Safe to Say Gerald Wallace already gone?

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Gerald Wallace belongs on a team needing that last couple pieces off the bench to go all the way, not a young team headed to the nether regions of the lotto.

He will be gone ASAP. I could see him taking a buyout to join a contender later in the year but if Danny finds a taker, he's gone.

The last three teams he played for, were the Bobcats, the Blazers and the Nets.  It's not like he's only looking to contend.  He'd be perfectly happy playing in Boston, or wherever we may trade him to.  What he doesn't like is being traded three times and watching his playing time deteriorate since becoming an all-star.

Hmmm, good point, he only cares about money. So yeah, hopefully we can find a taker but it's pointless to have the contract around on a terrible team and I'm sure ownership agrees. Get a second rounder if you can

Right now, it will almost certainly require sending out additional assets to get another team to get another team to accept Wallace's contract.  Arguably, it's not worth losing assets to get rid of Wallace now when he's not blocking anyone or preventing the team from doing other deals.  It's silly to talk about trying to get something useful for Wallace in a salary dump, even something like a second rounder.

Wallace should get playing time on this team.  I WANT him to get playing time.  Wallace's contract becomes more tradable as time passes. And even moreso if he shows his true value -- which I am hoping is better than what he showed in NJ.   Getting rid of Wallace's contract is really the least of what C's fans should worry about.

Patience with Gerald Wallace will bring the Celtics great benefits.  I am pretty sure Confucius said that.

Why in the world would you want Gerald Wallace to get PT? I want him stapled to the bench.

Look we are going to be bad. What's worse than being bad? Watching last year's Brooklyn Nets castoffs stink up the court all year.

When your team stinks the only thing that makes it watchable is watching the youngsters develop. That means Sully, KO, Jeff Greem etc need a million minutes. Not

Yikes -- strong opinion. But I disagree.  I too want to watch youngsters develop and think there are plenty of minutes for that (especially given that GWs minutes will be at SF and won't take away much from our youngsters -- I am talking 15-18 MPG).  I am focused on making the most of our assets.  I believe GW can display his value -- but not by sitting on the bench.  It's just an opinion, but I want to see him in games early working hard and showing he's got game enough to draw interest as a player asset.

Yep it's only him and Green, he should get good minutes if he plays solid.

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Yep it's only him and Green, he should get good minutes if he plays solid.

Strangely enough, I think our best unit might have both Wallace and Green on the court at the same time.

Rondo/Bradley/Wallace/Green/Sullinger

Might be the best 5 man unit on the club. The irony? It would be a small ball unit, a version of basketball that those that hate it seemed to blame on Doc Rivers and yet, the new coach might have to use that lineup, and a lot of other small ball lineups, quite a bit.

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Yep it's only him and Green, he should get good minutes if he plays solid.

Strangely enough, I think our best unit might have both Wallace and Green on the court at the same time.

Rondo/Bradley/Wallace/Green/Sullinger

Might be the best 5 man unit on the club. The irony? It would be a small ball unit, a version of basketball that those that hate it seemed to blame on Doc Rivers and yet, the new coach might have to use that lineup, and a lot of other small ball lineups, quite a bit.

Interesting point.

I can definitely see that sort of lineup (with small variations based on match ups) being used to close out games.

While that lineup is 'small' - you only have to swap one player to make it big according to need.  Swap Lee in for Bradley and the backcourt gets bigger.   Swap KO or Fav in for Wallace and the front court gets bigger.

[Neurotic Guy]

Yep it's only him and Green, he should get good minutes if he plays solid.

Strangely enough, I think our best unit might have both Wallace and Green on the court at the same time.

Rondo/Bradley/Wallace/Green/Sullinger

Might be the best 5 man unit on the club. The irony? It would be a small ball unit, a version of basketball that those that hate it seemed to blame on Doc Rivers and yet, the new coach might have to use that lineup, and a lot of other small ball lineups, quite a bit.

Interesting point.

I can definitely see that sort of lineup (with small variations based on match ups) being used to close out games.

While that lineup is 'small' - you only have to swap one player to make it big according to need.  Swap Lee in for Bradley and the backcourt gets bigger.   Swap KO or Fav in for Wallace and the front court gets bigger.

And Humphries, Bass, Bogans, Brooks are also available -- this team really can put out a number of different looks.  How crazy is it to think that this will be a very fun team to watch develop?  Occasionally, this team will beat good teams.  Occasionally, they'll look awful.  But it will be interesting I think.

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I think people are under estimating Humphries abilities in a small ball line up. He can rebound, run the floor and defend.

Rondo, Brooks, Green, Wallace, Humphries is our best small lineup.

Crawford, Bogans, Green, Olynyk, Faverani is our best 3 pt. lineup and our best big lineup.

[caron5]

Anybody else think Wallace might actually have a solid year?

He was badly misused in BRK and was relegated to being a spot up shooter while everybody else played 1 on 1. And then there's this little nugget from Wallace last year...

"Typical Nets basketball," Wallace said of the third. "We don't play together. Careless turnovers. We don't execute offensively. And defensively, we don't do anything. We don't defend. We don't guard the ball. We don't help each other out. It's the same story as it's been all season."

It's funny how he was used as a spot-up shooter, when that is definitely not the strongest part of his game.

If he can get back to being a slasher, and players like Rondo and Olynyk can find him, I think he'll be a pretty solid player. Not a $10M player, but who knows, maybe we'll be able to get something decent for him in a trade.