Could Joel Anthony be more than just dead weight on the books?

[Smartacus]

The narrative on the most recent trade has focused on the Celtics taking on salary to acuire draft picks. Joel Anthony has fallen out of favor in Miami in favor of smaller faster lineups and now he'll ride out the final years of his deal and fade into obscurity. But are we missing something? Can Joel Anthony play?

Joel Anthony will walk onto this team as its best rim protecter. He has been a part of a winning culture for 3 years now and will not stunt the growth of our young players by requiring plays to be run for him and hoisting up shot attempts. He just fits.

Finally I kind of dig the idea of the Canadian front court. Joel Anthony would fit well next to Kelly by letting him focus on putting the ball in the basket. Imo he's on a fair deal, one where he could have received more on the open market and we may have snuck a real player who may have just needed a change scenery.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Joel Anthony... don't over-think it.

[tarheelsxxiii]

Imagine Joel Anthony being sprinkled with fairy dust and suddenly averaging 20 and 10, in 15 mins/game, at center. Where does that leave us?

[D.o.s.]

Imagine Joel Anthony being sprinkled with fairy dust and suddenly averaging 20 and 10, in 15 mins/game, at center. Where does that leave us?

Probably Amsterdam.

[colincb]

Joel Anthony... don't over-think it.

This, and besides with the cash rec'd from both trades, they might buy him out of 2014-15.

[pokeKingCurtis]

Imagine Joel Anthony being sprinkled with fairy dust and suddenly averaging 20 and 10, in 15 mins/game, at center. Where does that leave us?

Probably Amsterdam.

Denver, too? Or wrong reference?

[pokeKingCurtis]

He seems like a shorter Jason Collins.

Brad didn't play Bogans so hopefully it's a sign that he isn't overly attached to his vets.

[krumeto]

The narrative on the most recent trade has focused on the Celtics taking on salary to acuire draft picks. Joel Anthony has fallen out of favor in Miami in favor of smaller faster lineups and now he'll ride out the final years of his deal and fade into obscurity. But are we missing something? Can Joel Anthony play?

Joel Anthony will walk onto this team as its best rim protecter. He has been a part of a winning culture for 3 years now and will not stunt the growth of our young players by requiring plays to be run for him and hoisting up shot attempts. He just fits.

Finally I kind of dig the idea of the Canadian front court. Joel Anthony would fit well next to Kelly by letting him focus on putting the ball in the basket. Imo he's on a fair deal, one where he could have received more on the open market and we may have snuck a real player who may have just needed a change scenery.

I agree and hope he could add something to the team. If we forget for a second that he was in Miami, he is the proverbial worker and does stuff that is not on the score sheet. Take a look at that article, Jeff brought up:

http://espn.go.com/blog/truehoop/miamiheat/post/_/id/6021/joel-anthony-the-spectacle-who-works

For example, he would probably be our best screener and ,as Soul Jax pointed, rim protector.

He is overpaid, stone hands, etc... But still Joel Anthony is one of those players I don't mind seeing in green. 

 

[D.o.s.]

Imagine Joel Anthony being sprinkled with fairy dust and suddenly averaging 20 and 10, in 15 mins/game, at center. Where does that leave us?

Probably Amsterdam.

Denver, too? Or wrong reference?

That's a little bit more tame than I was thinking. We're talking about imagining Joel Anthony going 20-15 in 15 minutes. That's gonna require some seriously mindbending firepower.

[SparzWizard]

Perkins shut this guy down back in 2010.

[LatterDayCelticsfan]

Perkins shut alot of people down back then. (didn't he?). You are not saying anything.

[Celtics4ever]

Perkins shut this guy down back in 2010.

Your clearly not aware of his game.   He has never been an offensive threat.  Perkins shut down plenty of guys but not this guy as he has never been a threat.   He boards and defends but never has been a scoring threat.

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

The narrative on the most recent trade has focused on the Celtics taking on salary to acuire draft picks. Joel Anthony has fallen out of favor in Miami in favor of smaller faster lineups and now he'll ride out the final years of his deal and fade into obscurity. But are we missing something? Can Joel Anthony play?

Joel Anthony will walk onto this team as its best rim protecter. He has been a part of a winning culture for 3 years now and will not stunt the growth of our young players by requiring plays to be run for him and hoisting up shot attempts. He just fits.

Finally I kind of dig the idea of the Canadian front court. Joel Anthony would fit well next to Kelly by letting him focus on putting the ball in the basket. Imo he's on a fair deal, one where he could have received more on the open market and we may have snuck a real player who may have just needed a change scenery.

EL OH EL   

he sux. KG destroyed him in the conference finals two years ago. You are performing analysis paralysis and over thinking this.

[Sketch5]

Anthony is here for three things really. Teach some of the young bigs a bit of playing tough in the post. Center play when needed, and most important, salary filler for a trade. 

[Jeff]

he's a career backup center - that's not a bad thing