Team Needs: Backup Small Forward

Why not B. Walker….he has all the tools to be a premier backup to PP( note, I did not say as a starter), so let the kid learn while playing..last yr, he learned the system, now he has the chance to play it…he will have his share of mistakes but as a backup, i think that is expected but give the kid a chance..from all accounts, atleast we can all agree he is better than Gerald Green so I am hopeful he cracks the rotation, 8-10 min PT would be sufficient depending upon how he is playing then extend it if he’s on fire.

I think Sam Young is going to be a steal late in the 1st round .

Let me correct you on one thing, Tony Allen is not a shooting guard. Since when has Tony had an outside scoring touch? or game for that matter? If Tony is our shooting guard going forward we are in big trouble. In my opinion he should never have been signed. He has no game and brings nothing to the team

Grant Hill would be my choice

Ainge will keep his present draft position and select Derrick Brown out of Xavier University. He’s a long, lean, 6’9" small forward with great leaping ability. Last year he suddenly developed a very respectable 3 point shot, and he seemingly has the aptitude to become a defensive specialist in the NBA. (A comparable guy who came out of Xavier like this was James Posey.)

Here’s a wilder guess, Brown will be drafted to come in and compete with Bill Walker to see who can hold down the fort behind Pierce. (Meanwhile, Ainge will spend most of his free agent money on a center.)

The Celtics will almost assuredly go with a wing in the draft. There are really not that many big men prospects around this year. I feel like we’ll be able to get 1 out of the group of Udoka, Hill, Childress, Ross, or another big time minutes backup.

Its Grant Hill or bust imo

you may be on to something there with Brown. I read an article on him that was intriguing. The center spot will take up most of the cash or we won’t get a very good back up center.

I was initially leaning towards Hill because I thought he could make a contribution and wouldn’t require any part of the MLE to sign him. After realizing his age and knowing his priori health history, I’m not sure I’d want to invest the LLE in him. A vet min contract, sure, but I doubt he’d take that little.

Ross and Warrick would be better choices but I doubt we’d get Warrick without using MLE money —> which we need to get a backup big.

I hope we make a move on draft night, makes the offseason more fun. I think Terrence Williams would b a sick pick up. But I do feel if we make a trade it shoould be for a vet type player.

Grant Hill …6’9"….12ppg….4rpg….3apg….salery only $1.9.mil. good tutor for Walker

i like quinton ross who can be a shut down defender and has experience. not a great shooter but a team player and smart.

read a rumor somewhere that the blazers wanna move outlaw so they can make a big offer to turkolgu, scal + 3 million would get it done, could probably get a draft pick if portland works itself into a frenzy over hedo.

Quintion Ross wouldn’t command more than the minimum so he’d be ideal.

Rodney Carney is a restricted free agent and I doubt the Twolves would match an offer, they might even renounce their rights if they want to sign a big free agent.
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I like bringing in Grant Hill to be the first wing off the bench and Quinton Ross to be the second wing off the bench.

Backup options would be Keith Bogans and Ime Udoka for those respective roles.

I’d love to use the LLE on the first wing off the bench, and a minimum contract on the second wing, in order to keep the MLE for the backup big man.

….particularly on Walker. One thing I am interested in is Doc’s hesitation on using young players. I understand, recently, he has given the likes of Rondo and Baby some PT but it seems like most rookies or younger players for that matter don’t get sufficient minutes to get them in the flow or at least to show what they have to offer.

Again, he sees them in practice so I know he knows better than all of us, but with the age of the big three it is imperative to not only draft well but to see if they fit. In some ways it almost seems like too many wasted draft picks. If Walker and Giddens are not what they thought and don’t feel like they could get at least 5-10 minutes a game, they should not stick around and hold up roster spots.

It pained me to see Paul and Ray exhausted towards the end of the season and throughout the playoffs, and see guys you KNEW were not going to get in.

