How much money do you think Kelly made himself this string of games?

[saltlover]

GMs don't increase or decrease an offer to a player based on a few games so KO hasn't done anything to effect how much money he will make in his ne t contract based solely on the last few games. He will get paid based on his four years of work and how much GMs think his game could progress over the length of his next contract.

Yes, now tell that to Orlando and Biyombo

Who is Orlando?

A principal character in Shakespeare's As You Like It.

[timpiker]

A lot if he keeps it up.  I was really down on him until recently.

[dreamgreen]

Seems like it has really clicked for Kelly and he has become a legit NBA player. May I add one that fits perfectly into what the C's are doing. Not sure they can afford to lose him at this point.

[billysan]

I really wish Brad Stevens would just stick KO in the starting lineup in place of Amir and play him 30 minutes a night. He's clearly a better and more effective player in almost every way. His finishing skills at the basket are vastly improved over previous years and the big thing is that he's never played with more confidence. I haven't yelled "Kelly, shoot the [dang] ball!" at my TV screen in weeks.

He's going to end up with a bigger contract than Evan Turner, without question

I felt the same for awhile but now i dont. Brad has Kelly  and Marcus  as the first off the bench  because it makes for a much stronger seccnd unit. Now with Jalen  playing well there is very little drop off when subs come in. Our top eight continues to score and play defense at a comparable level.  When Rozier  finds his consistency it will  be even better IMO.

[Rosco917]

I've never seen a player that looks so bad when playing good.

I'm not in favor of him as a starter. And he needs another true big on the floor with him at all times. But on a more team friendly contract, I have no objections to signing him. 

[moiso]

I've never seen a player that looks so bad when playing good.

I'm not in favor of him as a starter. And he needs another true big on the floor with him at all times. But on a more team friendly contract, I have no objections to signing him.

Wow, I see it the opposite way.  Kelly's game is beautiful when he's playing well.  A 7 footer who hits 3's or pump fakes and goes to the hoop to finish or pass... it's beautiful.   How he slows down to let the defender go past him.  Not sure how that can look bad.

[Rosco917]

I've never seen a player that looks so bad when playing good.

I'm not in favor of him as a starter. And he needs another true big on the floor with him at all times. But on a more team friendly contract, I have no objections to signing him.

Wow, I see it the opposite way.  Kelly's game is beautiful when he's playing well.  A 7 footer who hits 3's or pump fakes and goes to the hoop to finish or pass... it's beautiful.   How he slows down to let the defender go past him.  Not sure how that can look bad.

I think what I mean is, he's not athletic, slow footed, he doesn't recover when out of position defensively at all, he can't leap, terribly slow getting off the floor, he up fakes too much IMO, in fear of getting his shot blocked, even at 7ft tall. He has very short arms for a player that tall.

He's lucky the C's play the style of ball they do.       

[Csfan1984]

He should get Turner $

[GRADYCOLNON]

I've never seen a player that looks so bad when playing good.

I'm not in favor of him as a starter. And he needs another true big on the floor with him at all times. But on a more team friendly contract, I have no objections to signing him.

Wow, I see it the opposite way.  Kelly's game is beautiful when he's playing well.  A 7 footer who hits 3's or pump fakes and goes to the hoop to finish or pass... it's beautiful.   How he slows down to let the defender go past him.  Not sure how that can look bad.

I think what I mean is, he's not athletic, slow footed, he doesn't recover when out of position defensively at all, he can't leap, terribly slow getting off the floor, he up fakes too much IMO, in fear of getting his shot blocked, even at 7ft tall. He has very short arms for a player that tall.

He's lucky the C's play the style of ball they do.     

"the C's play that style of ball" Do you mean fast paced and athletic and skilled?

I'm sorry you can't appreciate a talented player unless he is uber athletic and prototypical

[CoachBo]

I've never seen a player that looks so bad when playing good.

I'm not in favor of him as a starter. And he needs another true big on the floor with him at all times. But on a more team friendly contract, I have no objections to signing him.

Wow, I see it the opposite way.  Kelly's game is beautiful when he's playing well.  A 7 footer who hits 3's or pump fakes and goes to the hoop to finish or pass... it's beautiful.   How he slows down to let the defender go past him.  Not sure how that can look bad.

I think what I mean is, he's not athletic, slow footed, he doesn't recover when out of position defensively at all, he can't leap, terribly slow getting off the floor, he up fakes too much IMO, in fear of getting his shot blocked, even at 7ft tall. He has very short arms for a player that tall.

He's lucky the C's play the style of ball they do.     

Great post. You forgot to mention he steadfastly refuses to mix it up on the glass.

I really don't care if Olynyk returns. Trade him.

[boscel33]

He should get Turner $

Good for him. Just hope it's not with the C's. I hated the pick when it was made and I still do. Zicic will take his place, easily.

[Denis998]

Its beginning to feel like the Celtics are a talent factory. The catch is the players that other teams steal from us regress to their previous selves.

[BitterJim]

I've never seen a player that looks so bad when playing good.

I'm not in favor of him as a starter. And he needs another true big on the floor with him at all times. But on a more team friendly contract, I have no objections to signing him.

Wow, I see it the opposite way.  Kelly's game is beautiful when he's playing well.  A 7 footer who hits 3's or pump fakes and goes to the hoop to finish or pass... it's beautiful.   How he slows down to let the defender go past him.  Not sure how that can look bad.

I think what I mean is, he's not athletic, slow footed, he doesn't recover when out of position defensively at all, he can't leap, terribly slow getting off the floor, he up fakes too much IMO, in fear of getting his shot blocked, even at 7ft tall. He has very short arms for a player that tall.

He's lucky the C's play the style of ball they do.     

Great post. You forgot to mention he steadfastly refuses to mix it up on the glass.

I really don't care if Olynyk returns. Trade him.

I'd hate to see what you think about how the rest of the team rebounds, considering that Kelly leads the team in defensive rebound % (his offensive rebound % is low, which is unsurprising given that he is kept on the perimeter most of the time on O).  He also would be #2 on Toronto (a team that kills us on the glass) and just barely in 3rd behind Portis on the Bulls, who just killed us on the glass.  Our team has rebounding issues, but Kelly's not the problem

And, actually, at 20.4% his defensive rebound % is better than a lot of the players people have wanted to trade for to solve the rebounding issue (i.e. Noel at 19.2%, Okafor at 15.2%, Gibson at 19.3%, Ibaka at 18.6%, Paul Millsap at 19.6%).  Bogut beats him handily (with an absurd 34.3%), but obviously his durability is an issue.  Kelly has his issues (ESPECIALLY consistency), but defensive rebounding is not one of them