I would think CLE would be at the top of that list. They could offer Wally and get back Miller and Madsen and save Minny $13 mil and it still would not tie up money for 2010 FA because both Miller and Madsen contracts are up then…

would love Miller, though. shooting from the wing is definitely the one area i hope they add to…

I’d love to get Mike Miller. He’s a real good player on the right team. I’d even sweaten the pot a bit with a draft pick or Giddens, etc.

they’re not really going to make another trade with the Cs. it’s just not going to happen. #32’s house would be egged by every other GM in the league.

Id love the to get Miller, and he would love to come here, hes stated Doc was his favorite coach and im sure hes sick of playing on bad teams

No, the C’s would have to give up too much. Miller isn’t that much of an upgrade over House, and at least House can impersonate a point guard if necessary.

Besides, Miller needs a haircut. He has the worst hair in the NBA after Chris Kaman.

we lose a unreliable wing , a decent jump shooting guard and a forward who shoots around 33% from the 3 line himself. I am not sure we come out net ahead on that. PP is going to have problems guarding Kobe and LeBron without getting rest of them for 15 mins a game(pose in past, TA this year??)

I would not get rid of House for this dude. Or TA for that matter.

People on here are incredibly critical and tend to freak out and demand sweeping changes, but in my view Eddie offers a huge “clutch” aspect to the bench that we can not afford to get rid of. Also, TA still has a lot of improvement to make and has a place on this team. Once Pruitt grows better into his role as bench PG, TA and House will be much more effective as bench scorers. The one aspect of the bench that truly needs improvement is the Center position. We need another effective big man.

During the win streak and the earlier part of the season, it was generally acknowledged on this site that TA was the most important scorer off the bench and the bench’s overall effectiveness suffered greatly without him. Then he gets a little hurt, loses some efficiency and everyone can’t wait to insult his intelligence and demand for him to be traded. My point is – the general attitude of this site is very reactionary and tends to flip-flop greatly based on the outcome of a game or a few games. I really like this site, but the negativity is very disappointing much of the time and frustrating to read.

The team doesn’t have the pieces to get it done. Miller would have been a nice fit though.

The deal would make sense if two things happen.

1. We include a 1st rounder (lotto protected, of course)
2. Starbury gets bought out and lands here, taking over Eddie’s minutes.

Not saying that I would be in favor of this happening… but if DA is dead-set on getting Starbury, you’d be better-off with Mike Miller on the squad than Eddie. It would also free up a roster spot for another veteran free agent, even after adding Starbury.

Miller would be awesome in Boston, but I strongly doubt that the Wolves would settle for that package.

 I doubt Cavaliers would bid Sczerbiak for him though, as I’m sure they’d chose to get a ‘big’ upgrade for him, or keep their current roster. And in my opinion Miller is equal to Sczerbiak..

But hey, the Lakers proved last year that all trades that work capwise are ‘realistic,’ so guess I’ll pray for this to happen!

The Cavs would just keep Wally if all they wanted was a three point shooter who doesn’t defend. Wally is just as good as Mike Miller.

I’m surprised so many here would be interested in losing three guys (House, Scalabrine, and Tony) for a someone with a suspect ankle and poor defense.

Without the ridiculous trade ideas, Celticsblog wouldn’t be nearly as entertaining.

There will be player shuffling for financial reasons at the deadline, but the only potential impact player who is likely to change hands is Shawn Marion. I would not be surprised to see him go to the Cavs.

Instead of targeting someone like Miller, why not go after a player who makes sense, like Nick Collison? I’d give up Scalabrine, House and Powe (or Davis) to get him.

Does anyone else worry that if Cleveland makes a big move (using Wally’s expiring contract) that we might overreact with a panic move of our own? Say Cleveland gets someone like Jamison, Carter, or Kirilenko. It doesn’t matter who, but assume (reasonably) that they add a significant piece. Any chance Ainge reacts like Phoenix and Dallas did to the Gasol move last year? Because we don’t have spare young talent, large expirings, and first round picks to give, the only way to really get anything significant would be to give up a contributing asset — Rondo, Perkins, or Allen. While there might be plausible deals where you turn one of them into 2-3 solid players and thereby improve our depth and overall talent, it would still be a terrible knee jerk reaction to break up our core, right?

Or at least my opinion on the state of the Celtics! Ainge took a gamble on OBryant bec of his youth and lost. Perk is going to suffer from this shoulder injury throughout his career and we don’t have nay trading chips. We have a Big baby and Leon. Leon is the better offense out of the two but because of his size you can’t move big baby and that’s it. So be happy we got title 17 last year! It won’t happen again unless perhaps Rondo becomes a 54% shooter from 15 and 18ft out!

Aside from the fact that the deal does nothing for the Wolves, can we really afford to trade 3 of our rotation guys for 1? We don’t have the depth.

When you win the NBA championship I wish other teams would want to deal with us for a need at a certain position. I would be surprised if anyone wanted to help us unless we gave them an extra player to make it work and that would not happen. I think we can only hope for acquiring a unrestricted free agent, someone cut from another team, somebody from the NBDL or promote someone from our own roster and change things from there.

As much as I would love to see Mike Miller as our sixth man, it is jsut not possible. We really have NOTHING to offer Minnesota in this trade. As much as an improvement Miller is individually over TA, Scal and House, it would ultimately deplete our bench.

I think a much better idea is to try and get one of these bigs out there being shopped such as Diop from Dallas.

I don’t think Mike Miller is nearly the player that he was 2-3 years ago. We sometimes make the mistake of allowing past performance to cloud our objective evaluation of what a player can contribute today.

If Miller were that good, he’d be playing big minutes for the Wolves with Corey Brewer hurt and McCants in the doghouse (where that selfish gunner should have been all along). Instead, McHale has given those minutes to Rodney Carney, who has done a nice job recently.

There’s a big difference going from a team’s best perimeter player to becoming a team’s fourth best perimeter player. Miller will get the easy shot attempts that he doesn’t receive in Minnesota while in a Celtics uniform.

doc and miller go together. that would help miller here. miller is no great shakes on defense but is better than wally was and wally was smart enough to play the passing lanes and get out on break.miller is not a stupid player. on the other hand, i would much rather have a collison, because we need a big. no way la would ever let us get chris mihm?

LA would be delighted to give us Mihm— for the right price.

Mihm should have tuck to swimming.