Dan Lifshatz of 98.5 says C's gaining traction on large trade

[alldaboston]

Who is Keith Smith

Think he's a scout, has had some inside info before on Realgm...posts as Smitty731

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1463650

Ah so Keith Smith is Smitty.

[WolfofCausewayStreet]

No way in hell do I believe that garbage. Why are randoms like Keith Smith, Nick Mattioli, and Dan Lafs hit getting all of these bull releases.



What's next, a trade for Durant to Boston for Crowder?

[ashanm10]

actually can someone refresh my memory on griffin? who is he comparable too, what can he do for our team and what he offers as a player, thank you

Tall dude, plays basketball.

dunno what people like in him really considering the fact he was almost like a ghost last season lol

[Evantime34]

actually can someone refresh my memory on griffin? who is he comparable too, what can he do for our team and what he offers as a player, thank you

When healthy he's up there with Westbrook and LeBron as one of the most dangerous players on the fast break.

He's a good rebounder, a solid midrange shooter and a very underrated passer.

His length is average so he's not going to protect the rim.

Horford and Griffin would form a fearsome big man duo, considering they are both plus passers who can switch in the pick and roll.

[Ilikesports17]

actually can someone refresh my memory on griffin? who is he comparable too, what can he do for our team and what he offers as a player, thank you

Im going off the cuff here. Obviously tremendous athlete. Terrific dunker. Really worked to expand his game and I believe he actually became a very good passer. He can hit the midrange jumper, but hasnt really expanded to 3 point range. Rebounding totals have steadily gone down as he has become more of an outside guy but this could be a result of playing with Jordan who is an elite rebounder and has 0 outside game.

Not great on defense despite his absurd athleticism. This is another thing that might be a product of being forced to play on the perimeter due to Jordan. 

[kozlodoev]

The only way the numbers seem to add up on this is if you send Amir with Crowder to Sacramento, and Jerebko with Gay to the Clippers. So we'll basically have no bench. Or a starting SF.

[86MaxwellSmart]

Who is Keith Smith

Think he's a scout, has had some inside info before on Realgm...posts as Smitty731

http://forums.realgm.com/boards/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1463650

Ah so Keith Smith is Smitty.

perhaps

[Ilikesports17]

actually can someone refresh my memory on griffin? who is he comparable too, what can he do for our team and what he offers as a player, thank you

Tall dude, plays basketball.

dunno what people like in him really considering the fact he was almost like a ghost last season lol

if you cant figure out what people like in the 27 year old 5 time all star who has career averages of 22 10 and 4 there is little hope for you.

[manl_lui]

The only way the numbers seem to add up on this is if you send Amir with Crowder to Sacramento, and Jerebko with Gay to the Clippers. So we'll basically have no bench. Or a starting SF.

I guess if that is the case, Brown will start ( can not think of another SF starter) and as for our PF bench it would be KO.

I am sure if this happens, we can at least sign some FA t hat is attracted at the idea of IT/Griffin/Horford as our new big 3. Like my last post, Brown will at that point have to be thrown in the fire and has to catch up very very fast.

[yagru]

He is an underrated star.. Most fringe fans don't stay up late enough to watch him play and they just associate him as a dunker. He has really expanded his all around game. Would be a great pickup for the Cs... unfortunately we would still need a shooter and a big body.

[kozlodoev]

actually can someone refresh my memory on griffin? who is he comparable too, what can he do for our team and what he offers as a player, thank you

Tall dude, plays basketball.

dunno what people like in him really considering the fact he was almost like a ghost last season lol

Did you just tune in for the last 5 games of the regular season or something?

[kozlodoev]

The only way the numbers seem to add up on this is if you send Amir with Crowder to Sacramento, and Jerebko with Gay to the Clippers. So we'll basically have no bench. Or a starting SF.

I guess if that is the case, Brown will start ( can not think of another SF starter) and as for our PF bench it would be KO.

I am sure if this happens, we can at least sign some FA t hat is attracted at the idea of IT/Griffin/Horford as our new big 3. Like my last post, Brown will at that point have to be thrown in the fire and has to catch up very very fast.

Brown probably will start, but I don't think he's ready. I'm more worried about who comes behind him, because at this stage Smart will be your backup SF, and then you have pretty much no-one. And you will have to rely on the likes of Bentil and Yabusele to be rotational bigs.

[merkins]

Would love this deal to go down but it's makes very little sense on the face of it unless more pieces go out from Celtics.

[Quetzalcoatl]

I mean, Horford has been playing C for awhile, but he wants to play PF and he would be more efficient there.  If we traded Crowder, who is starting at SF for us in the first game of the season?  Smart?  Because we'd have to trade Amir to make the salaries work.  This is silly.  It would keep Horford out of position while creating another hole in the roster.

[yagru]

Brown would not start. His defense needs too much work. Cs would get torn apart.