Is there some way we can keep Powell?

[sahara]

He is the first young athletic big I can remember us having in a long time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-p3lKBJ-kA4

[Jonny CC]

Can we send Faverani back to Spain and keep his rights?

No.

Is there another country we can send him too???

[greece66]

Is there another country we can send him too???

Life expectancy in Somalia is pretty low these days. We can give it a try.

[timobusa]

Powell sucked tonight. Not even gonna sugar coat it.

[blink]

I don't really care if we keep Powell or not.  He hustles on D.  Good for him.  So do a lot of other players.

Keep the best players, whomever they are.  If fav can't get healthy enough to compete for a job, then that is tough luck for him too.

[Jonny CC]

Is there another country we can send him too???

Life expectancy in Somalia is pretty low these days. We can give it a try.

I wasn't wishing starvation. 

[nickagneta]

This thread reminds me of similar ones done in previous years about how the Celtics absolutely had to find playing time for Shav Randolph and Terrence Williams and Sean Williams and Dario Milicic and so forth and so on. Where did all those guys end up? My guess is Powell ends up in the same place

[hwangjini_1]

Is there another country we can send him too???

Life expectancy in Somalia is pretty low these days. We can give it a try.

I wasn't wishing starvation.

Nor pain. Nor death. Nor insecurity. G6, you are a good poster. I know you can do better.

Back to the thread... Powell underwhelmed tonight. 16 minutes to get 2 pointe. 0-2  fg, no rebounds, 1 foul, 1 turn over. I won't judge him this. But he has yet to show me why the celtics need to keep him.

[celticslove]

This thread reminds me of similar ones done in previous years about how the Celtics absolutely had to find playing time for Shav Randolph and Terrence Williams and Sean Williams and Dario Milicic and so forth and so on. Where did all those guys end up? My guess is Powell ends up in the same place

no doc genius, bigger chance he'll stick here and play i guess.

[nickagneta]

This thread reminds me of similar ones done in previous years about how the Celtics absolutely had to find playing time for Shav Randolph and Terrence Williams and Sean Williams and Dario Milicic and so forth and so on. Where did all those guys end up? My guess is Powell ends up in the same place

no doc genius, bigger chance he'll stick here and play i guess.

Hey genius, Shav Randolph and Terrence Williams were last pre season with Stevens. Doc actually gave them playing time in the half year they were here. Also, genius, these moves are made by Danny Ainge with some input by Doc Rivers or Brad Stevens.

Next time you want to be insulting get you facts straight because as my old football coach used to love saying, its better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a moron than to open your mouth and prove to the world you are a moron.

[clover]

Is there another country we can send him too???

Life expectancy in Somalia is pretty low these days. We can give it a try.

I wasn't wishing starvation.

Nor pain. Nor death. Nor insecurity. G6, you are a good poster. I know you can do better.

Back to the thread... Powell underwhelmed tonight. 16 minutes to get 2 pointe. 0-2  fg, no rebounds, 1 foul, 1 turn over. I won't judge him this. But he has yet to show me why the celtics need to keep him.

Probably wasn't a good sign that they sent him over to try to play the 3 in order to earn his keep,  and for a kid coming out of college where he'd played center, being sent to guard Melo at the 3 couldn't have been a picnic. I'd be surprised now if they kept him. Though surely they'd offer him a spot in Maine before their other invitees, I expect someone else will pick him up or he'll play abroad.

[BudweiserCeltic]

This thread reminds me of similar ones done in previous years about how the Celtics absolutely had to find playing time for Shav Randolph and Terrence Williams and Sean Williams and Dario Milicic and so forth and so on. Where did all those guys end up? My guess is Powell ends up in the same place

Not sure why you're bringing Shav Randolph an Darko to this discussion. Shav deserved the playing time he got and earned it, he was cut from the Celtics purely because of financial reasons (we were cutting costs, and he was a non-guaranteed contract). He's currently on the Sun's roster for whatever that's worth.

Darko simply got injured and who knows what the heck happened behind the scenes between him, the coaching staff, and the organization... but he was a legit NBA player, for all his faults (more so because of the unrealistic expectations on his rookie year), he's a very good defensive big man and a rebounder, to say nothing of his passing skills. So yes, calling for his playing time was more than warranted and he would've been a difference maker on our team that year had he remained healthy (and who knows what else occurred that prevented him from staying around). Or you know, we could just start Jason Collins...

Comparing these players to the reaction some have for seeing a rookie play for the first time is a bit mind boggling.

Edit:

We can go on... Terrence Williams, well he had the whole gun arrest issue, so that has nothing to do with basketball.

Sean Williams... well, whatever... I don't care enough about him. He's a moron and didn't deserve any playing time.

[nickagneta]

This thread reminds me of similar ones done in previous years about how the Celtics absolutely had to find playing time for Shav Randolph and Terrence Williams and Sean Williams and Dario Milicic and so forth and so on. Where did all those guys end up? My guess is Powell ends up in the same place

Not sure why you're bringing Shav Randolph an Darko to this discussion. Shav deserved the playing time he got and earned it, he was cut from the Celtics purely because of financial reasons (we were cutting costs, and he was a non-guaranteed contract). He's currently on the Sun's roster for whatever that's worth.

Darko simply got injured and who knows what the heck happened behind the scenes between him, the coaching staff, and the organization... but he was a legit NBA player, for all his faults (more so because of the unrealistic expectations on his rookie year), he's a very good defensive big man and a rebounder, to say nothing of his passing skills. So yes, calling for his playing time was more than warranted and he would've been a difference maker on our team that year had he remained healthy (and who knows what else occurred that prevented him from staying around). Or you know, we could just start Jason Collins...

