Should The Celtics Go After Rashard Lewis?

[xmuscularghandix]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SI2ncPI-YlQ

Obviously this was 9 years ago, but Rashard Lewis still has that post-up game in him. He could be a perfect scorer to come off the bench alongside Jeff Green.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A76SSMu-KsI&feature=related
He can make big shots.

[Ganguido]

I guess Wiz won't amnesty him:
1.They will have 19M in Team Salary if they will make it.
2.They got no veterans in the roster.
3.He is on the last year of his awful contract.Next one is not guaranteed.
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So, they will wait this season.They will need to pay him anyway

[xmuscularghandix]

I guess Wiz won't amnesty him:
1.They will have 19M in Team Salary if they will make it.
2.They got no veterans in the roster.
3.He is on the last year of his awful contract.Next one is not guaranteed.
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So, they will wait this season.They will need to pay him anyway

He's also suggested that he'd be willing to do a buy out if it's fair.

[Marcus13]

Him and Ray were GREAT teammates in Seattle - he even adopted Ray's pre-game routine and would come into the gym hours early. 

I think it'd be a great fit

[PosImpos]

Why?  We already have Jeff Green (assuming we re-sign him, and we should).  Rashard fills almost precisely the same role as Green, without any of the upside.

Of any of the higher profile potential amnesty guys, Baron Davis and Brandon Roy make the most sense, though I think I'd rather re-sign Delonte West.  Mehmet Okur could be the best option, though I'm not sure how much game he has left.

[manl_lui]

Rashard can play the 4 and Green can play the 3 or vice versa...Lewis would be a great addition to our roster...he has veteran leadership and can play D and also spread the floor

and as the above mentioned, he and Ray were great teammates in Seattle so why not

[Fafnir]

Why?  We already have Jeff Green (assuming we re-sign him, and we should).  Rashard fills almost precisely the same role as Green, without any of the upside.

Of any of the higher profile potential amnesty guys, Baron Davis and Brandon Roy make the most sense, though I think I'd rather re-sign Delonte West.  Mehmet Okur could be the best option, though I'm not sure how much game he has left.

Rashard is a much better defender at the 4 position, he's more comfortable with it. We can let Green be a full-time SF with Rashard here.

I think Rashard Lewis would work well with KG.

[PosImpos]

Why?  We already have Jeff Green (assuming we re-sign him, and we should).  Rashard fills almost precisely the same role as Green, without any of the upside.

Of any of the higher profile potential amnesty guys, Baron Davis and Brandon Roy make the most sense, though I think I'd rather re-sign Delonte West.  Mehmet Okur could be the best option, though I'm not sure how much game he has left.

Rashard is a much better defender at the 4 position, he's more comfortable with it. We can let Green be a full-time SF with Rashard here.

I think Rashard Lewis would work well with KG.

With Paul Pierce starting, using Green as only a "full-time SF" means at most 20 minutes a game.  Doesn't seem worth the money we'd be paying Green; it also wouldn't help him develop much into the future starting role we seem to hope he can grow into.

[ManUp]

Yes, If he'd come for the vet min. Although I don't really see the need for him. He'd just make Green more expendable, which I have no problems with he could be a decent trade chip. I don't like the idea of having both him and Green together. I think it encourages small ball lineups and I don't think that's winning basketball. But again for the vet minimum it's a no brainer.

[Liam W]

Absolutley!

If he is released which he probably will be, then yes we should be doing everything we can to bring him to Boston

For a 1yr deal it would be perfect for to our bench. Scoring and more scoring, something that was lacking last season

My Free Agents I would like the Celtics to sign/resign

1. Delonte West - Resign
2. Carlos Arroyo - Resign
3. Jeff Green - Resign if possible
4. Leon Powe - Sign
5. Rashard Lewis - Sign
6. Kwame Brown (my man) - Defintley sign!

[xmuscularghandix]

Why?  We already have Jeff Green (assuming we re-sign him, and we should).  Rashard fills almost precisely the same role as Green, without any of the upside.

