Rivers had the perfect opportunity to bring in Pruitt instead of House in the second quarter of last night’s game, but he didn’t do it.

Let me repeat my prediction: if the Celtics sign Marbury, they won’t make it past the EC finals. Players like Mo Williams, Delonte West and Daniel Gibson will score at will against that matador, and Cleveland shoots too well to hide Marbury in a zone.

In the fourth quarter of last night’s blow out game, Pruitt was playing point, and the second unit was flowing pretty well. Eddie House still took his shots, but Powe and O’Bryant were getting fed down low, and Tony Allen was given opportunities to slash to the basket. Pruitt may be the key to the bench.

Pruitt is playing well when he plays. Marbury can also back up Ray. Marbury would be needed for his scoring mostly. Say what you want but Marbury can score. He can play the two with House or Pruitt at the one. Marbury could also play some spot 3 in a small line up. He’s always been more of a combo guard. Scorer off the bench is the best place for Marbury and that’s a role TA was suppose to fill. I’d rather have the ball in Marbury’s hands any day than Tony’s.

What a novel thought.

Let’s actually see what we have on the team now before investing time, money, and energy in another player with a checkered past.

Still, I see the bottom line as this:

Doc and Danny will be thinking end of games. They’ll be thinking playoffs. They’ll be thinking experience.

This is why unless Gabe plays off the charts, Starbury is probably coming.

Marbury is subtraction by addition the celtics will be worse with him than without . He is a proven loser.

There has to be another way.

Gabe should have been playing a little more all along—and then it would be clear that he fills a backup slot and Danny wouldn’t even be tempted by Marbury. Also, they’d be comfortable with retiring Sam from the roster for that veteran backup center that they clearly do need.

Pruitt or Marbury, honestly our front like in the second unit is 6’6" ok we need a bloody big. This Pruitt Marbury conversation won’t make a dam bit of difference unless we get some length in there and that is why we will not beat Cleveland in the ECFs!

i like gabe and don’t like marbury, but gabe was no great shakes last night. too much side to side, not enough penetration and dish. but he is good and can shoot from the outside and he’s big for a point.

I’d like to see more of Pruitt to find out what he’s actually capable of. He hasn’t played enough yet to know.

Marbury is poison.

I have watched Pruitt closely and I am surprised at how well he has defended. He tries hard, and he is fairly savvy — which surprised me.

My problem with Pruitt is that he is timid running the offence. He telegraphs that he won’t drive the ball. Instead, he looks immediately for the next perimeter pass as soon as the ball is passed to him.

To me, he looks afraid to make a mistake.

In my view, Pruitt needs to drive the lane and break down the defense. If he cannot, or will not, he cannot handle the point.

Not sure what the coaches are telling him.

Did Pruitt play the point in college? He’s not really a natural point guard, he does OK and seems to have pretty decent vision, but I haven’t seen anything in the limited amount of time he’s played to indicate that he’s going to be able to consistently break down the defense and finish at the rim. But, he looks a lot better than he did at this time last year.

I agree with nazzbo. Pruitt’s skills are there especially ball handling and defensive.

Hey Ancient…. maybe you should tune in to watching some of the NBDL games and watch players develop. This is what happened to Gabe last year.

Starbury is “IA” except he’s not a punk but he sure is an ego cententric.

i agree with richard, the issue is about length, adding a legit big or turning PO into one, that said, pruitt adds a good deal of length and athleticism at the one over house, house can shoot, but he is really, really small

ancient, the love fest came about because eddie house is pretty useless, just too slow and small to anything but shoot

I have enjoyed what I have seen of Pruitt’s game. I have also smiled a little to myself when I noticed he looked a little like the comedian. Has anyone else noticed it?

in Pruitt that makes me think we don’t need a veteran point guard. He’s knocked down some shots and played some decent defense in stretches, but the team is not run well when he’s on the floor from what I’ve seen so far.