OK Danny, now what?

[2short]

So now we need to sign our own free agents and address our weak points.  Which I see as center posistion, rebounding and athletic guys off bench.

Jemaine ONeil healthy (?) is a good starting center, I don't think any of us think he can play a whole season so major issue is center spot.  As of now its JO then KG.  Can we sign & trade Davis and throw something in for a center?  Will we be playing a smaller running team of kg, green, pp, ray and rondo? 
I'm thinking JJ is going to be a good sub pf but would like to add a veteran banger who will get boards.  We have missed Leon since he left/was injured.   KG is not the rebounding beast he was in Minny.  This is key to fast breaks and second chance opportunities for opposing teams.
Green (or PP) off the bench boosts the offense quite a bit.  I'm all for resigning Wafer but is there a free agent out there who is explosive?
cmon danny, lots of moves, both good and bad by other gms....as of now we've invited old friends back and not really done anything

[perks-a-beast]

Get Deron Williams...................in my dreams.


We're looking at a roster of

Rondo/ Dooling
Allen/ Marquis
Pierce/ Green
Garnett/ Glen Davis/ JaJuan Johnson
O'Neal/ probably someone bad

That's a second round exit if they're lucky.

[PosImpos]

Celtics trade:

Rajon Rondo
Jeff Green (S+T)
2012 Clippers 1st round pick
2012 Boston 1st round pick


Suns trade:

Steve Nash
Marcin Gortat
Jared Dudley
2012 Suns 1st Round Pick


Fun team to watch for this year, at least, and then it's rebuilding time.

[2short]

Celtics trade:

Rajon Rondo
Jeff Green (S+T)
2012 Clippers 1st round pick
2012 Boston 1st round pick


Suns trade:

Steve Nash
Marcin Gortat
Jared Dudley
2012 Suns 1st Round Pick


Fun team to watch for this year, at least, and then it's rebuilding time.

I think Phoenix would jump all over that trade
rondo>nash
green>dudley
2 first round picks > 1 suns pick

[PosImpos]

Celtics trade:

Rajon Rondo
Jeff Green (S+T)
2012 Clippers 1st round pick
2012 Boston 1st round pick


Suns trade:

Steve Nash
Marcin Gortat
Jared Dudley
2012 Suns 1st Round Pick


Fun team to watch for this year, at least, and then it's rebuilding time.

I think Phoenix would jump all over that trade
rondo>nash
green>dudley
2 first round picks > 1 suns pick

i think dudley has more value to a team like ours than green does.  as for the picks, that clips pick may or may not even get used, and the suns pick is likely to be a lottery pick, while the celtics pick won't be.

[kozlodoev]

Celtics trade:

Rajon Rondo
Jeff Green (S+T)
2012 Clippers 1st round pick
2012 Boston 1st round pick


Suns trade:

Steve Nash
Marcin Gortat
Jared Dudley
2012 Suns 1st Round Pick


Fun team to watch for this year, at least, and then it's rebuilding time.

Not going to happen. The idea wasn't to have zip after this season.

[heitingas]

He can do nothing now, he burned all the bridges with Rondo, his trade value will drop and we're screwed with this new cap where you need to spend 85-90 % of the cap.

We're NOT getting Howard, so we'll spend money using up our cap space on Green,Davis and some scrubs to ridiculous contracts. All that work Ainge put in has gone to waste.

[celticinorlando]

what happens? resign fat boy glen davis, gather a bunch of scrubs like dooling, daniels...watch JO miss a ton of games....watch daniels break down and get hurt by Feb. PP plays 40 plus a night....lose in first round


there is not much this team can do to improve. danny will go after broken down bodies that add zero to this team

[Who]

Jemaine ONeil healthy (?) is a good starting center, I don't think any of us think he can play a whole season so major issue is center spot.  As of now its JO then KG.  Can we sign & trade Davis and throw something in for a center?  Will we be playing a smaller running team of kg, green, pp, ray and rondo? 

KG is not the rebounding beast he was in Minny. 

I am uncomfortable with Jermaine O'Neal as a starting center. I think his play is over-rated. Very happy with him as a backup center.

I would be unwilling to start Jeff Green at PF. He is too poor a defender/rebounder to start there. So that lineup is a non-starter for me.

Kevin Garnett is still a top notch defensive rebounder. He finished fifth in defensive rebounding percentage last season. I am very comfortable with Kevin at the five as our leading board getter.

[Who]

I'm thinking JJ is going to be a good sub pf but would like to add a veteran banger who will get boards.  We have missed Leon since he left/was injured.   KG is not the rebounding beast he was in Minny.  This is key to fast breaks and second chance opportunities for opposing teams.

Joey Dorsey !!

I love the idea of Joey alongside KG at center. I think those would be a tremendous combination defensively and in terms of possession creation. Let them take care of the dirty work and the perimeter guys will run the offense.

[csfansince60s]

Celtics trade:

Rajon Rondo
Jeff Green (S+T)
2012 Clippers 1st round pick
2012 Boston 1st round pick


Suns trade:

Steve Nash
Marcin Gortat
Jared Dudley
2012 Suns 1st Round Pick


Fun team to watch for this year, at least, and then it's rebuilding time.

I'm on board, for the entertainment value alone.

What about Pietrus rather than Dudley? Better D, more athletic, decent 3 ball.

[Liam W]

what happens? resign fat boy glen davis, gather a bunch of scrubs like dooling, daniels...watch JO miss a ton of games....watch daniels break down and get hurt by Feb. PP plays 40 plus a night....lose in first round


there is not much this team can do to improve. danny will go after broken down bodies that add zero to this team

Shaq **cough** Jermaine **cough**

I agree though sadly

[celticinorlando]

Jemaine ONeil healthy (?) is a good starting center, I don't think any of us think he can play a whole season so major issue is center spot.  As of now its JO then KG.  Can we sign & trade Davis and throw something in for a center?  Will we be playing a smaller running team of kg, green, pp, ray and rondo? 

KG is not the rebounding beast he was in Minny. 

I am uncomfortable with Jermaine O'Neal as a starting center. I think his play is over-rated. Very happy with him as a backup center.

I would be unwilling to start Jeff Green at PF. He is too poor a defender/rebounder to start there. So that lineup is a non-starter for me.

Kevin Garnett is still a top notch defensive rebounder. He finished fifth in defensive rebounding percentage last season. I am very comfortable with Kevin at the five as our leading board getter.

it won't matter about JO...we all know on this board he will be hurt before Feb. and boston will be starting fat boy davis at center because they didn't address the center position now. this team has nada

[SHAQATTACK]

Watch a bunch of over the hill guys get clobbered , with nothing but scrubs .  No CP3 = NO Dwight ...equals no chance for Celtics for at least another genration.

So , maybe around 2020 ,  we'll see the Celtics possibly mixing it up once again .

[Smokeeye123]

Watch a bunch of over the hill guys get clobbered , with nothing but scrubs .  No CP3 = NO Dwight ...equals no chance for Celtics for at least another genration.

So , maybe around 2020 ,  we'll see the Celtics possibly mixing it up once again .

Lol...I think they should be back in contention before 2020.

Pretty sure Ainge would negotiate with Mayor Menino to trade the city of Boston for a big name free agent.