Washburn: Celtics Unlikely To Add Larry Sanders

[Somebody]

I get the impression Stevens wouldn't want Bill Russell in his prime.

TP.....he doesn't spread the floor. (SAD)

Never hit a 3 his entire career 

No 3 point line back then. Also he has a very nice skill of spreading the floor without actually being a good shooter by being a great high post big man, so I'd actually think Brad would be ecstatic to add him with his great passing and D.

[hwangjini_1]

People are actually complaining that the celtics didn't sign Larry sanders?

When we lose several games in the playoffs due to lack of rebounding and interior defense, there will be many people complaining about this.

ha, ha, ha, ha, ha....if the celtics lose several games in the playoffs many people here will be complaining about every [dang]ed thing under the sun.

[hpantazo]

I get the impression Stevens wouldn't want Bill Russell in his prime.

TP.....he doesn't spread the floor. (SAD)

Never hit a 3 his entire career 

No 3 point line back then. Also he has a very nice skill of spreading the floor without actually being a good shooter by being a great high post big man, so I'd actually think Brad would be ecstatic to add him with his great passing and D.

I think the majority of people have forgotten or don't know how fast and athletic Bill Russell actually was, especially for a 7 footer. He would dominate the modern NBA.

Just watch this for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFRoH1iW_fs

[moiso]

I get the impression Stevens wouldn't want Bill Russell in his prime.

TP.....he doesn't spread the floor. (SAD)

Never hit a 3 his entire career 

No 3 point line back then. Also he has a very nice skill of spreading the floor without actually being a good shooter by being a great high post big man, so I'd actually think Brad would be ecstatic to add him with his great passing and D.

I think the majority of people have forgotten or don't know how fast and athletic Bill Russell actually was, especially for a 7 footer. He would dominate the modern NBA.

Just watch this for example:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFRoH1iW_fs

yes, but he was 6'9".

[csfansince60s]

People are actually complaining that the celtics didn't sign Larry sanders?

When we lose several games in the playoffs due to lack of rebounding and interior defense, there will be many people complaining about this.

And when people see every day the uselessness of Mickey, Young and Zeller, none of whom will be on this team next year,  they want their asses gone (yeah, zeller has to stay for trade purposes) and replaced by ANYONE, especially bigs.

Of course this assumes that Sanders can do anything? Sanders could come in and be so bad he never gets off the bench.

I think he's unlikely to do much of anything positive this season.

TPs to nick and Roy.

Both you guys make valid points, but I think that we should be willing to take the risk, because the risk is minimal and the reward COULD BE (I know that's a big "could be") substantial.

Risks: 1: lose Mickey or Young and their "contributions" for the rest of the season.

I could live with this for obvious reasons: they make negative contributions. They won't be with us next year anyway.

2. Sanders reverts to his former life-style of poor weed-centered choices and has a negative impact on the  team. I can also live with this risk as Crowder and Smart wouldn't allow it, give him a beating and they just cut him immediately, zero tolerance.

3. Brad gets p---ed at having to deal with a player who both isn't a spacer and has a checkered history.

Man-up Brad, this isn't the NCAA where you can recruit the players that you want to play for you and only have to take those that you have given your imprimatur to. Valuable lesson for little Brad.

4. As nick says, sanders doesn't even get off the bench, which is a possibility.

That's pretty much the same as Mickey.

Potential rewards:

1. Sanders is a force protecting the paint and getting getting big rebounds.

Unlikely , but possible, especially after some game-time just in time for playoffs.

2. Sanders gets 8-12 minutes a night to give a little depth to our front-court by someone with NBA experience.

To me, the potential rewards outweigh all the risks, and some of the "risks" even have benefits attached to them.

At worst, Mickey or Young is cut, Sanders comes in and is a negative, you cut him and sign a D-leaguer.

[KGs Knee]

Sanders reverts to his former life-style of poor weed-centered choices and has a negative impact on the  team. I can also live with this risk as Crowder and Smart wouldn't allow it, give him a beating and they just cut him immediately, zero tolerance.

What exactly were the poor life choices Sanders made?

Seems to me he made choices that he felt would increase his happiness, therefore, were good choices for him. Just because his choices don't fit someone else's world view on how things should be doesn't make them poor choices.

I realize there probably wasn't much thought put into that statement on your part, but that is the exact type of sentiment I loathe. People don't have to conform to what you or anyone else thinks is right.

[csfansince60s]

Sanders reverts to his former life-style of poor weed-centered choices and has a negative impact on the  team. I can also live with this risk as Crowder and Smart wouldn't allow it, give him a beating and they just cut him immediately, zero tolerance.

What exactly were the poor life choices Sanders made?

This one especially comes to mind:

Sanders was accused of breaking bottles over the heads of two men and also throwing punches, but the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office initially said that, after a police investigation, it was unclear who started the fight and how it began.

