Danny says the C's want to bring TA and Nate back ; the interest is mutual

[Drucci]

Celtics GM Danny Ainge confirms team is interested in bringing back FA's Nate Robinson and Tony Allen. Both have said want return.

Source : http://twitter.com/christomasson

Doesn't sound like breaking news in itself but it's a good sign in my opinion. If we can (and I think we do, it's realistic) bring TA and Nate back with some salary raises for both, and then trade Sheed's contract for a 6th man scorer wing/guard and sign Kwame as a reserve big we will be stacked.

This lineup would be great :

Rondo/Bradley/Nate
Ray/Bradley/TA
Pierce/Miller or Howard or Gomes or Barbosa (not a wing but still)
KG/Baby/Harangody
Perk (when healthy)/J.O/Kwame

[BballTim]

  I'm hopeful about Bradley but you have him a little high in your depth chart.

[Drucci]

  I'm hopeful about Bradley but you have him a little high in your depth chart.

Yeah, I wasn't sure I would put him in front Nate and TA when making my depth chart but I have high hopes for him. Anyway, if he can contribute and get good minutes behind TA and Nate, that's fine with me too!

[Greenbean]

  I'm hopeful about Bradley but you have him a little high in your depth chart.

Yeah especially since Nate and TA would not be coming back to be a 3rd string PG!

Getting both of them back would be awesome. Nate given a whole offseason knowing the offense could be twice as dangerous as he was last year especially if he continues to show he can be a pest on defense.

[ssspence]

TA will be resigned. I'd be a little surprised on Nate, but i think it depends on what happens with Sheed's deal.

[Greenbean]

  I'm hopeful about Bradley but you have him a little high in your depth chart.

Yeah, I wasn't sure I would put him in front Nate and TA when making my depth chart but I have high hopes for him. Anyway, if he can contribute and get good minutes behind TA and Nate, that's fine with me too!

Brings up a good question. Do you want proven guys slotted in the 2nd unit or are you willing to roll the dice with Bradley?

If those 2 come back, Bradley is kind of burried like Giddens, and Bill Walker before him.

[Chris]

This is GM speak for "no comment".

I don't think this really means anything other than they are not kicking them out the door.  Whether they come back or not will likely be determined by the price.

[MBunge]

Bringing them both back would be great.  I really think the Cs would have benefited from playing TA and Nate and little more during the Finals.

Mike

[Lucky17]

Celtics GM Danny Ainge confirms team is interested in bringing back FA's Nate Robinson and Tony Allen. Both have said want return.

Source : http://twitter.com/christomasson

Doesn't sound like breaking news in itself but it's a good sign in my opinion. If we can (and I think we do, it's realistic) bring TA and Nate back with some salary raises for both, and then trade Sheed's contract for a 6th man scorer wing/guard and sign Kwame as a reserve big we will be stacked.

This lineup would be great :

Rondo/Bradley/Nate
Ray/Bradley/TA
Pierce/Miller or Howard or Gomes or Barbosa (not a wing but still)
KG/Baby/Harangody
Perk (when healthy)/J.O/Kwame

Agreed. Sounds like we may have the entire band back together, with JO on backup vocals instead of Sheed.

Realistically, though, I think we are looking at the following:

Rondo/Nate/Bradley
Ray/TA
Pierce/vet min wing (Rasual Butler?)
KG/Baby/Harangody
JO/Kwame/Perk (in street clothes until after the All-Star Break)

With possibly Sheed's contract landing a scoring wing in return (bringing the roster to 14).

[Mike-Dub]

I didn't expect Danny to look at resigning Robinson after he drafted Bradley.  I'm surprised we're still interested in bringing him back.  I'm glad we are though.

[Mr October]

With both sides interested, what are fair deals for Nate and TA?

I'm thinking $3-4 per year for about 3-4 years.

how about $10/3?

[Andy Jick]

I think Tony is "iffy" because this is his shot to go for the bigger payday.  He was healthy and showed his wares in the playoffs.  I get the feeling someone is going to overpay for him (in both years and dollars).  He's not one of those "bring back at all costs" type of players.

I personally have a disdain for him, but I'm willing to put that aside as I think he fits a role.  But if he gets a better offer and leaves, I'm totally fine with that.

I believe Nate will come back as the market won't be as big for him and the Celtics gave him an opportunity here (and an escape from NY) that he's appreciated.

[WeMadeIt17]

I would love to have both back. TA played great D last year and Nate showed what he can do in the playoffs. I think we would need a scoring man behind Pierce like Rasual Butler but then who could we trade Sheed for? But I am not crying about that situation because its a good one to be in. I think we could have one of the best if not best bench in the league.

Nate-Scorer
TA-Nothing but D
Butler-3 point special
BBD-Beast in the paint
J Oneal-Good defense and Decent offense

I would really like this team if we can get something like that to go so we will see!

[CelticsWhat35]

Can someone enlighten me on the salary cap rules?  I thought that since Nate was only signed to a 1-yr deal, we didn't have his "Bird" rights, which means we could only sign him to a vet min contract if over the cap.  Is that true?  And do we have Tony's "Bird" rights?

[Mr October]

Can someone enlighten me on the salary cap rules?  I thought that since Nate was only signed to a 1-yr deal, we didn't have his "Bird" rights, which means we could only sign him to a vet min contract if over the cap.  Is that true?  And do we have Tony's "Bird" rights?

We can still sign him within a certain range of his current salary. Something like within 15-20 %... not that Nate is worth anything above 5 million.