the season starts because his contract isn't guaranteed. Any trade we made would probably be at least a 2 for 1 if not a 4 for 1. This is good if there are any good players bought out near the deadline.
I guess a trade for Nocionni in which the C's give up Pruitt, TA, and Scals is a good move. Especially because Scals could be bought out then brought back and we could sign a vet point guard or off guard.

Yeah, that trade would be great though I have my doubts that Sacramento will be willing to do it.  I think they can get even better value for Nocioni.  It just seems like after the Sheed signing and failed Hill pursuit everything got really quiet.  I don't see much out there left that drives me wild with this free agent class in either the PG or 2G/SF positions and it doesn't seem like the Celtics are actively pursuing anyone.  Whether we like it or not, we may be entering the season with what we've already got (+/- Baby.)

[xmuscularghandix]

He's shown signs of it, with hard-nosed defense, and nice outside shot, and some strength driving to the hole... but sometimes he looks to relaxed and sloppy running the point and unconfident shooting the ball.

[2short]

plays hard d
has nice outside jumper
is acceptable as backup pg
NEEDS CONFIDENCE, I would say that is the most important thing, pruitt has to believe in himself
people were knocking rondo awhile ago about being to confident but that is what seperates the players at different levels
I'm all for pruitt getting significant minutes as backup, he has the size needed to guard lg pg or sg. 
If the stars aligned he could give us quality backup minutes at both guard posistions (not that it is going to happen)

[D Dub]

Considering we have House who can play pg at crunch time, yeah, I'm cool with Pruitt as a backup pg. 

He's a decent defender and seems to have some range to his shot, despite the poor percentages...