OJ Mayo is signing with Dallas (Confirmed)

[Evantime34]

Oh well he didn't want to be here anyway, so if we don't land Lee then what's it looking like? I heard Dahntay Jones? Pietrus? 

Here's my personal list
1. Lee
2. CJ Miles
3. Pietrus
4. D. Jones
5. Shannon Brown
6. Jodi Meeks

[CelticSooner]

Now that Dallas' cap room is kaput, maybe they'll be ready to putt the trigger on the JET S and T.  

The Mavs don't have Terry's Bird rights any more (they had to renounce them), so any S&T must be with their cap space.

Unless Terry is somehow part of this transaction (three way deal, for instance), then the chances of Terry being signed-and-traded here are pretty much zero.

I really really hope so.

[goCeltics]

yeah just on ainge, he can't resign ray, can't trade for mayo(twice, now and at the deadline), and don't forget couldn't resign tony a few years ago. don't think selling players on their future with the team and attracting FA is strong suit for ainge.

I still like him as the GM.

[j804]

yeah just on ainge, he can't resign ray, can't trade for mayo(twice, now and at the deadline), and don't forget couldn't resign tony a few years ago. don't think selling players on their future with the team and attracting FA is strong suit for ainge.

I still like him as the GM.

It's just we aren't willing to pay usually

[Change]

I feel relieved. No thank to undersized chuckers.

[Kane3387]

He was asking for more then the MLE. We offered him the MLE. Dallas has less then the MLE. Surely it's some kind of S+T deal. I just wonder if we are involved in it.

[Roy H.]

yeah just on ainge, he can't resign ray, can't trade for mayo(twice, now and at the deadline), and don't forget couldn't resign tony a few years ago. don't think selling players on their future with the team and attracting FA is strong suit for ainge.

I still like him as the GM.

It's just we aren't willing able to pay usually

I think the Celtics would gladly outbid other teams in a lot of instances, if the cap rules allowed us to.  Unfortunately, they don't.

[Kane3387]

yeah just on ainge, he can't resign ray, can't trade for mayo(twice, now and at the deadline), and don't forget couldn't resign tony a few years ago. don't think selling players on their future with the team and attracting FA is strong suit for ainge.

I still like him as the GM.

It's just we aren't willing able to pay usually

I think the Celtics would gladly outbid other teams in a lot of instances, if the cap rules allowed us to.  Unfortunately, they don't.

Hmmmm. Don't the Mavs have a Trade Exception from the Lamar Odom trade? If so they might have used that.

[bbd24]

i getting the feeling ainge sucks at recuirting talent

Your team has been to the Eastern Conf Championship 3 out of the last 5 years.  Quit complaining

[celtsfan84]

I feel relieved. No thank to undersized chuckers.

So you don't like the Jason Terry signing?

I personally love it, but I think undersized chucker applies to him much more than to Mayo or most guys in the league.

[Celtics18]

Phew! Dodged that bullet.  

[Galeto]

I wonder if Dallas freed up the cap room to sign Mayo by renouncing Terry.  I hope not because I was hoping a sign and trade that would allow Ainge to offer Lee the MLE was still possible.

[j804]

yeah just on ainge, he can't resign ray, can't trade for mayo(twice, now and at the deadline), and don't forget couldn't resign tony a few years ago. don't think selling players on their future with the team and attracting FA is strong suit for ainge.

I still like him as the GM.

It's just we aren't willing able to pay usually

I think the Celtics would gladly outbid other teams in a lot of instances, if the cap rules allowed us to.  Unfortunately, they don't.

yea well we have been tied up with our core guys for a while, it just always seems were looking to get guys only on the cheap and on short 1-2 year deals so they mostly look elsewhere (Green aside). not mad at Ainge though he's been great overall it's why we're in great position to contend time and time again.

[Celtics18]

I feel relieved. No thank to undersized chuckers.

So you don't like the Jason Terry signing?

I personally love it, but I think undersized chucker applies to him much more than to Mayo or most guys in the league.

"Undersized chucker" is probably a bit unfair for Mayo.  He's a pretty good sized chucker.  

[Roy H.]

I wonder if Dallas freed up the cap room to sign Mayo by renouncing Terry.  I hope not because I was hoping a sign and trade that would allow Ainge to offer Lee the MLE was still possible.

It's been reported that the Mavs already renounced their Bird rights on Terry.