I look at someone like Courtney Lee and wonder how much time he would have recieved if he played for us. Orlando took the training wheels off when they had someone like Pietrus available and now they have a very tested, good young player in Lee for next season.

Unfortunately I think he would have rotted on the bench for us!

Honestly, we don’t really know that much about Bill Walker as a player yet. Most of his minutes come at the end of a blow out game, where we see his token showy dunk, and not much else. In his late game appearances he isn’t playing with the starting rotation, he’s playing with his fellow bench-riders, such as Gabe Pruitt and J.R. Giddens. It’s really different for him to be playing in situations that really matter with the starters and 2nd string players. If he is going to be coming off the bench regularly he needs to be able to run solid offense and defense – the sloppy and stagnant basketball that gets played in the 4th quarter with a 30-point lead won’t do. Remember that he also needs to fill the hole in the C’s defense left by Paul Pierce. Teams are going to see a second year player with very limited experience and attack Walker over and over until he proves that he can play solid defense. I don’t know that Walker has what it takes to do all of this at this point in his career. I’m not saying that he can’t, I just don’t know enough about his play. Bill is really going to have to put in his work this offseason, and if Doc sees what he’s looking for in a backup for Pierce, I’m sure he’ll get his playing time. If not, the Celtics will likely have to look for someone in the free agent pool or on another team.

Say, whatever happened to Brandon Wallace? Weren’t they going to turn him into a forward?

There are some good veterans (e.g. Shawn Marion, Grant Hill) and its really a question of how much money these guys are willing to settle for.

Personally, I like the idea of a young veteran like Childress, although the Hawks will never let him go without a fight. Too expensive. I’d shoot for a guy like Paul Millsap. I fact, I’d offer him the full MLE and see if Utah matches. This is a guy who can cover both forward positions, he can score and he’s got muscle.

Unfortunately, if they went that route the would almost certainly have to trade Ray Allen to get a center.

and if you believe Atlanta will fight for Childress I have to believe Utah would be even more possessive of Millsap. If memory serves me right, Millsap’s #’s were off the charts when Boozer was out.

CALL ME CRAZY, but if I am Ainge, I’d try to get some of those UNC guys. Hansbrough? Green? Lawson? Those guys know how to fit in a system. Smart guys all. I work on getting them ready for the bench.

  You are all acting as if BBDavis is History. And that’s probably true, but at least he knows our system, can score a little AND defend both the 4 AND the 5 and is one of the very peeps in the league who can at least annoy Shaq and Howard. I guess we are all assuming that he will get too much money elsewhere for us to match?

  Assuming a healthy KG and a good shoulder on KPerkins, BBD goes back to being a top guy off the bench. Also I think his defense was quite good. You cannot play great defense if you know you cannot get into foul trouble cuz there isnt anyone else! Hopefully by next mid-season Powe will be back, again giving us 6 more fouls and some rebounding and scoring.

  Remember, we went into the season with KG as a starter and both Powe and BBaby as backups for KG and Perk. And we were great!. Then KG went down, then come playoff time when things really get rough, down goes Powe. Now BBaby is a starter at PF AND Perk’s backpup at center.

The Celtics need someone off the bench who can play defense on the other teams best perimeter scorer. Right now Pierce has to defend the other teams best perimeter scorer and be first option on offense. That is too much to expect over the course of the season. Ross is the best defender available, he is cheap and he is only 28. The Celtics have enough guys in their 30s.

Decent player. He’ll come cheap. But I’m leery of anyone who ever played for the Clippers.

There has to be a super rookie out there that can help right now even. I don’t want to see Marbury back here, would much rather have a piece for the future than that dud.

Get a mid-teens pick Danny, then take Earl Clark, Ty Lawson or Wayne Ellington

Gerald Green is young and athletic.
He is a very good scorer and can improve his defense under Pierce,
KG and Tom Thid.
And he can be had for 1-2 mil per year.
He has size 6-8 and speed !

Why wouldn’t the c’s use their mid level exception to grab a player like Ariza, Odom, or Artest?