Comparing these players to the reaction some have for seeing a rookie play for the first time is a bit mind boggling.

Edit:

We can go on... Terrence Williams, well he had the whole gun arrest issue, so that has nothing to do with basketball.

Sean Williams... well, whatever... I don't care enough about him. He's a moron and didn't deserve any playing time.

I'm not comparing these players as rookies but as end of the bench, barely deserving of playing time 15th and 16th players. The penchant for this blog to fall in love with these guys and project them to be so much more than they are(like rotation worthy players that should then cause Ainge to trade away much more talented and playing time worthy players) or they deserve is what I am talking about, rookie or no rookie.

Maybe clarifying that will cause your mind not to boggle so much

I saw the same phenomenon during the 70's and 80's with Patriots back up QBs. Before Bledsoe came along the Patriot fan base seemed to be enamored with whoever was the back up QB at the time constantly calling for the benching of the starting QB, regardless of whether that back up QB had any talent whatsoever.

[BudweiserCeltic]

This thread reminds me of similar ones done in previous years about how the Celtics absolutely had to find playing time for Shav Randolph and Terrence Williams and Sean Williams and Dario Milicic and so forth and so on. Where did all those guys end up? My guess is Powell ends up in the same place

Not sure why you're bringing Shav Randolph an Darko to this discussion. Shav deserved the playing time he got and earned it, he was cut from the Celtics purely because of financial reasons (we were cutting costs, and he was a non-guaranteed contract). He's currently on the Sun's roster for whatever that's worth.

Darko simply got injured and who knows what the heck happened behind the scenes between him, the coaching staff, and the organization... but he was a legit NBA player, for all his faults (more so because of the unrealistic expectations on his rookie year), he's a very good defensive big man and a rebounder, to say nothing of his passing skills. So yes, calling for his playing time was more than warranted and he would've been a difference maker on our team that year had he remained healthy (and who knows what else occurred that prevented him from staying around). Or you know, we could just start Jason Collins...

Comparing these players to the reaction some have for seeing a rookie play for the first time is a bit mind boggling.

Edit:

We can go on... Terrence Williams, well he had the whole gun arrest issue, so that has nothing to do with basketball.

Sean Williams... well, whatever... I don't care enough about him. He's a moron and didn't deserve any playing time.

I'm not comparing these players as rookies but as end of the bench, barely deserving of playing time 15th and 16th players. The penchant for this blog to fall in love with these guys and project them to be so much more than they are(like rotation worthy players that should then cause Ainge to trade away much more talented and playing time worthy players) or they deserve is what I am talking about, rookie or no rookie.

Maybe clarifying that will cause your mind not to boggle so much

I saw the same phenomenon during the 70's and 80's with Patriots back up QBs. Before Bledsoe came along the Patriot fan base seemed to be enamored with whoever was the back up QB at the time constantly calling for the benching of the starting QB, regardless of whether that back up QB had any talent whatsoever.

Well, that's the issue... you're comparing them to players that actually deserved playing time (particularly Randolph and Darko) against a rookie who clearly doesn't.

Maybe it would be best to compare him to Patrick O'Bryant reactions.

[nickagneta]

This thread reminds me of similar ones done in previous years about how the Celtics absolutely had to find playing time for Shav Randolph and Terrence Williams and Sean Williams and Dario Milicic and so forth and so on. Where did all those guys end up? My guess is Powell ends up in the same place

Not sure why you're bringing Shav Randolph an Darko to this discussion. Shav deserved the playing time he got and earned it, he was cut from the Celtics purely because of financial reasons (we were cutting costs, and he was a non-guaranteed contract). He's currently on the Sun's roster for whatever that's worth.

Darko simply got injured and who knows what the heck happened behind the scenes between him, the coaching staff, and the organization... but he was a legit NBA player, for all his faults (more so because of the unrealistic expectations on his rookie year), he's a very good defensive big man and a rebounder, to say nothing of his passing skills. So yes, calling for his playing time was more than warranted and he would've been a difference maker on our team that year had he remained healthy (and who knows what else occurred that prevented him from staying around). Or you know, we could just start Jason Collins...

Comparing these players to the reaction some have for seeing a rookie play for the first time is a bit mind boggling.

Edit:

We can go on... Terrence Williams, well he had the whole gun arrest issue, so that has nothing to do with basketball.

Sean Williams... well, whatever... I don't care enough about him. He's a moron and didn't deserve any playing time.

I'm not comparing these players as rookies but as end of the bench, barely deserving of playing time 15th and 16th players. The penchant for this blog to fall in love with these guys and project them to be so much more than they are(like rotation worthy players that should then cause Ainge to trade away much more talented and playing time worthy players) or they deserve is what I am talking about, rookie or no rookie.

Maybe clarifying that will cause your mind not to boggle so much

I saw the same phenomenon during the 70's and 80's with Patriots back up QBs. Before Bledsoe came along the Patriot fan base seemed to be enamored with whoever was the back up QB at the time constantly calling for the benching of the starting QB, regardless of whether that back up QB had any talent whatsoever.

Well, that's the issue... you're comparing them to players that actually deserved playing time (particularly Randolph and Darko) against a rookie who clearly doesn't.

Maybe it would be best to compare him to Patrick O'Bryant reactions.

Shav Randolph didn't deserve playing time and by the time he got here neither did Darko. Guess we will just have to agree to disagree there.