Just for fun...

[Yogi]

   I have a list of some names associated with the Celtics over the past few months.  If you had to build next years team out of these names how would you do it?  Will they be able to bring home a championship?

Players with guaranteed contracts:
1) Rajon Rondo
2) Ray Allen
3) Paul Pierce
4) Kevin Garnett
5) Jermaine O'Neal
6) Avery Bradley
7) JaJuan Johnson

Point Guards/Combo Guards (1,2)
1) Delonte West
2) E'twaun Moore
3) Allen Iverson
4) Carlos Arroyo

Shooting Guards/Swing men (2,3)
1) Sasha Pavlovic
2) Gilbert Brown
3) Josh Howard
4) Anthony Parker
5) Marquis Daniels
6) Von Wafer

Small Forwards/Combo Forwards (3,4)
1) Jeff Green
2) Grant Hill

Bigs (4,5)
1) Glen Davis
2) Carl Landry
3) Kurt Thomas
4) Troy Murphy

[Roy H.]

Step 1:  Trade the rights to Jeff Green for a legit center. 

Step 2 is pretty much irrelevant, looking at the guys listed.  If we don't land a better center than Jermaine O'Neal, the season isn't going anywhere.

[barefacedmonk]

Step 1:  Trade the rights to Jeff Green for a legit center.  

I'm sure Krstic will be back once the lockout ends....give KG & Co. another chance to compete.

If all else fails, re-sign Mikki Moore.

[Yogi]

  I was very concerned about the Center position too.  I thought it would be great if we can get Kwame Brown.  But then I realized if Kwame Brown was our best option we have to change our plan.  I think we can get away without a legit center.  
1) I couldn't name 5 centers in the league that can score 20 points per game against Glen Davis or Jermaine O'Neal.  
2) The Big 4 with Glen Davis was the best starting 5 line-up in the NBA last season.  They played a significant amount of minutes and were better than the line-up with Shaq and Perkins.  
3) The power forward spot is loaded Boozer, Bosh, Stoudemire, Brand, Josh Smith/Al Horford, Gasol, Dirk, Griffin, Duncan, Love etc.
4) The league is changing to favor speed and athleticism, over size and banging. 
5) A lot of teams have success with undersized strong Centers.  Blair, Hayes, Davis, Okafor, Bass(after the Gortat trade) and Landry(Rockets) have all played the Center position with success.  
  
   With these thoughts in mind, I would build our team like this:

Point Guards
1) Rajon Rondo
2) Delonte West
3) Avery Bradley
4) E'Twaun Moore

Shooting Guards
1) Ray Allen
2) Josh Howard (If too $$, Gilbert Brown/Sasha Pavlovic)
3) Von Wafer

Small Forwards
1) Paul Pierce
2) Jeff Green
3) Marquis Daniels

Power Forward
1) Kevin Garnett
2) Carl Landry (our main F.A. target)
3) JaJuan Johnson

Center
1) Glen Davis
2) Jermaine O'Neal

   Jermaine O'Neal is injury prone, but Landry can play some Center.  Also we can have small lineups with Jeff Green at 4 and KG at 5.  JaJuan Johnson can play some minutes at center too (His build and reach is similar to Noah.)  A little luck avoiding injuries and I can see this team bring home 18.  

[Yogi]

Step 1:  Trade the rights to Jeff Green for a legit center. 

Step 2 is pretty much irrelevant, looking at the guys listed.  If we don't land a better center than Jermaine O'Neal, the season isn't going anywhere.

  You have someone in mind Roy?  I was thinking maybe the Clippers would do that because they have a need for a starting small forward and they have some depth at center.  Deandre Jordan, Chris Kaman and their draft pick Trey Thompkins. 
   Another option was Haywood from Dallas as they have many free agents like Chandler, Barea, Butler, Stevenson etc.  and they can free up some space by trading Haywood.  But the fact that they got Rudy Fernandez might mean they're letting go of Butler to keep their front-line intact.