Dionte Christmas

[clover]

well no matter what you think of  them...moore and christmas (to me) are fighting for spot 15 on this team. both won't make the team

I think that's the case if they can land S&T for someone like Lee or land Pietrus for the minimum.  Otherwise, they're both very cheap and could appreciate as minor assets or longer-term bench guys.

[celtsfan84]

I wonder how much time per year is spent ruminating on Summer League cannon fodder that will never play in the NBA.

Funny when on one thread we have people saying the Jeremy Lin's 26 game stretch in the NBA was a fluke, teams hadn't figured him out, and there was no scouting report out on him.

And then we have people making Hall of Famers out of a 5 game NBA Summer League stretch.  I wonder how much time NBA staffs put in to a gameplan to stop Dionte Christmas?

SMH, I hope you like Euroleague Basketball.  Dionte will be playing for a Greek team within a year.

[kozlodoev]

I wonder how much time per year is spent ruminating on Summer League cannon fodder that will never play in the NBA.

Funny when on one thread we have people saying the Jeremy Lin's 26 game stretch in the NBA was a fluke, teams hadn't figured him out, and there was no scouting report out on him.

And then we have people making Hall of Famers out of a 5 game NBA Summer League stretch.  I wonder how much time NBA staffs put in to a gameplan to stop Dionte Christmas?

SMH, I hope you like Euroleague Basketball.  Dionte will be playing for a Greek team within a year.

Except Jeremy Lin just signed a 20 million dollar contract, and the discussion about Christmas is whether he can be a productive 15th man or not. Overreact much?

[celtsfan84]

I wonder how much time per year is spent ruminating on Summer League cannon fodder that will never play in the NBA.

Funny when on one thread we have people saying the Jeremy Lin's 26 game stretch in the NBA was a fluke, teams hadn't figured him out, and there was no scouting report out on him.

And then we have people making Hall of Famers out of a 5 game NBA Summer League stretch.  I wonder how much time NBA staffs put in to a gameplan to stop Dionte Christmas?

SMH, I hope you like Euroleague Basketball.  Dionte will be playing for a Greek team within a year.

Except Jeremy Lin just signed a 20 million dollar contract, and the discussion about Christmas is whether he can be a productive 15th man or not. Overreact much?

I know whenever I can get a wing who shot 42% and had more turnovers than assists in COLLEGE, I immediately get excited and start a 6 page thread on him.

Lin's 20 million can pay for itself in jersey sales and marketability.  Dionte's league minimum can't.  So even from an investment standpoint, it doesn't wash.

And I know a ton of teams who won an NBA Title due to a productive 15th man!  What exactly is a productive 15th man?  Is he good at fetching towels for the players who are active on game day?

Does he start for his Greek team or does he practice his gig as a productive 15th man to ready himself for the NBA?

Smug much?

[indeedproceed]

And then we have people making Hall of Famers out of a 5 game NBA Summer League stretch.  I wonder how much time NBA staffs put in to a gameplan to stop Dionte Christmas?

Really? 'People' have been saying Dionte Christmas could be a potential NBA Hall Of Famer?

Where is that? The highest direct projection in this thread I've seen for him so far is Wes Matthews, and that's the high end.

Seems like a bit of hyperbole.

[celticinorlando]

man..just retire christmas' number now..problem is if they keep them both (moore and xmas)..one of them will have to be a rotation player. I don't like either but Moore would win out because he can be a cheap back up for rondo at the point. Christmas cannot.

I think moore makes the team no matter because of the PG skills...boston needs to fill the SG spot with a KNOWN player (pietrus, rush, barbosa, miles)...not christmas

But if the Cs are counting on them to be rotation guys...then there are deeper issues

[AB_Celtic]

man..just retire christmas' number now..problem is if they keep them both (moore and xmas)..one of them will have to be a rotation player. I don't like either but Moore would win out because he can be a cheap back up for rondo at the point. Christmas cannot.

I think moore makes the team no matter because of the PG skills...boston needs to fill the SG spot with a KNOWN player (pietrus, rush, barbosa, miles)...not christmas

But if the Cs are counting on them to be rotation guys...then there are deeper issues

Unfortunately he doesn't really have PG skills. I'd rather have Terry play backup point and Christmas (or Moore, but not really) play backup SG.

[yupitsme]

19 pts (8-15), 3 rbs, 3 stls, 0 turnovers

[celticinorlando]

think he is on the team now

[33_Larry Legend_33]

Greg Kite is probably thanking him for making #50 fashionable...

[yupitsme]

17 pts (4-8), 7 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 stls, 5 turnovers

[Ogaju]

if his game can transform to the nba then we found our last guard. Now we need another BIG.

[33_Larry Legend_33]

He reminds me a bit of Adrian "Old School" Griffin in how he plays the game...even a bit of Kevin Gamble to him.  He plays with a purpose, and I like his game.  I think he'll find a spot on this roster, which probably made Moore available in that trade.

[lightspeed5]

we dont need anything. i'd rather have that 15th spot open for waiver wire veterans at the trade deadline.  actually i might prefer to have 2 spots for waiver wires, so dionte is not guaranteed to be on the team.

[BudweiserCeltic]

http://espn.go.com/blog/boston/celtics/post/_/id/4696521/rondo-encourages-cs-in-vegas

'"It was good for Rondo to come in and support the young guys," summer league coach Tyronn Lue said. "Guys have been playing hard, playing great. For him to come around and encourage guys, speaking up, having time in timeouts and stuff like that is good encouragement for them."

Dionte Christmas appeared to benefit from Rondo's presence more than any other player. Rondo pulled Christmas aside multiple times during Saturday's game, and Christmas came through with one of his best all-around efforts, totaling 17 points, seven rebounds and six assists -- his highest total of the summer.

"In about five minutes I learned so much from him, just by talking to him and him seeing things I didn't see on the floor," Christmas explained afterward. "Me, I never really play the point guard, but he was just telling me some things that I can see coming off, and I think it helped. I had six assists today, and he was just telling me some things to do at the [point guard spot], and it really helped. I can only imagine what a whole season would do playing under Rondo, so that would be great."'