Steph May Be Done Here

Why would they even insult him with a 1.2 million dollar offer?

or did Danny and Doc merely play their role perfectly: speak highly of the vet they had come in and play with them and refer to wanting them back—but offer a ‘no thank you’ minimum contract? Lester and Gabe are interesting combo guard possibilities and there are always plenty of washed up veteran points out there cheap as well. I think the C’s deal with the 5, 3 and 4 positions before feeling pressured at the 1. Unfortunately, Marbury underperformed embarrassing throughout his time here. Especially if they add experience with Sheed and at the backup 3, they can afford a little youth at the backup 1/2 spots.

if he thought he could get anything more from the Celtics.

I thought Marbury was saying he didn’t really care about the money side of things.

I don`t know what`s more shocking…

The fact that Boston offered him anything OR the fact that he rejected it!!!

sounds like renta steph is over. what- he expected more? we need the dough for a big and a wingman.

He’s dropping the ball. A motivated, skilled, vet PG with a lot to prove and a love for playing here….

I agree with powe, but after his snub then this, i really wouldnt be surprised if they offered ray allen the vet minimum next year or just told him they dont want him back….

I guess with danny, anything is possible…

It’s amazing to me the amount of panic and disillusionment that some of our fellow CelticsBloggers continue to show.

Be patient. Let Danny and Doc do their jobs.

There are so many factors involved in the team’s decision making process as to free agents, roster spots, short term plan, long term plan, cash flow factors…………..I assure you we don’t know half of the factors involved.

Everybody thinks they know more than the people in charge of running this team. I nearly got sick reading many of the ‘hater’ posts (hating Danny, hating the Celtics franchise in general, hating anyone involved in the decision) in the “Powe-tition” thread. And I liked Leon as much as any one of us.

Let them do what they know best. That’s what they’ve been hired to do……….and at this point, they’ve done a damn good job. Better than anyone had done for the past twenty years!

I have mixed feelings on this. on the one hand he didn’t give us much last year whileon the other pruitt and eddie aren’t pgs. It also seems like danny and wyc constantly cheap out and lose players they say they want. wyc talks about being willing to spend the money but when it comes time to do so he cheaps out

He obviously turned it down because it was only for 1 year. Not because of the amount.

It’s early. I think it is the beginning of july. The championships are almost a year from now. Somebody might accidentally kick hum self in the mouth with all of these knee jerk reactions.

would you sign Leon Powe? He just had his 3rd serious knee injury and won’t be back to his past skill level for another year. Don’t get me wrong, I am not talking about his high moral character or his past performance, I’m talking about his current ability to play basketball at the nba level.

and the massive amount of money tied up in three players, it almost seems like Ainge MUST make a trade. The celts basically have enough for one MLE (which as someone mentioned at least appears to be 2000 percent invested in landing Wallace…i never even hear mention of what happens if he doesn’t sign) and then some additional replacement money (powe, marbury, etc) to fill out the roster. So as far as dramatic changes, WITHOUT a trade, Wallace is it (or whoever that player ultimately becomes). I think it is very obvious based on the offers already made (2 years to Rsheed, 1 year to marbury, nothing to powe etc), WYC is NOT going deep into the tax…so, and i am no genius, but if there wants to be so wholesale changes a trade must be imminent. There is no one as good as Rondo really avail unless you totally dismiss the future and go with a Kidd (which is probably already too late) so you have to figure it is Allen. And in this economy, i am not sure how many people are interested in the 19 million, even for a year, without some cash and player concession.
long and short of it…Ainge, Wyc and Rivers are in a tricky spot. what will probably hapen…is everyone stays and you add one player like Rasheed.

We end up increasing our offer to the LLE, and he ends up signing with us. He said he really wants to contend for a title, I think he’s posturing for more money now but ends up in green.

Good news

about Lue not being able to beat out Johnson if Lue had to beat out Starbury for the backup spot he would. I can’t believe all the respect for a guy that we needed to step up time and time again and time and time again he failed. The Celtics Brass gave him a contract deserving of his play. And he got 1.3 million for two months of crappy play. I believe he’s a decent backup but there are plenty of decent backup PG. Besides the jury is still out on this guy being a cancer and the fact he can go somewhere else is good that we don’t have to find out for one more year.

there still is Mcdyess for a year or if he lasts Bass who is young also. Grant Hill would also be a nice stop gap guy for a year.

this makes me so angry. the guy got paid $20M a year to “play” for the Knicks over several years. why is money even a factor in his decision? he was heavily overpaid then…this offer would probably slightly underpay him (with a shot at a ring), it all works out. he needs a reality check.

Good, I think Eddie earned those minutes anyway.

Marbury is washed up, a headache in the lockerroom, and not a good fit in the team system anyway. He’s probably the most overrated player of the last decade considering people talk about him like he’s a former superstar when the reality is he’s a two time all-star and 5 years removed from his last selection.

As a Knick fan it kills me that we passed up Rondo “because we didn’t need a PG” and instead drafted Renaldo Balkman… who we later traded for a second round pick. Balkman wasn’t even projected for the 1st round and the Knicks had the 29th pick if they wanted him so bad…. (Isiah = the most overrated drafter of all-time).

Two years later Marbury can’t even carry Rondo’s bags.