the Big Ticket really makes his presence felt. He’s going to have to keep this guy on a short leash. Doc must love having KG be the enforcer in the lockerroom. Saves a lot of headaches.

Does anyone really believe that Starbury will be his disrespectful self in front of Truth, Ticket and Jesus? Really?
He is being presented with a three-month opportunity to erase many years of reputation-destruction – he will seize it, and the Celtics will raise banner 18.

Are we giving minutes to Walker, or killing PP? Or is Doc’s plan to teach Gabe to play the three? (end sarcasm)

Awesome. Red always said Danny was lucky, and he is.

Hopefully TA can be healthy come playoff time.

COME TO BOSTON!!!!

wha-wha-whatttt??? he did get bought out? wow

Hold on to your hats fellas… It’s gonna be a wild ride!!! haha

Hope he plays up to his capabilities… what are they again? heh

Best possible move under the circumstances, but you can’t help but feel a little dirty after this one.

…but I really would much rather the Celtics win a title without Marbury than with him

Starbury will blow out his knee walking into the Garden. As I said before, Anyone who is willing to justgive up a entire season for 2 out of 20 million dollars is not someone who is suddenly going to see the light. Hopefully getting another contract will be motivation enough for him but I have a bad feeling about this.

Steph was awesome when he played against us in preseason, he really did seem like he was in the best shape of his life. Hopefully he can score and run the offensive. I can’t wait to see a Starbury to KG alley oop like the old days.

Gotta say that Danny is both lucky and good to get legit NBA help for pennies on the dollar. Bravo, Danny.

I do love when Eddie House plays the 2 spot, he doesnt need to create his own shot anymore.

I hope KG really does have Rondo’s back, because if Steph starts demanding more minutes, we could have a problem.

I don’t doubt the fact that KG will have a sit down with Marbury to talk about the sweetness of proving your critics wrong. Then, it’s in Marbury’s hands. It all depends on the way in which he chooses to prove his critics wrong. Ideally, I’d hope he would want to prove to everyone that he isn’t a cancer and can be a team player. But, he’s completely capable of being selfish and wanting to show everyone that he can still ‘ball’.

If Marbury keeps his cool and embraces ‘ubuntu’, then we will have an all-star caliber guard coming off our bench. And that is an incredible thought.

Can you imagine if we had Posey instead of TA and these two other additions? We’d be an iron lock for the title.

Thanks ainge. Now we have 5 allstars (Rondo Soon). #18 here we come. Just play team ball don’t do what cassell did last season.

… this soap opera will be great to watch. “O boy”.

So THIS is what KG’s been up to…. AHA!

I guess Ainge wants to preserve the honorary “Sam Cassell Memorial Chair” on the Celtics roster, reserved for chuckers who play no defense.

You’re describing Danny as a player. See a pattern?

i am not a marbury man, nor a big mikki man, but, the cost is low and we have to trust danny. last year he got us pj after we speculated about pj all year. now it’s steph time. one must appreciate danny’s patience and his willingness to play poker. cassell while wild and crazy was a good influence on the team and helped win a few games for us. dan is not a sit on the hands guy and always seems to have a plan c-f, going. he’s had his bombs but banner 17 is waving and we have another great record this year. i will gripe if these 2 new guys goof but i won’t be an -i told you so.

Confucius say The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually afraid you will make one.

but i guess you have to go out on the limb to find the fruit… hopefully all doesn’t come crashing down.

Looks like the plan to play it conservative during the offseason and go for waiver wire additions after the trading deadline has paid off again. Y’all can keep saying he’s lucky, but I think he’s got a plan…

Marbury is just going to come in here and play and do as he’s told without drama to prove people wrong.

…and a painful past it became. Let’s home those two can go a long way to relieving that pain.

If he screws up, he must know that NOBODY will wanna touch him next year. So from his point of view, his performance in what’s left of this season is worth much, much more than the paltry sum he will be paid for it. It’s worth the many millions he could command in coming years IF AND ONLY IF he hits a home run for the Celtics this season.

I suspect that other considerations… pride, work ethic, ubuntu, etc…. that motivate guys like KG and the gang do not apply very well to Marbury. But this motive… money… undoubtedly does. So yeah, he could really shine for us. And from the Cs’ POV, close to nothing is lost in taking this shot.

I’m on the fence on this signing.

So no new wing, huh? That’s just lovely.

KG definitely had a massive influence in Boston, but he also had some talented vets willing to buy into a system. He couldn’t save mildly talented headcases like Ricky Davis or Mark Blount. Unfortunately that’s where Marbury resides in my mind. A mildly talented headcase.

we still need a defensive 3 tho

I was a Knick fan my whole life until recently and I can assure you guys that Steph is not the cancer they make him out to be. He had more friends on the team than enemies. The Knicks treated Patrick Ewing like garbage, then turned Steph into a scapegoat. They lost me as a fan along with thousands of others because they have no class. Steph will help the Celtics offensively, but he is a much better defender than given credit for. He just had the misfortune of being stuck playing with one dimensional players like Crawford and Curry who were completely lost on the defensive end of the court. Everything you’ve read coming out of NY needs to be taken with a grain of salt- they exaggerate and lie A LOT.

I am a realtively new NBA fan ( 3 years ) can some one answer these for me?
I am huge KG fan and a boston fan via KGs trade to boston
1. Can marbury after sitting on the bench ( well in this case not even being in team practices) be a good player for about 15-20 mins? Is that easy for pros to do?

