would DA possibly target lebron for 2014

[Tr1boy]

There isnt anyone in the league i despise more yet admire than lebron. It was the same thing with jordan, in the end nothing is sweeter than beating these guys in a championship series. Im sure thats celts ultimate goal now also. But what if something happens from now until 2014 fa period and lebron decides to leave miami. Maybe bosh gets traded or wade gets really injured, miami loses conf finals to ind, brooklyn etc.

Would you want lebron as a celt? Would danny ainge pursue him?
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If rondo comesback to form, i can see lebron not mind playing with him. Usually has good things about him and he always loves playing against the celts in boston.

[manl_lui]

long long long long shot...I doubt he is leaving Miami

If there is a possibility of him joining the Celtics, I would want that. You may hate him but who would not want the best player in the world to join your team.

[Quinn]

Danny will do his job and at least offer a contract but lebron will refuse to come here

[Chris]

At this point, the C's won't have cap space for him, so it doesn't really matter.  If they do clear space though, the C's still wouldn't have much of a shot.  It is a 3 horse race with Cleveland, LA, and Miami.

2014 does have a deep free agent class though, so if they can clear space, they could find a nice player or two.

[beklog]

Danny will do his job and at least offer a contract but lebron will refuse to come here

yup!! i remember reading somewhere that DA offered something for Dwight but got turn down.. hey atleast we tried

[Tr1boy]

Danny will do his job and at least offer a contract but lebron will refuse to come here

Stranger things have happened before. What if lebron asks out of miami by trade deadline?  Wade is injured, bosh is bosh and he is tired of doing everything. Miami is in a stangle hold bc they have no assets to build the team.

Danny has so many picks, assets that lebron could come here as a rental. Would you trade away the farm and hope he stays after?

If the celts do good enough to not tank, clips and brooklyn do good as predicted, our picks might not amount to not much.

Miami already winning 2 rings could flip their agenda and move towards the wiggings sweepstake. Just saying

A package of green, ab, sullinger 3 first round picks as a starting pt is not out of the question.

Again its just an idea. Not saying its a plan or plan to offer him a deal and he would come here on his own will.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Not interested.

[Tr1boy]

At this point, the C's won't have cap space for him, so it doesn't really matter.  If they do clear space though, the C's still wouldn't have much of a shot.  It is a 3 horse race with Cleveland, LA, and Miami.

2014 does have a deep free agent class though, so if they can clear space, they could find a nice player or two.

Sorry but i disagree. Lebron i dont think wants to team up with kobe and be the #2. And with cleveland as long as gilbert is there he will never play for cleveland.

Not saying celts have any better chance bc of the history they have with lebron and the rivalry but who knows, lebron could secretly always wanted to play as a celtic and with rondo , whose competitor spirit is comparable to wades

[connor]

No, but not because Danny wouldn't love to have him, but because there is no realistic chance that Lebron would end up with the Celtics so why bother throwing your hat in the ring in the first place given our contentious history with Lebron?

I think it suits the Celtics much better to stay on the "anti-Lebron" side (I don't mean as in hating Lebron, but I mean as in keeping hold of the rivalry we developed with him from his days with the Cavs up until last year in Miami). Once we have a competitive team again they'd probably benefit more from stoking those rivalry flames if they haven't pursued him at all compared to if we made an offer.

If there was any realistic chance that Lebron could be a Celtic Ainge would of course target him (maybe LeBron would love to play with Rondo idk?), but I don't think there is so why bother getting dragged into the conversation.

[LilRip]

i'd want to have him on the team for basketball reasons, but i highly doubt he'd consider going to Boston.

[bleedGREENdon]

He would never come to boston lol unless Melo,Dirk and rondo were signed before hand and then hed know thats an automatic championship. Lol aka impossible.

[hpantazo]

I think the only two realistic options for lebron are Miami and Cleveland. Every other team is just fantasizing. He won't leave the heat unless its to go back to his hometown and redeem himself.

[saltlover]

I'd be surprised if he'd consider Boston, because after 2-3 rings he'll be thinking about legacy, and Boston won't help him add to that.  However, Jeff Green +  Bogans unguaranteed + some sort of other filler will allow the C's to make a competitive dollar offer, and if LeBron really wants to leave Miami, I don't think that the Heat will turn down that + some of the many picks we have.  But unless he thinks he'll be constantly booed in Cleveland, I don't know why he'd leave Miami for anything else.

[RLewis35]

I think Miami (especially if they win next year) and Cleveland are the two most realistic options, but with LeBron who knows.  Maybe he'll decide he wants to win a title for every franchise that hasn't won one lately or ever - start with Phoenix, Washington, Atlanta, Golden State, etc.

All kidding aside, I think there are a few other teams that could be players for LeBron's services.  While unlikely, I do think we are one of maybe 10 he'd at least give more than a fleeting thought to due to 1) history and 2) Rondo.  But not likely.

I think, depending on how creative some of these teams can get Golden State is a legitimate possibility

I think, depending on if they can convince another max star to join him, somewhere like ATL and WAS are possibilities.  ATL may have cap room for 2 max guys and still have Horford, Millsap, Lou Williams, Schroder.  WAS may be able to work Wall, Beal, Porter, Nene and add Lebron and either another max or near max, depending on how creative they get and what Wall command.

The connecting factor on why I've suggested GS, ATL and WAS are players? They have young (or younger) talent so LeBron could age better with them than if he say goes to LAL with Carmelo (cant imagine Lebron ever doing that, way too smart), same goes for trying to pull what he did in Miami again elsewhere (like say PHX or somewhere like that who has very minimal cap committments starting next year).

Finally, Dallas is always a player because of Cuban and if Dirk takes a large pay cut...but dont think signing Monta helped their cause any.

So yeah, you heard it from RLewis 35 first...you will hear of at least one of WAS, GS, or ATL being in the serious mix for LBJ next year.  Probably wont' get him, but one or more of them will be invited to make a pitch.

And who knows, maybe we will too...though I highly doubt it.

[BudweiserCeltic]

I'd rather keep trying to beat him in the playoffs... something we've been quite good at, only to be spoiled by injuries in our latest attempts.