marquis daniels able to play next season...do we sign him?

[cman88]

http://www.csnne.com/06/09/11/Marquis-Daniels-definitely-able-to-play-/landing_celtics.html?blockID=533831&feedID=3945

he could be a good wing to re-sign along with Delonte west/Jeff Green

[Jon]

Wouldn't hurt.  But if Green and West are back, he's not really a huge need. 

[celticsclay]

You could do a lot worse than him for the vet i think, even if he plays 40 games. However, dude might focus on an acting career and starring in unbreakable 2 as mr. glass.

[LooseCannon]

Wouldn't hurt.  But if Green and West are back, he's not really a huge need. 

Haven't the past few seasons shown us that it's nice to have a third-string option at various positions that don't make you cringe?  On the other hand, it's a concern if you bring in a player who will rival Jermaine O'Neal and Delonte West in the prediction contest for most games missed.

[hpantazo]

I think we owe it to him to give him another shot if he really is healthy enough and is not risking long term injury.

[cman88]

given the injury prone of Delonte, it cant hurt having Marquis...he knows our system and was pretty effective off the bench until he got injured..

[Marcus13]

yes - at the very least he's a much better option than Jeff Green

[jc3celticsphan]

Duh its a no brainer. Danny and doc will bring him back for sure good wing defender and he's underrated @ the offensive end... with marquis @ the SG and green @ SF we have a good low post game off the bench we just need some lights out shooters to compliment them maybe quisy runs the pg and ray @ sg

[cman88]

a bench of

Delonte west, Marquis daniels, Jeff Green, BBD(or some other 4) and MLE 5 is a pretty good 2nd unit

[Lucky17]

Would make for a great story. But two things remain:

1. His spine condition has not improved.

2. He hasn't appeared in more than 55 games in a single season since 2007-08, when he appeared in a career-high 74.

I'm fine with him at the minimum, but Ainge would need to sign additional players as insurance in case of injury.

[pearljammer10]

Id certainly take Daniels in Wafers spot? No?

[Surferdad]

Id certainly take Daniels in Wafers spot? No?

That's a good way to look at it.  The bigger question for me is how will Green be utilized next season.  If as I hope he spends more time at SF rather than PF, then the need for Daniels should be less.

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Wouldn't hurt.  But if Green and West are back, he's not really a huge need. 

Haven't the past few seasons shown us that it's nice to have a third-string option at various positions that don't make you cringe?  On the other hand, it's a concern if you bring in a player who will rival Jermaine O'Neal and Delonte West in the prediction contest for most games missed.

Loose Cannon, you make two good points. Depth at the 3 has been a problem since Posey left, but Quis is an injury waiting to happen. Boston could do worse, but I don't know that they should snap him up without looking at other options first.

[2short]

Marquis can help us at THREE posistions and seems to be the sort of guy who doesn't need minutes to pump his ego.  Boston could use him at a price.  I think he needs to go to whomever is going to pay him the most $$$.  His career isn't going to last much longer and I think a lot of teams are going to shy away from someone with this type of injury. 
I feel danny needs to get young hard working athletic filler guys instead of injury prone older fellows.

[PortCelt]

Celts will do exactly what they did last year and that is wait out the market and let it determine Quis' value. It's likely he's a vet. mini, and not a biannual candidate due his health issues ... past and present.

With that in mind, and D. West likely being resigned, it's hard to imagine they would take a chance on Quis unless the cupboard is totally empty. That ship has probably sailed. They may be able to find a more durable wing (like Sasha) in the market.