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Yes. He's A Big Headcase & A Clown And/Or I'd Much Rather Simply Re-Sign Baynes. Keep Him Away From Here!
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No. I'd Take The Gamble And Hope He Can Contribute Well To A Title Run
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For the minimum you say? Sure, I d love that.

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His game is a lousy fit for the Celtics.

Clogs the paint, doesn’t move the ball, turnover-prone, very low assists.

Pass.
'I was proud of Marcus Smart. He did a great job of keeping us together. He might not get credit for this game, but the pace that he played at, and his playcalling, some of the plays that he called were great. We obviously have to rely on him, so I’m definitely looking forward to Marcus leading this team in that role.' - Jaylen Brown, January 2021

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People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?

Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?



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People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?

Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?

Then we release him if he won't be. But for a player like him, and what he provides, I'd like to atleast give it a shot, especially for the minimum.
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PF: LaMarcus Aldridge / Shareef Abdur-Raheem / Ben Simmons
C: Jermaine O'neal / Ben Wallace

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People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?

Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?

Then we release him if he won't be. But for a player like him, and what he provides, I'd like to atleast give it a shot, especially for the minimum.

Who do we replace him with mid-season when he becomes a problem?  At that point, all the good part-time starting centers are long gone, including Baynes.


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People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?

Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?

Then we release him if he won't be. But for a player like him, and what he provides, I'd like to atleast give it a shot, especially for the minimum.

Who do we replace him with mid-season when he becomes a problem?  At that point, all the good part-time starting centers are long gone, including Baynes.
Yeah, that would leave us in an incredibly precarious position. Unless Williams can turn into mini-Dwight by mid-season, this would mess with our depth considerably. Rather keep nice guy Baynes
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People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?

Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?

Then we release him if he won't be. But for a player like him, and what he provides, I'd like to atleast give it a shot, especially for the minimum.

Who do we replace him with mid-season when he becomes a problem?  At that point, all the good part-time starting centers are long gone, including Baynes.

Robert Williams?
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SF: Paul Pierce / Tayshaun Prince / Brian Scalabrine
PF: LaMarcus Aldridge / Shareef Abdur-Raheem / Ben Simmons
C: Jermaine O'neal / Ben Wallace

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People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?

Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?

Then we release him if he won't be. But for a player like him, and what he provides, I'd like to atleast give it a shot, especially for the minimum.

Who do we replace him with mid-season when he becomes a problem?  At that point, all the good part-time starting centers are long gone, including Baynes.

Robert Williams?

Contenders should have a more reliable plan.


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Offline Yoki_IsTheName

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People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?

Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?

Then we release him if he won't be. But for a player like him, and what he provides, I'd like to atleast give it a shot, especially for the minimum.

Who do we replace him with mid-season when he becomes a problem?  At that point, all the good part-time starting centers are long gone, including Baynes.

Robert Williams?

Contenders should have a more reliable plan.

There will be buyout candidates. We found a Center thru that last year, albeit it didn't work, but there will always be availability. We have pieces to be able to make a trade, if we come to the very worst case.

And this is all assuming that Robert Williams can't be a contributor right away. What if he is? For the role that he will play, he could easily contribute to this team, with rebounding, lobs, defense. We got a rookie in Daniel Theiss be able to contribute before he went down with injuries, I can't see why a rookie who's probably more talented and obviously more gifted physically and athletically cant.

Lastly, what if Dwight works out?
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PF: LaMarcus Aldridge / Shareef Abdur-Raheem / Ben Simmons
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People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?

Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?

Then we release him if he won't be. But for a player like him, and what he provides, I'd like to atleast give it a shot, especially for the minimum.

Who do we replace him with mid-season when he becomes a problem?  At that point, all the good part-time starting centers are long gone, including Baynes.

Robert Williams?

Contenders should have a more reliable plan.

There will be buyout candidates. We found a Center thru that last year, albeit it didn't work, but there will always be availability. We have pieces to be able to make a trade, if we come to the very worst case.

And this is all assuming that Robert Williams can't be a contributor right away. What if he is? For the role that he will play, he could easily contribute to this team.

Lastly, what if Dwight works out?

What are the odds that Dwight works out? 10%? That’s probably too high. 3%?

I’d stick with the guy who plays elite defense (Baynes did, Dwight didn’t last year), who can space the floor, who fits in the locker room, and who doesn’t complain about touches.


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People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?

Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?

Then we release him if he won't be. But for a player like him, and what he provides, I'd like to atleast give it a shot, especially for the minimum.

Who do we replace him with mid-season when he becomes a problem?  At that point, all the good part-time starting centers are long gone, including Baynes.

Robert Williams?

Contenders should have a more reliable plan.

There will be buyout candidates. We found a Center thru that last year, albeit it didn't work, but there will always be availability. We have pieces to be able to make a trade, if we come to the very worst case.

