KG / Brad Miller
Bass / Wilcox
Pierce / Beasely
Pietrus / Webster
Rondo / Bradley
I would lineup like this:
KG / Wilcox / Brad Miller
Beasley / Bass
Pierce / Webster
Pietrus / Pavlovic / Dooling
Rondo / Bradley
Need a better backup wing to make it worthwhile.
Webster is no longer good enough to be a key rotation player on a contender following that back injury.
I think Bass' role gets cut down pretty severely by Beasley's arrival.
I am not comfortable with Beasley at SF or with Bass and Beasley out there together as a big man pairing. As a big man pairing, there isn't enough interior defense or rebounding. Lacking in size also. They'd be too vulnerable.
Plus, Bass is basically a poor man's Beasley as an undersized offensively orientated (mid-range jump-shooting) big man. He does nothing offensively that Beasley doesn't do better and very little in terms of defense/rebounding that Beasley can't match. So the team would pretty much always be best served playing Beasley long minutes and Bass short minutes instead of splitting them more evenly and keeping Bass in a 25+mpg role.
So I think I'd trade Bass in a scenario where Boston lands Michael Beasley.
A Bass for Ariza trade could be interesting for the Celtics.
The team would still need another rotation worthy backup big man. Not convinced Brad Miller is still that player. If Boston could get Darko in that trade package instead of Miller, that may be interesting.
C - Garnett, Darko, Stiemsma
PF - Beasley, Wilcox, JJJ
SF - Pierce, Ariza
SG - Pietrus, Pavlovic, Dooling
PG - Rondo, Bradley, Moore
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