Please explain to me why DA didn't pursue rebounding ?

[tenn_smoothie]

The Celtics biggest weakness the past two seasons has been rebounding.

the guys on the floor work very hard to force a missed shot and then have to do it all over again because they give up so many offensive boards.

along with that, we must be the worst in the league at getting offensive rebounds, which are easy points - which would be huge for this team given our offensive struggles at times. i understand that Doc's system does not put a premium on offensive rebounding - but every single Celtic title team has been a strong rebounding team - one reason we beat the Lakers in '08 was offensive rebounds (KG, Perk, Powe, PJ, Posey & Pierce) - THE reason we lost in 2010 was rebounding.

so .............. why did we not pursue Camby, Kenyon Martin, Hawes,Humphries - to name a few.why Danny spent $10 mill on Jeff Green - whose middle name is potential - is beyong me - i swear he has a man crush on this guy. he's still trying to prove the Perk trade was not a mistake. throwing good money after bad.

i understand the need for an offensive player who can create - Jason Terry - we definitely needed that, but we need rebounding even more - and the two rookies, i don't see them filling that need.

on another note - Is Danny going to re-sign Peitrus - the guy loves being a Celtic and is a very solid bench player. chemistry, Danny, chemistry !!!!

[BostonNative]

honestly i don't think the reason we stuggle on rebounding is because of the players. No one ATTEMPTS to box out.

What i'm saying is even if we had kevin love i think our rebounding would still be an issue. Doc has to coach rebounding and that would be all figured out.

Also the best positon for rebounding is PF and Center...We obviously have a PF already and apparently it is not easy to find a center period.

[wdleehi]

The Celtics had bird rights to resign Green.  (thus overpayed him)  That money could not be used for another player (not even in a sign and trade)


The used their MLE on Terry, a need the team had that was made greater when Ray left.


The rest of those big men were out of the Celtics ability to pay at his point. 

[BostonNative]

The Celtics biggest weakness the past two seasons has been rebounding.

the guys on the floor work very hard to force a missed shot and then have to do it all over again because they give up so many offensive boards.

along with that, we must be the worst in the league at getting offensive rebounds, which are easy points - which would be huge for this team given our offensive struggles at times. i understand that Doc's system does not put a premium on offensive rebounding - but every single Celtic title team has been a strong rebounding team - one reason we beat the Lakers in '08 was offensive rebounds (KG, Perk, Powe, PJ, Posey & Pierce) - THE reason we lost in 2010 was rebounding.

so .............. why did we not pursue Camby, Kenyon Martin, Hawes,Humphries - to name a few.why Danny spent $10 mill on Jeff Green - whose middle name is potential - is beyong me - i swear he has a man crush on this guy. he's still trying to prove the Perk trade was not a mistake. throwing good money after bad.

i understand the need for an offensive player who can create - Jason Terry - we definitely needed that, but we need rebounding even more - and the two rookies, i don't see them filling that need.

on another note - Is Danny going to re-sign Peitrus - the guy loves being a Celtic and is a very solid bench player. chemistry, Danny, chemistry !!!!

Noone you named was a double digit rebounded except humphries.

[bbd24]

Signed Garnett.
Signed Bass.
Signed Green.

Drafted one if not the best rebounder in college basketball, Jared Sullinger.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

JG and Wilcox will get rbs (Sully and Melo too maybe)... guys we didn't have last season. He did what he could with NO money to go out and get guys!! I wish the people that ask these questions tell what they could do with the money we had/didn't have. Then when you throw out those names, show me proof they A)would take the money B)would want to play here

Sure it's easy to say what you would do but the thing is, you are on the outside looking in and have no idea what it really takes to make your ideas reality! DA does... he is doing what he can to better the team, he is going for fit and who we can get for sure!

[Who]

It's very frustrating.

Not just rebounding but also the lack of reinforcements for interior defense. They are depending on Garnett to do far too much of the heavy lifting in the paint. KG needs more help in the paint in terms of defense and rebounding. The team doesn't have a single above average defensive big man outside of Garnett.

[BostonNative]

It's very frustrating.

Not just rebounding but also the lack of reinforcements for interior defense. They are depending on Garnett to do far too much of the heavy lifting in the paint. KG needs more help in the paint in terms of defense and rebounding. The team doesn't have a single above average defensive big man outside of Garnett.

Which is why we drafted melo. There is only so much you can do for bigs lol look at the league, how many dominating bigs are there? There is just not much out there to fill hard positions. There is only 1 easy position to fill and that is a scoring guard. that is the only argument we can have.

[j804]

It's very frustrating.

Not just rebounding but also the lack of reinforcements for interior defense. They are depending on Garnett to do far too much of the heavy lifting in the paint. KG needs more help in the paint in terms of defense and rebounding. The team doesn't have a single above average defensive big man outside of Garnett.

I agree but maybe that's the final piece to fall

[cltc5]

he did.  Sullinger and Melo

[indeedproceed]

he did.  Sullinger and Melo

Melo is a terrible, terrible rebounder.

[wdleehi]

He still has a chance to fix this.


1)  Low price FA.

2)  In season trade.  (come January, a Green for Sideshow trade works)

[KCattheStripe]

2)  In season trade.  (come January, a Green for Sideshow trade works)

Kris Joseph better be awesome.

[wdleehi]

2)  In season trade.  (come January, a Green for Sideshow trade works)

Kris Joseph better be awesome.

I am expecting a big G to be on the Celtics that can play some SF once Bradley is back.  (not to mention there are other moves that could be made)

[pearljammer10]

he did.  Sullinger and Melo

Melo is a terrible, terrible rebounder.

Im guessing he is banking on Sullinger to be a beast on the boards... Other than that, I am just as puzzled to to why we havent looked for better rebounding even with vet min guys at the bottom of the free agency list. I think we are trying to get athletic bodies that can score first and with whatever left over money we have we're looking at rebounding.