Green's qualifying offer withdrawn.. He is a UFA Sigh... Good for him I guess

[Celticjay]

http://espn.go.com/boston/nba/story/_/id/7433745/boston-celtics-withdrew-qualifying-offer-jeff-green-now-ufa

[Celticjay]

Yeesh.  Future is looking murkier and ominous..

[Change]

Yeesh.  Future is looking murkier and ominous..

Rajon Rondo, Brandon Bass, Paul Pierce, and tons of cap room.

[Celticjay]

Yeesh.  Future is looking murkier and ominous..

Rajon Rondo, Brandon Bass, Paul Pierce, and tons of cap room.

Bass has a player option, for around 4.5 million.  The way he's playing he will become and UFA also. 

Rondo and Pierce..

[Inside-Out]

My thought is that people don't like to move around all over the place when they're in a pretty good situation as-is. 

So there's a home court advantage with UFA's, I think, especially like Bass and Green, and either might get $5-8M per year.

Rondo  11M
Pierce 16M
JGreen  6M
Bass  8M
Bradley 2M
JJJ  1M
Steimer 5M
EMoore  0.5M
Ray  5M
KG  10M
TOTAL:  $64.5M

Can we milk it a couple more years?

[jdz101]

My thought is that people don't like to move around all over the place when they're in a pretty good situation as-is. 

So there's a home court advantage with UFA's, I think, especially like Bass and Green, and either might get $5-8M per year.

Rondo  11M
Pierce 16M
JGreen  6M
Bass  8M
Bradley 2M
JJJ  1M
Steimer 5M
EMoore  0.5M
Ray  5M
KG  10M
TOTAL:  $64.5M

Can we milk it a couple more years?

Stiemsma 5 MILLION.....WHAT

[Surferdad]

I'm not shedding a tear over this.  Not that I don't think Green is a good player, he is but just that, good, not great.  Ever since the C's drafted him I viewed him as a "safe" pick.  A well-schooled player with skills and athleticism who would contribute at the NBA level but not be a true impact player.

All I say say is the C's better try hard to sign Bass.

[Inside-Out]

My thought is that people don't like to move around all over the place when they're in a pretty good situation as-is. 

So there's a home court advantage with UFA's, I think, especially like Bass and Green, and either might get $5-8M per year.

Rondo  11M
Pierce 16M
JGreen  6M
Bass  8M
Bradley 2M
JJJ  1M
Steimer 5M
EMoore  0.5M
Ray  5M
KG  10M
TOTAL:  $64.5M

Can we milk it a couple more years?

Stiemsma 5 MILLION.....WHAT

Just a hunch that after this season some team will offer him the full MLE to be a backup C in the rotation, and we'd probably match.

[BballTim]

  I don't see why this changes much. They still have his bird rights. Does anyone see a team giving him a big contract before he recovers from the surgery?

[SHAQATTACK]

  I don't see why this changes much. They still have his bird rights. Does anyone see a team giving him a big contract before he recovers from the surgery?

Nope.

Should have took Harding or keep Perk instead.

[PosImpos]

As the article points out, this doesn't put us in any different a situation than we would have been in had Green played out the year on the qualifying offer.

[ACF]

  I don't see why this changes much. They still have his bird rights. Does anyone see a team giving him a big contract before he recovers from the surgery?

Nope.

Should have took Harding or keep Perk instead.

Yeah, well. 20/20...
I am just happy this was discovered. If JG can return (to form) remains to be seen.

[henr1k]

My thought is that people don't like to move around all over the place when they're in a pretty good situation as-is. 

So there's a home court advantage with UFA's, I think, especially like Bass and Green, and either might get $5-8M per year.

Rondo  11M
Pierce 16M
JGreen  6M
Bass  8M
Bradley 2M
JJJ  1M
Steimer 5M
EMoore  0.5M
Ray  5M
KG  10M
TOTAL:  $64.5M

Can we milk it a couple more years?

KG 10M?
Stiemsma 5M?

Joe Dumars is that you?

[Jon]

This really means nothing. If Danny didn't withdraw the QO, Green would've taken it, and we would've paid him 6 million to not play and he would be an unrestricted free agent next summer.  So now he'll still be an unrestricted free agent, we just didn't have to pay him.

Still have the Bird rights either way. Smart move.

[Inside-Out]

My thought is that people don't like to move around all over the place when they're in a pretty good situation as-is. 

So there's a home court advantage with UFA's, I think, especially like Bass and Green, and either might get $5-8M per year.

Rondo  11M
Pierce 16M
JGreen  6M
Bass  8M
Bradley 2M
JJJ  1M
Steimer 5M
EMoore  0.5M
Ray  5M
KG  10M
TOTAL:  $64.5M

Can we milk it a couple more years?

KG 10M?
Stiemsma 5M?

Joe Dumars is that you?

He's my brother.

Seriously, though, if Rondo is such a great PG, can he elevate the level of talent around him with a solid 9-man rotation to contend for a championship for two more seasons with that lineup?  Add another $3M MMLE signing, too?

Could this group steal one this year with the extra punch of Dooling, Daniels, JO, and Wilcox, and one of the next two at least make the Finals or ECF?

I think the matchups look good with PP/JG starting, Ray off the bench at 2, with either Bradley or Moore getting 8 min. next season.

KG and Bass continue to split the 4 fairly evenly, and together at the end.  J3 is available as well to fill in, or if KG plays even more stints at C.

Steimer starts at C next season, plays 24 minutes, backed up by KG for 10 and a MMLE player for 14 (Wilcox role).

Steal someone to backup Rondo, have 2 1st rounders to develop or trade, and make a run for 2 more years.

Not a bad Plan B.