I would trade Baby for the mascot of the Phoenix Suns... Id even throw in a second pick for the Suns to take him off our hands.

Baby is very important to the Celts and fills a need- a young big who plays with energy.  I don't want him to go anywhere.  With Perk out and Jermaine milking 25 simultaneous injuries, we need Baby.  

Things that we get for Big Baby:

- A treadmill with a chain to lock him to it.
- A personal chef who is allowed to tase Davis when he eats fast food.
- Ankle weights to increase his vertical
- A Rack device to stretch out his arms & legs

Ok ok, I'll take the post serious.  I'd stay put for now until we see how Perkins comes back and how Jermaine & Shaq keep up good health.  Ideally everyone will be healthy in January/February and we can trade Davis for someone better than Marquis. 

From a depth perspective, you need to hold on to BBD right now.  They need him. 

Davis is signed through this season.  My guess is if an extension can't be reached during the year he'll be traded.  He has already shown he wants top money (no takers) and I don't think loyalty is big on his list/attitude.  He has played great so far no doubt about it but I think he is also our best trade chip and for all the energy he does bring he is replacable.  If luke has minutes, can hit the outside shot better and rebound better than all he needs to do is learn the defense play it good and bring energy.  Of course Luke is a pf only with limits, Davis can also give you minutes at center.

BBD is our best bench player. Period. He is emerging as one of the best energy bench guys in the league.  He is not going anywhere.  Doc loves him, Danny too. Me three.

I seriously don't get this.. He isn't our best bench player at all. Sure, some people around here underrate him but a lot of people do the opposite, too.

He's an AVERAGE role player. Not much more, not much less.

Davis is signed through this season.  My guess is if an extension can't be reached during the year he'll be traded. 

Well, Davis *can't* be signed to an extension during the season, per NBA collective bargaining rules.  So that will not be a factor in whether he's shopped or not.

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What everyone seems to forget is that Baby is probably our most versatile big outside of KG.  He can defend the 4 and the 5.  He can shoot from outside or inside.  And he can provide energy plays or create his own shot.  He's extremely versatile and very important to this team.

And people want to get rid of that?  Do people realize that Shaq's a defensive liability, JO has no heart, is extremely injury-prone, and SOFT, and that Erden and Harangody are rookies?  We all love KG and Perk but they both have their own injury situations as well.  To me, those advocating the trade of Baby are just those who never liked him in the first place, something that makes their opinion dubious at best.  He's one of the few bigs we can actually count on this year.

The real conversation--that is, if we were talking about things that really matter--is whether we should consider starting Baby while Perk's on the mend.  His presence would make the starting unit very skilled (as Doc himself noted), very hard to guard and extremely versatile, and it would put Shaq and JO in the bench roles they're best suited for and will eventually settle into once Perk comes back.  And you know what?  Baby's the better player too.   Shaq is the better low post option, JO the better shot-blocker and rebounder, but the best all-around player out of those 3 is Glen Davis. 

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If we're talking about who to trade, the guy at the top of the list is Jermaine O'Neal.  He's DONE, has ZERO LIFT, and to top it off, he has no HEART.  He's the kind of guy who recently admitted that he hated playing against the Cs because he knew we'd be physical with him, something that basically announces to the world that if you're physical with Jermaine O'Neal he's going to back down and lose his aggressiveness and become ineffective.  We don't need that kind of player on this team.  He's a good guy to have for depth, but the minute you start counting on him is the minute you're going to be let down.  If and when Perk comes back to full strength, you can bet that JO will slide to the end of the bench and be no more than a 5 minute-a-night guy by the time the playoffs start.  Not what we wanted from our MLE, but that's what we got--a mentally weak loser past his prime.