Free Agent excitement

[Cman]

Tomorrow, July 8, the dominoes will start falling.  Sure some of them have already fallen (Amare to the Knicks, Joe Johnson and Rudy Gay not moving, Pierce, Dirk, etc).  But starting tomorrow, we'll start to get a clearer picture of the Celtics FA targets.

I could care less about LBJ, Wade, Bosh, but once these 1st tier free agents are signed, then the hunt is on for the 2nd tier free agents, and this is where things get interesting for the Celtics.

Who will the Cs sign with the MLE?  It looks like they will use it, and up to now it has been all a lot of specultation...

Will Nate, Tony, and other bench players be back?

I'm excited for all this to start happening.

Then we also have:

Will some team really go hard after Ray, so hard that the Cs get involved in a S&T?

Will Sheed's contract prove to be valuable, and what will the Cs get back for it?

Again, up till now it has just been a lot of speculation.

[Bankshot]

I'm with you on that.  I'm only excited about the big free agents signing because only then will things start happening.  Can't wait until the "real" free agency starts.

[Evantime34]

After Thursday I expect a flurry of trades. The Knicks probably will sign and trade David Lee for some good players. Sheed will go to a cash strapped team. Ray will potentially be dealt in a sign and trade. Boozer could move in a sign and trade. Jersey will consider trading Favors to get Granger or Cp3. Should be a fun offseason even after the free agent frenzy has died down.

[nba is the worst]

Somehow I think the Cavs might be serious about Ray - although I can't see him ending up there

[greg_kite]

Somehow I think the Cavs might be serious about Ray - although I can't see him ending up there

The teams I'd be worried about losing Ray to:
NY- they have money and a bunch of open spots.  Might overpay him for a year or two just to get people in the stands.  He would be awesome in the D'Antoni offense.
CHI- If they don't get Lebron they will need a starting 2 guard.  They could also overpay for 2 years and take him from us.
MIA- Probably not unless Wade moves to the PG, but it's nice weather down there and he'd be a perfect third wheel.

Boston still makes the most sense for him.

[Bankshot]

Somehow I think the Cavs might be serious about Ray - although I can't see him ending up there

The teams I'd be worried about losing Ray to:
NY- they have money and a bunch of open spots.  Might overpay him for a year or two just to get people in the stands.  He would be awesome in the D'Antoni offense.
CHI- If they don't get Lebron they will need a starting 2 guard.  They could also overpay for 2 years and take him from us.
MIA- Probably not unless Wade moves to the PG, but it's nice weather down there and he'd be a perfect third wheel.

Boston still makes the most sense for him.

Miami and Chicago are the only ones that concern me.  He could really help Chicago or Miami.  I don't see him wanting to go the Cleveland or New York, because I don't think NY will be a contender.

[GreenEnvy]

Somehow I think the Cavs might be serious about Ray - although I can't see him ending up there

The teams I'd be worried about losing Ray to:
NY- they have money and a bunch of open spots.  Might overpay him for a year or two just to get people in the stands.  He would be awesome in the D'Antoni offense.
CHI- If they don't get Lebron they will need a starting 2 guard.  They could also overpay for 2 years and take him from us.
MIA- Probably not unless Wade moves to the PG, but it's nice weather down there and he'd be a perfect third wheel.

Boston still makes the most sense for him.

Miami and Chicago are the only ones that concern me.  He could really help Chicago or Miami.  I don't see him wanting to go the Cleveland or New York, because I don't think NY will be a contender.

Don't sleep on NY.

If they land LeBron, who knows who will go there too.

Shaq played with both LeBron and STAT. I definitely see him considering NYC for the vet minimum. Maybe someone like Fisher to stick it the Lakers.

Considering they won't have an MLE, they will really only have their rookie contracts and vet minimums, which makes it a little tougher.

But they can move Curry sometime during the season or pickup another all-star next year when he walks.