And this is all assuming that Robert Williams can't be a contributor right away. What if he is? For the role that he will play, he could easily contribute to this team.

Lastly, what if Dwight works out?

What are the odds that Dwight works out? 10%? That’s probably too high. 3%?

I’d stick with the guy who plays elite defense (Baynes did, Dwight didn’t last year), who can space the floor, who fits in the locker room, and who doesn’t complain about touches.

And if we don't get to sign Aaron Baynes?
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People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?

Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?

Then we release him if he won't be. But for a player like him, and what he provides, I'd like to atleast give it a shot, especially for the minimum.

Who do we replace him with mid-season when he becomes a problem?  At that point, all the good part-time starting centers are long gone, including Baynes.

Robert Williams?

Contenders should have a more reliable plan.

There will be buyout candidates. We found a Center thru that last year, albeit it didn't work, but there will always be availability. We have pieces to be able to make a trade, if we come to the very worst case.

And this is all assuming that Robert Williams can't be a contributor right away. What if he is? For the role that he will play, he could easily contribute to this team.

Lastly, what if Dwight works out?

What are the odds that Dwight works out? 10%? That’s probably too high. 3%?

I’d stick with the guy who plays elite defense (Baynes did, Dwight didn’t last year), who can space the floor, who fits in the locker room, and who doesn’t complain about touches.

And if we don't get to sign Aaron Baynes?

Then sign O’Quinn, or some other capable center.

We don’t need a malcontent coach killer who has delusions about his offensive grandeur.


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People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?

Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?

Then we release him if he won't be. But for a player like him, and what he provides, I'd like to atleast give it a shot, especially for the minimum.

Who do we replace him with mid-season when he becomes a problem?  At that point, all the good part-time starting centers are long gone, including Baynes.

Robert Williams?

Contenders should have a more reliable plan.

There will be buyout candidates. We found a Center thru that last year, albeit it didn't work, but there will always be availability. We have pieces to be able to make a trade, if we come to the very worst case.

And this is all assuming that Robert Williams can't be a contributor right away. What if he is? For the role that he will play, he could easily contribute to this team.

Lastly, what if Dwight works out?

What are the odds that Dwight works out? 10%? That’s probably too high. 3%?

I’d stick with the guy who plays elite defense (Baynes did, Dwight didn’t last year), who can space the floor, who fits in the locker room, and who doesn’t complain about touches.

And if we don't get to sign Aaron Baynes?

Then sign O’Quinn, or some other capable center.

We don’t need a malcontent coach killer who has delusions about his offensive grandeur.

I'm with you with Aaron Baynes over Dwight.

But picking Kyle O'Quinn over Howard? Howard is clearly more talented and much better. Again, this is for the minimum we are talking about here. Assuming Baynes can't be signed, why not take a flier on a guy who can average 16-12? Release him if he acts up. . .
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PF: LaMarcus Aldridge / Shareef Abdur-Raheem / Ben Simmons
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People realize that Howard complained to the media about his lack of touches in Orlando, LA, Houston and Atlanta, right?

Yet he’ll be just fine as a 5th option here?

Then we release him if he won't be. But for a player like him, and what he provides, I'd like to atleast give it a shot, especially for the minimum.

Who do we replace him with mid-season when he becomes a problem?  At that point, all the good part-time starting centers are long gone, including Baynes.

Robert Williams?

Contenders should have a more reliable plan.

There will be buyout candidates. We found a Center thru that last year, albeit it didn't work, but there will always be availability. We have pieces to be able to make a trade, if we come to the very worst case.

And this is all assuming that Robert Williams can't be a contributor right away. What if he is? For the role that he will play, he could easily contribute to this team.

Lastly, what if Dwight works out?

What are the odds that Dwight works out? 10%? That’s probably too high. 3%?

I’d stick with the guy who plays elite defense (Baynes did, Dwight didn’t last year), who can space the floor, who fits in the locker room, and who doesn’t complain about touches.

And if we don't get to sign Aaron Baynes?

Then sign O’Quinn, or some other capable center.

We don’t need a malcontent coach killer who has delusions about his offensive grandeur.

I'm with you with Aaron Baynes over Dwight.

But picking Kyle O'Quinn over Howard? Howard is clearly more talented and much better. Again, this is for the minimum we are talking about here. Assuming Baynes can't be signed, why not take a flier on a guy who can average 16-12? Release him if he acts up. . .
We most likely can't afford to rely on a somewhat raw #27 pick rookie to be our main backup center though.
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SF: Brandon Roy (08-09) / Walter Davis (78-79)
PF: Terry Cummings (84-85) / Paul Millsap (15-16)
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Absolutely. If he wants to go for stats, Brooklyn is a fine place to be. If he's negotiating a buy out because he wants to compete for a title, that means sacrifice.

It's a pretty clear choice. Come here, fall in line and play your guts out. Win.

He's still a force.