Rumor: C's have reached out to Budinger

[CoachBo]

@Sean Deveney:
@celticsblog From the calls they've been making, they seem to think they will have roster spots.

Could this signal we're really in deep talks to make a big trade that would deplete our roster?

I think we are absolutely in talks, and Danny is preparing to fill out the rest of the roster if we do make a big move.

This is exactly right.

All Budinger can do is shoot, so that's a clue who's going out, I believe.

[GRADYCOLNON]

Reclamation project alert from Danny.  He is cheap and could find his stroke.  Larry Bird didn't trade for him for no particular reason.  He can ball he just needs a tune up and few minutes.  If anything it will make jaylen brown have to fight harder for minutes.  Danny is always pushing the rookies to overcome competition to weed out the weak (just like he weeded out james young).  I also could see it spun as jerebko could be on his way out

[TA9]

I remember him being a very good player before he got injured. Could be a low risk, high reward kind of signing if we Danny decides to give it a go.

[CoachBo]

I don't think you even bother with this guy - unless you're expecting roster spots you need to fill.

Would have been nice to have filled them through the last draft, but ...

[Beat LA]

@Sean Deveney:
@celticsblog From the calls they've been making, they seem to think they will have roster spots.

Could this signal we're really in deep talks to make a big trade that would deplete our roster?

No, this could signal that Bentil and D. Johnson suck. But that should be self-evident by now.

That would be Jackson for two hundred, Alex .

[mgent]

FYI to most people in this, Budinger really isn't that bad.....

[saltlover]

FYI to most people in this, Budinger really isn't that bad.....

He was last year.  And in general he's had trouble getting on the floor for bad teams.

[Diggles]

My friend dated him....let me see if I can get some inside info.   He went to U of A right?   

[Snakehead]

My friend dated him....let me see if I can get some inside info.   He went to U of A right?

Yup.

[Beat LA]

My friend dated him....let me see if I can get some inside info.   He went to U of A right?

Lol, TP .

[tarheelsxxiii]

My friend dated him....let me see if I can get some inside info.   He went to U of A right?

Hey guys. Diggles asked me to chime in -- I'm the "friend" that dated Chase. In short, I would take him between the sheets any day of the week; as a SF for my Celts, though? PASS!

#revengeisafemalepuppy

[Beat LA]

My friend dated him....let me see if I can get some inside info.   He went to U of A right?

Hey guys. Diggles asked me to chime in -- I'm the "friend" that dated Chase. In short, I would take him between the sheets any day of the week; as a SF for my Celts, though? PASS!

#revengeisafemalepuppy

Lma0, TP . Tell me, does Budinger love the...chase?

[tarheelsxxiii]

My friend dated him....let me see if I can get some inside info.   He went to U of A right?

Hey guys. Diggles asked me to chime in -- I'm the "friend" that dated Chase. In short, I would take him between the sheets any day of the week; as a SF for my Celts, though? PASS!

#revengeisafemalepuppy

Lma0, TP . Tell me, does Budinger love the...chase?

Unfortunately, yes. And then Chase chose his recreational volleyball league at the YMCA over me.

[crimson_stallion]

This is the kind of move that drives me crazy. Continuing to bury players that have a chance to become really good assets for a few more wins now. I don't want brown, smart or anyone else with any promise losing minutes to freaking budinger. But who knows. maybe there's a trade going down.

I don't have a problem with us bringing in veterans.  We have Isaiah Thomas playing at his prime.  We spent a fortune to get Al Horford here, and he only has a year or two of prime production left in him.  It makes zero sense to waste that just for the sake of giving our young guys minutes.

Right now the only proper SF's we have are Crowder and Brown. 

That gives us two problems:
1) Brown is a 19 year old rookie - we have no idea if he's going to be ready to produce
2) If one of those guys gets hurt (knock on wood) it leaves us with no SF

Sure Smart and Jerebko and play odd minutes at the SF spot, but they aren't naturals.  We got belted a number of times in the season when Smart started at SF in Crowder's place - it didn't take long before Smart got pulled and Turner took his place.

We have depth at other positions, but we've got nothing at SF.  I don't care for signing a guy like Budinger in order to get significant minutes - but I've got no problem with is signing somebody like that as insurance in case of injuries, or in case Brown ends up a flop.

Not being negative towards Brown here - I think he'll probably be fine.  We just don't know that for sure, and I'm not sure I'd be willing to gamble our season on it.

Also the Celtics success over the past year is a big reason why we were able to sign Al Horford and be on Kevin Durant's shortlist.  If we were an 8th seed, neither of those would have been true.  Lot of good free agents out there, and the best way to attract those guys is to win games and prove we are competitive. 

[crimson_stallion]

Reclamation project alert from Danny.  He is cheap and could find his stroke.  Larry Bird didn't trade for him for no particular reason.  He can ball he just needs a tune up and few minutes.  If anything it will make jaylen brown have to fight harder for minutes.  Danny is always pushing the rookies to overcome competition to weed out the weak (just like he weeded out james young).  I also could see it spun as jerebko could be on his way out

Our next Evan Turner project?

Not sure how eager I am to put trust in a guy who has missed 30% of his career games.  Sounds like a risky proposition - even if we do need somebody at the wing.