2016 Roster Squeeze Puts Squeeze on Ainge Now

[samjones]

Other general managers have to know that Ainge is squeezed into a corner right now. With a full fifteen man roster for 2015 with no dead bodies (allowing for Young's youth as an excuse for his performance), and with 3-to-4 first round draft picks and four-to-five second round picks in 2016, the Celtics must :
let decent players go next year as free agents without compensation; or
find takers to trim the roster; or
find takers for the 2016 draft picks.
If I were a GM dealing with Ainge, I'd be offering 50 cents on the dollar right now in trades for players or draft picks, expecting Ainge to be willing to overpay.
Without finding takers for their players, the Celtics either have to get very young in 2016 by letting vets go (Lee, Turner, Jerebko), or  dump young guys who haven't performed up to expectations (Young, Olynx). Let's hope Ainge finds takers to trim the roster while getting some compensation back.

[BitterJim]

A lot of out contracts are expiring (Lee, Johnson, Sully, Zeller, Jerebko, Turner, options on Young, Smart, maybe Mickey), part of that may be to make sure that Danny doesn't have to make a move

[Celtics4ever]

Other general managers have to know that Ainge is squeezed into a corner right now. With a full fifteen man roster for 2015 with no dead bodies

All Ainge has to do is make a deal that benefits both teams and there is no squeeze.  Do you really think he loses sleep over whether Babb or Pressey is on the them, I don't.   We are talking about the GM who had the stones to trade Paul Pierce.  So there goes that.  So there is one spot and one more when Pressey is let go.   The way Young played in summer league looks like he is heading the D league with Thornton.  All the sudden it is not as crowded and there is no squeeze.  That takes us down to 12 and Mickey can be tendered a contract and sent off to make it even less crowded as can Hunter and Rozier.   The squeeze only exists in your mind.