Marc Spears: Celtics want money from Davis too?
by Tom Bellinger on Oct 28, 2009 11:30 AM EDT
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PrintThe Celtics re-signed Davis this summer to a two-year contract worth $6.3 million. The Boston Globe reported that owner Wyc Grousbeck is considering suspending Davis for his actions.
"Wyc has been on the warpath for two days over this," a league source told Yahoo! Sports. "They want to get money back from him."- Yahoo Sports' Marc J Spears
Update: Our resident Cap Expert Roy Hobbs points out in the comments that the above mentioned concept of the Celtics' getting money back from Glen is severely flawed. Monies recovered from a player go to charity, not to the team
Thoughts and more quotes after the break.
My first reaction was "no-no-no-no-no" because every time a team goes after an athlete's money it seems petty, but I can't fault the team for wanting to get money back when their player was injured in an incident that was entirely preventable, and was completely unrelated to basketball.
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The team has been hurting financially, the source said, and Grousbeck sees this as an opportunity to recoup some of Davis’ salary..
Hurting financially? Where did that come from? At some point I want to ask "who is this source"? But Spears is a good reporter, so I see no reason not to believe him. However, comments such as those above really smack of exaggerated rumors based on some small grain of truth (such as they made less money last year than the championship season).
Be respectful and keep it clean. Thanks.
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The only way Wyc would get money back would be by voiding the contract...
If there’s a suspension, the money saved goes to charity, not to the team.
This is sloppy reporting, I think; Spears’ source seems wrong.
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Exactly, Roy
Marc should know better.
Baby will probably be suspended a couple games, and fined an undisclosed amount and that’ll be the extent of it.
I also severely doubt that Wyc is hard up for cash, nor are the Cs hurting financially.
by SalmonAndMashedPotatoes on Oct 28, 2009 12:28 PM EDT up reply actions
Wyc Needs to Calm Down
In two years when his contract is up, KG and Sheed are winding down we’re going to need Baby. We shouldn’t push him away now.
Glen is not our future plan for starting PF.
by Fan from VT on Oct 28, 2009 12:50 PM EDT up reply actions
That would sting
Well if it was you or I getting hurt off the job I guess we could still collect disability :-)
Who cares if Davis gets upset
He did something stupid and does not deserve to be payed. I am an illustrator if I was as dumb as him and broke my hand in a fight and couldn’t draw for six weeks, no one is going to pay me to sit around and do nothing.
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Vindictiveness
Grousbeck’s penny pinching and vindictiveness will eventually hurt the team. Now that Davis is down, why don’t you kick him, again, again and again.
NBA agents and prospective free agents are watching, Wyc.
I think
Wyc might be going a little overboard with all of this. Sure, what Baby did was stupid and childish, but he is going to be out of the game for an extended period, and he is also facing a suspension. If you want Baby to stop working on his game, and his fitness, take his pay away. Not a smart idea by Wyc, I think.
by 18isGREATERthan72 on Oct 28, 2009 11:57 AM EDT reply actions
This isn't true
As noted above, money from a suspension goes to charity, not to Wyc.
All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino
Yeah, I've understand that thanks to your explanations Roy.
But since the money from the suspension goes to charity, how could the C’s take money from Glen? Is it even “legal” to tell him “you screwed up, now give me this much dollars”?
Ridiculous to blame Grousbeck
Brickowski, c’mon. It’s not always “the Man’s” fault. I doubt Grousbeck is “pinching pennies”. Yes, Davis should get kicked again and again and again. What is the nonsense symnpathy for Davis? I like the player and thought the “trade him” , “as good as he’ll ever be”, “no wingspan” (my favorite pseudo-expert comment) comments on this blog were wrong.
A suspension of pay is in order. If the club decides to give the money up to charity, that should be their call. A player signed to deliver services and now by his own foolishness he won’t. Its a big boy world, “F” up and you should not get a “poor little Baby, don’t do it again”
Where does the "hurting financially" come from?
That is really the only part of the whole article that bothers me. Did Steve Pagliuca decide to use some Celtic money to help finance his run for Senate? Did the lack of home playoff games into the ECF and Finals hurt last year? Were they counting on that money? Does Spears even got a clue of which he speaks? I want to know the story behind those two words in that article.
It's probably just speculation...
… based on the fact that the Celtics were one of the roughly 50% of teams that took “bailout” money from the NBA last year. However, at the time, the league stressed that some financially healthy teams had taken the money. Essentially, as I understand it, it was a low interest loan.
All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino
Yes I Blame Grousbeck
That’s not the way to treat players. Ainge needs to work on “managing up” and getting Grousbeck to tone down the negative rhetoric. It’s unlikely to have much of an effect on Davis and just lowers his trade value, if that’s what the team wants to do. YOU DON’T DISCUSS DIRTY LAUNDRY IN PUBLIC. YOU TAKE DISCIPLINARY ACTION PRIVATELY IF AND WHEN IT IS WARRANTED.
It’s too bad we can’t trade Wyc Grousbeck and a second round draft choice for Mark Cuban.
Lol
Quit crying. The guy brought us a title..what did you do? Nothing.
You are acting like….a Big Baby. You going to cry on the bench about it like him too?
Can we trade you for a few Laker fans?
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Rather uncalled for.
Having been in mid management for many many years I 100% agree with Brick. You don’t air dirty laundry. You don’t berate employees in public. You don’t leak rumors or innuendos.
When the players start countering by dragging the coach’s, management’s, and ownership’s dirty laundry and negotiating tactics and motivational tactics public, the first person you are going to hear telling that player to keep his comments out of the papers will be Wyc Grousbeck. Guaranteed! No doubt in my mind.
Wyc needs to keep his mouth shut or else he is going to start getting a bad reputation about how he handles interpersonal behind the scenes activities and relationships and when the Big 3 and Sheed retire into the sunset, it’s not gonna matter how much cap space he has, no one will want to come and sign with a loud mouth idiot.
last time wyc got mad ...
Last time Wyc got mad, he had Telfair’s name taken off his locker. Telfair was done here. I wouldn’t be surprised if the same will be true for BBD. Trade at the deadline with Allen and Scals???
i gotta side with Wyc on this one and don’t understand the backlash.
I like the passion, dude just wants to win and be a smart business man. Baby got a solid deal, and messed up and needs to be held accountable, even if that means a shot to his bank account. I know he’s contrite, but he’s hurt the team and organization with a bad decision.
Baby, you`re about to get sued...
Clearly, the ex-friend that Baby slugged will file the “obligatory” lawsuit to try to collect $$$ from Baby.
The ambulance chasers are lining up right now!
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