Bulpett's Nuggetts

by Jeff Clark on Aug 4, 2005 7:28 AM EDT

Steve Bulpett offers some nice news and notes today. Some highlights:

The club is still looking for a veteran point guard to steady the position

a number of league sources have said that, yes, the C's are doing their level best to find a new home for Mark Blount and his contract

the Celts are said to be willing to include Marcus Banks in the deal to make it work

The final calculations have been done, and the trade exception received by the Celtics from the Antoine Walker trade is $4,914,007, to which $100,000 can be added. ...the Celts will be able to take back a player (or players) with salary up to $5,014,007 without sending similar salaries in return.

My take: They've been saying all along that they are looking for a veteran point guard, so that is no great surprise. The fact that they are indeed willing to use Banks to dump Blount is a bit of a revelation. I still wonder if Eric Snow is a potential fit (equal salary to Blount). However, if the C's are intent on dumping Blount's salary and only taking on a shorter contract in return, I'm not sure what they can get. I think if they can't get a PG for Blount and Banks, the fallback plan is probably to use the semi-annual exception ($1.5M) on a minor free agent.

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