As much as i love the core especially rondo im almost disappointing he just made our pick and nothing else. Im pretty nervous for Free Agency actually i just hope Danny goes for quality of quantity. I would be very happy with Gortat and Ross/Hill along with a baby resigning. If we cant resign baby maybe dice would take the LLE?

Id be fine with giving pruitt till the deadline to be the backup pg he will only be playing around 10mpg anyway and we will have T. Allen and Scal to trade where we could get a good backup PG at the deadline for the playoffs if we felt we needed one.

Rondo/Pruitt
Ray/House/Giddens
Paul/ (Ross or Hill) /Walker
KG/Leon/Baby
Perk/Gortat

We heard a couple tidbits… that stuff gets thrown around every day. Its just like when Theo called the Marlins about Hanley Ramirez was a big story for a few days – we call about everyone. We explore every option. GMs talk and talk and talk. This was never going to happen – there was nothing approaching a trade that would have made as as competitive as keeping Ray and Rondo does.

How bout this, though – Which team improved the most this offseason?:

Magic: Added Vince Carter, Lost Turkoglu, Got Jameer Nelson back
Cavs: Added Shaq
Celtics: Got KG back

Id say Celtics. Vince Carter is a clown who is concerned only with scoring and living the NBA lifestyle. He doesnt play defense and is a downgrade from Turkoglu. Shaq? It takes him a 24 second clock to get down the floor and his range on defense is awful.

I’m glad that all you guys wearing green undies are happy that the Celts haven’t done anything. There’s always a chance that something can happen down the road, but if this team just sits still, we’ll be doomed to another 20 years of irrelevant basketball.

Everyone who wants to keep the core intact keeps saying we only have a year or 2 Championship window. That the POINT! It doesn’t have to be only a 2 year window if the Celts can make the RIGHT move. Danny’s trying to extend the window beyond two years. That was the whole point behind the Pistons rumor.

I hope he can get it done, because 3 years from now if we’re left w/Rondo, Perk, and Big Baby as the core of the team, we’ll be hoping for they lose enough games so that they can draft the next Greg Oden like phenom.

Also, the problem with waiting is that other teams have already picked off the low hanging fruit.

Not drafted?

Sure did look like Danny was in a coma last night. Maybe (thankfully) somone drugged him so he wouldn’t get all caught up in the action and do something stupid messing up our core. If only the same can happen until free agency starts, Danny’s just too antsy sometimes.

On an actual serious note this silent night sure was a holy night. Just get to work in free agency Danny and add the right bench pieces.

but the Orlando deal concerns me. until that point, I felt the C’s still had the best starting 5 (yup, better than the Laker starting 5). Now I think that could go to Orlando if VC does his best to fit in there. Orlando will put out a starting 5 where everyone has to be guarded since they can all score. Until Rondo gets a consistant 16-18 foot jumpshot, C’s aren’t at that point.

Danny may have looked as if he was sleeping last night….. but his brain was working… cooking up something big down the road…..

Do not underestimated the power of Danny ;) He will surface when we least expect and surprise all of us with a trade……

With the Magic and Cavs both improved (at least on paper), the C’s must upgrade the bench and perhaps the starting line-up to stay a contender. If the Celtics goes to wars next season with the current roster, I am not expecting a banner.

:)

But seriously, last night went perfectly in my opinion…

Now the waiting game begins on free agency…