2. Will he buy into the fact that Rajan is the present and future for Boston?

3. I have never seen too many games of marbury is he a good shooter in clutch situations?

4. And the last Q i have is good team defender? When ever i watch boston i remeber the movie 300 where King Leonardas says some thing the effect any problem with one defender is going to burst up the team defense of the whole team.

Steppphhhon… Stephon-Stephon-Stephon!

Which is weird… because I’m in California. No idea if he’s referring to Marbury, but I’m somewhat intrigued now.

steph brings the ball up 4 the second unit,he won’t get trap like House @ he can dish it off 2 mikki moor to hit the 8 footer if not keep the rock and take some one off the dribble.

 Im really not sure about marbury, but its nice to have some exciting news amidst all the injury scares.

Marbury is going to go behind picks and shoot the ball. He isn’t going to the rack. And he’s no Eddie House as a shooter. He shoots 41% overall.

On defense he will waive at his man on the way by.

His teams don’t win. And if he plays significant minutes for the Celtics, they won’t win. Hope I’m wrong, but I don’t thinks so.

I’ll take Gabe Pruitt any day.

He can create his shoot and pass, two things Eddie House can’t do. And he does get to the rack on occasion, especially if he’s as motivated as we think he’ll be… And imagine what playing with Marbury will do for Eddie (and TA when he comes back). Everybody on the 2nd team will benefit from this signing.

If he doesn’t play defense he won’t play…seriously, I’m pretty sure he can defend the point better than Eddie House. It’s a matter of learning the defensive schemes….

His teams haven’t won. Doesn’t necessarily mean he’s the reason why. I don’t see our winning percentage taking a hit with him here…

i hope he gets signed with us soon

Boston is relaying on their "strong team culture", Pistons said basically the same time about AI. It’s eerie how similar the situation will be, Outspoken defensive big man(Sheed, KG) and lazy on defense one and one shooters(AI, Marbury) don’t mix. Maybe Marbury and KG will reclaim their Wolves duo days, I doubt it.

Maybe some GM will go out drinking tomorrow night and in a drunken stuper put in a waiver claim for Steph. We could be saved yet!!

p.s. Don’t get me wrong, I hope I am wrong about this. And I will love eating my words if I am.

Everyone here realizes that even at his best (All-Star, third team All-NBA), Marbury was as flammable a defender as you can get? The guy hasn’t played for a year and while he can provide good driving and ballhandling skills, he was never a good shooter and ankle injuries have robbed him of a lot of his athleticism. Now, I’m not saying that signing him isn’t a good idea — it doesn’t hurt the Celtics to try him out — but he’s not the panacea people are making him out to be.

If Danny is foolish enough to sign this cancerous scumbag, he should be fired after the inevetable first round exit.

all he can do to the team is help… maybe even a lot…if it doesnt work out, we can cut him any time.

the only person this doesnt work out well for is Gabe. I didnt think Doc would play him in the playoffs anyway, but his minutes will go down the rest of the season. Better luck next year Gabe.

Doc would start Marbury over Rajon except Rajon gets more rebounds in 5 minutes that Steph gets in a whoe game.

Steph. STEPH? Isn’t that an infection? Like STREP or STAPH?

His ankle injury is long gone… in pre-season, he looked and played great. But…. I just read this… and found it a little, uh, disturbing….
http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-38-233/Stephon-Marbury-Talking-Points.html

Oh well, we’ll soon find out apparently.

Let’s say everything worked out with him this season.. he stayed in his place and knew his role, rose up to the occasion ONLY on times when we needed him to do so and got us that 18th banner.

After that supposed successful run, do you think we’d still sign him up for a MLE contract perhaps? If he really does turn over a new leaf and pans out great for us, I wouldn’t want to get rid of him after a single good run.

Yeah, I know I’m counting my chickens before they’ve hatched already, but I’m pretty stoked about having him on board.

WE pick AU

I’m with Salmon and Bill on this one…. Danny had this calculated out from the beginning. He has to. He has 3 big contracts to pay and the rest he has to filter into the overall payroll structure. It’s moneyball in the NBA. It’s easier to get the role players than the stars. In a few years hopefully he’ll be at it again with KD.

But looking closer at that pic with KG and steph from there days in Minnesota, that tattoo KG has on his arm isnt even visible anymore, maybe he got it removed?

Let’s wait a few days and see who else gets waived. Maybe a player will come available who isn’t a chronic loser.

To the people who are complaining that he’s going to be a distraction, just remember a few years back. This is the same situation that Boston teams, not just the Celtics, have been going through for a few years now.

Patriots in ‘04 sign Corey Dillon, who had a bad reputation, plays for the Pats, doesn’t say a word, all’s good.
In 2005, the Red Sox signed David Wells a pitcher with kind of a bad reputation.
In ’07 Pats sign Randy Moss, another one who has a bad reputation, first season, he sets a new TD record.

My point is that players, regardless of their past, will behave like saints when they are on a team that gives them a chance to win. Marbury had absolutely no chance of winning a title in New York, just like Corey Dillon had no chance of winning a title in Cincinnati, David Wells had no chance winning a title with the Padres, and Randy Moss had no chance of winning with the Raiders. Marbury will be just fine, he will be a good boy, he’ll play behind Rondo without grumbling, and come June, Marbury will have himself a ring and the Celts will have an 18th banner made to go up in the garden