Of any of the higher profile potential amnesty guys, Baron Davis and Brandon Roy make the most sense, though I think I'd rather re-sign Delonte West.  Mehmet Okur could be the best option, though I'm not sure how much game he has left.

Rashard is a much better defender at the 4 position, he's more comfortable with it. We can let Green be a full-time SF with Rashard here.

I think Rashard Lewis would work well with KG.

With Paul Pierce starting, using Green as only a "full-time SF" means at most 20 minutes a game.  Doesn't seem worth the money we'd be paying Green; it also wouldn't help him develop much into the future starting role we seem to hope he can grow into.

I would see Lewis as a full time power forward with Boston. Jeff Green needs to play more minutes at the SF spot. I don't look at them as the same player.

[xmuscularghandix]

And as an update on The Amnesty Clause:

*Players cut will have a 48 hour period of time where any team can pickup the players entire contract.

*After the 48 hours passes (without a waiver claim) there will be something called "secondary waivers". During this period the waived player will essentially be available to the highest bidder. The original team has to pay the player (under the table) for the entire original contract MINUS what the player is paid with his new team.


Sorry to break the news, but Baron Davis, Rashard Lewis, Gilbert Arenas, Elton Brand and all those guys IF WAIVED will most likely be going to teams like Denver, Indiana, and New Jersey (they have cap room and need to be up to 85% by the start of the season)

[PosImpos]

Why?  We already have Jeff Green (assuming we re-sign him, and we should).  Rashard fills almost precisely the same role as Green, without any of the upside.

Of any of the higher profile potential amnesty guys, Baron Davis and Brandon Roy make the most sense, though I think I'd rather re-sign Delonte West.  Mehmet Okur could be the best option, though I'm not sure how much game he has left.

Rashard is a much better defender at the 4 position, he's more comfortable with it. We can let Green be a full-time SF with Rashard here.

I think Rashard Lewis would work well with KG.

With Paul Pierce starting, using Green as only a "full-time SF" means at most 20 minutes a game.  Doesn't seem worth the money we'd be paying Green; it also wouldn't help him develop much into the future starting role we seem to hope he can grow into.

I would see Lewis as a full time power forward with Boston. Jeff Green needs to play more minutes at the SF spot. I don't look at them as the same player.

Perhaps not, but my point is that Jeff Green needs to play more than 15-20 minutes a night and he's not going to unless he gets some time at power forward (he's not gonna play SG or C).  If we have both Rashard and Green on the roster, even if we view them as substantially different players with different roles, the problem remains that one of them will have his potential playing time significantly reduced in favor of the other. 

In other words, combined the two would only play 35 minutes or so.  That doesn't leave a lot of room for both to have a role commensurate with their cost (or interest in playing here).

[LooseCannon]

*After the 48 hours passes (without a waiver claim) there will be something called "secondary waivers". During this period the waived player will essentially be available to the highest bidder. The original team has to pay the player (under the table) for the entire original contract MINUS what the player is paid with his new team.

They should do secondary waivers for all waived players and not just those amnestied.

[Fafnir]

Why?  We already have Jeff Green (assuming we re-sign him, and we should).  Rashard fills almost precisely the same role as Green, without any of the upside.

Of any of the higher profile potential amnesty guys, Baron Davis and Brandon Roy make the most sense, though I think I'd rather re-sign Delonte West.  Mehmet Okur could be the best option, though I'm not sure how much game he has left.

Rashard is a much better defender at the 4 position, he's more comfortable with it. We can let Green be a full-time SF with Rashard here.

I think Rashard Lewis would work well with KG.

With Paul Pierce starting, using Green as only a "full-time SF" means at most 20 minutes a game.  Doesn't seem worth the money we'd be paying Green; it also wouldn't help him develop much into the future starting role we seem to hope he can grow into.

Jeff Green if he's resigned is for the future more than this year, Lewis would be short term answer.

If you want to develop Jeff Green to where it rules out getting another PF type. Well then you need to trade KG/Ray and go full in rebuild.