Celtics looking for third team do sign and trade w/ Terry

[SHAQATTACK]

Once bitten twice shy, why do I fell  I feel like the D. WEST bomb is about to be dropped on my head ... qith  a late breaking news ...  GREEN and TERRY are not signed with the Celtics are are playing elsewhere.

I'm not counting chickens till they hatch.

Green and Terry are Celtics.. there is no one in their right mind who thinks a team puts on a press conference and introduces the player if they sign else where. I guarantee you they have an agreement signed with both players, just havent sent them into the league because they are trying to save flexibility.

Hope they show

[Galeto]

I really hope they can get a sign and trade done for Terry even if it has to involve ten teams.  That would give the Celtics a great shot at Courtney Lee who is a very good role player.

Getting a high powered bench scorer in Terry and a defensive role player who can actually shoot in Lee would make this a great offseason even if it did include re-signing Green to be an expensive backup for half his contract and no rebounder was brought in via free agency.

[indeedproceed]

I'd be more excited if the thread title was 'Celtics furiously scratching off lotto tickets, sure they'll win something sokn'

[KGs Knee]

Yeah, it wouldn't make much sense. They are just under the cap I think with about 4.5 million left, they could sign Terry to that then do a sign and trade, but that would make Terry take a paycut. Dallas could possibly be looking for other parts from Boston and another third team so that they can get over the cap to get the full mid level.

No, Dallas still has Terry's Bird-Rights (contrary to reports, they have not renounced him yet).  Dallas could sign him to any amount it likes, so long as the C's can send out at least 66.666% (the opposite of 150% of incoming) of Terry's salary.  Ideally, the players Boston would send out would go to a 3rd team who has cap room to absorb such players.

As long as Dallas takes on no salary in such a trade, they would not lose a single dime under the salary cap.  Dallas would also stand to gain a trade exception in the amount of Terrry's salary (which would not count against the cap).

To grease the wheels, we most likely would have to send picks to both Dallas and the 3rd team.  Dallas might be wooed with just the trade exception though.

Basically, so long as we can find a 3rd team willing to take on enough salary, we could sign Terry to the same amount as the MLE without having any affect on Dallas' cap number.

[tarheelsxxiii]

Yeah, it wouldn't make much sense. They are just under the cap I think with about 4.5 million left, they could sign Terry to that then do a sign and trade, but that would make Terry take a paycut. Dallas could possibly be looking for other parts from Boston and another third team so that they can get over the cap to get the full mid level.

No, Dallas still has Terry's Bird-Rights (contrary to reports, they have not renounced him yet).  Dallas could sign him to any amount it likes, so long as the C's can send out at least 66.666% (the opposite of 150% of incoming) of Terry's salary.  Ideally, the players Boston would send out would go to a 3rd team who has cap room to absorb such players.

As long as Dallas takes on no salary in such a trade, they would not lose a single dime under the salary cap.  Dallas would also stand to gain a trade exception in the amount of Terrry's salary (which would not count against the cap).

To grease the wheels, we most likely would have to send picks to both Dallas and the 3rd team.  Dallas might be wooed with just the trade exception though.

Basically, so long as we can find a 3rd team willing to take on enough salary, we could sign Terry to the same amount as the MLE without having any affect on Dallas' cap number.

Good stuff - you should be talkin to Ainge, not us!

[Ogaju]

are you sure he is NOT Ainge?