How Marquis Fits

im hoping hes what tony was supposed to be last year – now if we could figure out whats taking so long to get him here…..

I’ve seen him play against the C’s the past 2 years and he’s hurt us with just the type of offense described by Jeff. He drives to the basket and can pull up just where no one can affect his shot. He also plays hard.

My understanding is that Indiana did not offer a new contract (?paid about 7 mill) and don’t know reason. He verbally agreed to play for Boston for a minimum contract and my guess with the understanding that we could do a sign and trade so he could be paid more. That would be the best scenario for Daniels and the Celtics because we could hopefully move out 2 or three players and create roster space. I don’t know what Indiana gains from this except being nice.

I would love to be a fly on the wall to listen to negotiations between Larry and Danny. It should be pretty funny. I think I remember that after practice Larry and Danny would have can hitting contests where they lined up soda cans on the bleacher seats and mowed them down with basketballs. Maybe they’ll do that. Larry plays tennis and I don’t think golf. Danny could kill Larry at golf, but I don’t think he plays tennis.

But if we could get Indiana to take TA, Pruitt and Walker (my opinion) and we get Daniels, that would be nice. Scal’s has also been mentioned in this possible deal. I hope it gets done by the end of the week and I hope we come to a conclusion with Baby.
That would give us a real good team right there and we can fill in some of the weak spots.

We’re all just talking about the same thing over and over again because we are bored.

Confucius say A bore is a man who spends so much talking about himself, you can’t talk about yourself.

Hurry up n sign daniels

Daniels is not signed yet. I have some concern that if we cannot get a sign and trade done, he gets buyers remorse and decides to keep shopping.

And with a sign and Trade, I don’t know why Bird would want two marginal players coming back. He did not want to resign Daniels. Why would he want TA, Pruitt, coming to Indiana taking up roster spots. My guess is he might be interested in Walker & Scal.

Trying to pull off a sign and trade, puts Larry in the drivers seat. In order to sign Daniels we have to entice Larry to play ball.

A lot has been written about why Daniels hasn’t been signed yet, but not a lot has been written about how Daniels fits in.. so I definitely welcome this article.

None of us were expecting a superb backup to Pierce, and so this falls in line with the best of our realistic expecations.

Two things stand out to me about Marquis Daniels, and make me happy to potentially have him as a Celtic:
   1) He reportedly plays hard has worked his way into the league. Nothing was handed to him.
  2) His 6’6" size should be a good match on defense for some of the players we have trouble guarding

Always a good sign when a guy had to work for his position and Daniels seems to fit that bill. I remember thinking “this guy is good” from my seat at the Garden this year. Never knew of him before. I don’t know who has the leverage on contract. Sounds like the Cs do. NBA money worries are not a bluff. The smart players are grabbing sure things.

I don’t see any touchable player in the Celtcis roster that Indiana will be interested in.

They really don’t have a halfcourt slasher in their lineup, besides Granger, who can do a little of everything. Their FA signee. Dahntay Jones, is good in the open court, but that’s about it. TA has shown more scoring and offensive ability than Jones, and if Jim O’Brien can get TA to cut down on (or live with) some of the mistakes, he can be a useful player on a non-contending team, They could get 10/3.5/2.5 in 24 minutes out of a $2.5m player, and that’s not too bad.

Bird getting TA and promising virtual rookie Giddens for nothing (but having to pay them this year) isn’t a bad deal. I don;t know if TA fits into what LB is trying to do there in acquiring choirboys in order to clean up the team’s image. Maybe Larry is willing to take on character guy Scal, if the Cs will pay some of his salary.

Sheed was a good pick up. As a starter, NO, but him as a bench player is great. Hopefully he plays with some heart, improves his shooting. 43%fg and 34%3ptr aint gonna cut it. Love the Daniels pick up. This guy can be crafty at times, although finding someone with a lot more hustle, 3pt shooting and a bit more size, like Posey, would’ve been nice. Come to think of it Posey was such a GREAT fit. All in all, it should be a good season for the C’s.

granger was hyped as a break out player last year, and is probably the best player and the future of the pacers – people won’t even offer the mid-level (or more) to big baby to pry him away from us – i’d love to dream and think they would consider trading granger and daniels to the c’s for our garbage and big baby but it ain’t gonna happen