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/12/4/5176010/larry-sanders-bar-fight-video-bucks

[Adelaide Celt]

People are actually complaining that the celtics didn't sign Larry sanders?

When we lose several games in the playoffs due to lack of rebounding and interior defense, there will be many people complaining about this.

And when people see every day the uselessness of Mickey, Young and Zeller, none of whom will be on this team next year,  they want their asses gone (yeah, zeller has to stay for trade purposes) and replaced by ANYONE, especially bigs.

Of course this assumes that Sanders can do anything? Sanders could come in and be so bad he never gets off the bench.

I think he's unlikely to do much of anything positive this season.

Except a drug test.

[hodgy03038]

People are actually complaining that the celtics didn't sign Larry sanders?

When we lose several games in the playoffs due to lack of rebounding and interior defense, there will be many people complaining about this.

And when people see every day the uselessness of Mickey, Young and Zeller, none of whom will be on this team next year,  they want their asses gone (yeah, zeller has to stay for trade purposes) and replaced by ANYONE, especially bigs.

Of course this assumes that Sanders can do anything? Sanders could come in and be so bad he never gets off the bench.

I think he's unlikely to do much of anything positive this season.

Except a drug test.

Hilarious!

[KGs Knee]

Sanders reverts to his former life-style of poor weed-centered choices and has a negative impact on the  team. I can also live with this risk as Crowder and Smart wouldn't allow it, give him a beating and they just cut him immediately, zero tolerance.

What exactly were the poor life choices Sanders made?

This one especially comes to mind:

Sanders was accused of breaking bottles over the heads of two men and also throwing punches, but the Milwaukee County District Attorney's office initially said that, after a police investigation, it was unclear who started the fight and how it began.

http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2013/12/4/5176010/larry-sanders-bar-fight-video-bucks

Yeah, that was a poor choice. But much more likely alcohol related than weed related.

[Bobshot]

So, Sanders is too skinny and Sully is too fat.....great.

Yeah. It's a good thing Belichick pays no attention to anybody assessing his team's needs. He never seems to be satisfied with the status quo.

[RockinRyA]

People are actually complaining that the celtics didn't sign Larry sanders?

When we lose several games in the playoffs due to lack of rebounding and interior defense, there will be many people complaining about this.

ha, ha, ha, ha, ha....if the celtics lose several games in the playoffs many people here will be complaining about every [dang]ed thing under the sun.

Lol we lost 1 game to the frickin suns and everyone was already complaining.

On topic:

Wake up people! If Sanders was any good, we'd have signed him. Our team considered him hard and worked him out, but apparently he wasn't good enough, at least for the time being.

[goCeltics]

danny found out he could rebound and dropped all interest

[Moranis]

People are actually complaining that the celtics didn't sign Larry sanders?

When we lose several games in the playoffs due to lack of rebounding and interior defense, there will be many people complaining about this.

And when people see every day the uselessness of Mickey, Young and Zeller, none of whom will be on this team next year,  they want their asses gone (yeah, zeller has to stay for trade purposes) and replaced by ANYONE, especially bigs.

Of course this assumes that Sanders can do anything? Sanders could come in and be so bad he never gets off the bench.

I think he's unlikely to do much of anything positive this season.

TPs to nick and Roy.

Both you guys make valid points, but I think that we should be willing to take the risk, because the risk is minimal and the reward COULD BE (I know that's a big "could be") substantial.

Risks: 1: lose Mickey or Young and their "contributions" for the rest of the season.

I could live with this for obvious reasons: they make negative contributions. They won't be with us next year anyway.

2. Sanders reverts to his former life-style of poor weed-centered choices and has a negative impact on the  team. I can also live with this risk as Crowder and Smart wouldn't allow it, give him a beating and they just cut him immediately, zero tolerance.

3. Brad gets p---ed at having to deal with a player who both isn't a spacer and has a checkered history.

Man-up Brad, this isn't the NCAA where you can recruit the players that you want to play for you and only have to take those that you have given your imprimatur to. Valuable lesson for little Brad.

4. As nick says, sanders doesn't even get off the bench, which is a possibility.

That's pretty much the same as Mickey.

Potential rewards:

1. Sanders is a force protecting the paint and getting getting big rebounds.

Unlikely , but possible, especially after some game-time just in time for playoffs.

2. Sanders gets 8-12 minutes a night to give a little depth to our front-court by someone with NBA experience.

To me, the potential rewards outweigh all the risks, and some of the "risks" even have benefits attached to them.

At worst, Mickey or Young is cut, Sanders comes in and is a negative, you cut him and sign a D-leaguer.

I'm with you.

[sahara]

Can´t help but think that he´s run out of money and wants an easy paycheck. I have zero problems with his lifestyle and choices, but I don´t think that he would be a good addition for the locker room. I don´t think he´s committed to the sport at all.