in a sense its how we screwed up last year. Ok to let posey go but you have to replace him. Keep in mind we cough up Leon too. not happy if this is true.

If we lose both Baby and Leon :/

C’s seem to be ripping up what they had for a championship.

is a huge mistake. Match the offer and try to get something back replace him. Letting go talent with nothing coming back is a sure way to ruin your team. Greed, when it comes to talent, is good. I can understand not wanting to overpay him, but you gotta get someone back or at least be willing to sign a replacement.

would be a big mistake…

bbd is a no no at 5+ mill. san antone is a quality org. and it would be very good for him to be a part of it. by the way, where has san antone been lately winning titles with its geezer squad? and why is tanguay of all people getting scoops? is he a closet mormon ?

Passing on Baby at the MLE is a no-brainer. His game isn’t worth that kind of money. If he can get it, more power to him. But not here.

Full MLE for Davis is crazy! I doubt that is true. I mean, we are talking about the spurs here not Memphis…

I don’t believe for a second that SA offered BBD the full MLE for 5 years. That’s the kind of thing stupid teams do, and Popovich isn’t stupid.

If SA wants a caddy for Duncan they can get Oberto back or go after Joe Smith. And if they want to spend the full MLE, the player they would be targeting is Millsap.

Spurs blog says BBD is Plan B. They (the blog) really, really thought they could get Sheed, and are still in shock. I think they might pay the full MLE…the window is closing fast, as it did to the Celts last year.

By-the-way, the Spurs blog and the Lakers blog each has some excellent posters. I had never gone “trolling” (is it still trolling if you don’t post or make disparaging comments?) and am very impressed by the insight shown on those blogs. Great source of info.

If the Spurs want to go five years at MLE for Davis, that’s an absolutely epic overpay from a franchise that hasn’t done that in the past. That would be absolutely shocking.

im not buying the spurs giving him the full MLE….its the spurs, arent they one of the smartesr front offices in the league?

I couldn’t really blame the Cs for not matching a 5 year, full MLE offer. That is a huge luxury tax hit to take for a player who you won’t be starting for at least another 3 years and would really hinder them financially when it comes to adding anyone else to the team next year.

On the other hand, if they just let BBD walk, then they’re back where they started and need another big without any way to pay for one. Unless they can get Dice or resign Powe and he makes a miraculous recovery, Boston will be undersized and extremely vulnerable to any big getting injured for any length of time.

Mike

ok we replace powe with rasheed dont we need a big to replace bbd?? whose that gonna be why not just stick with bbd if we sign bbd with rasheed its a dramatic improvement to the bench if not it does not make any sense to me

Spurs signing BBD to the full MLE? It’s possible, maybe like 70%. I mean, nothing’s in stone and such, but we have Wallace now, who the Spurs wanted. Someone said if we sign BBD, we can make up the luxury tax hit if we make the Finals. Well, even without BBD, the Spurs look like they at least make the WCF. Maybe they’re willing to take a similar risk?

Even so, too expensive or not, BBD can’t be easily replaced. That much is obvious to anyone who’s watched a bit of Celtics basketball the last year. Who’s left in the FA market, and can we get him for a reasonable price? Can we do a trade for a big man? If the answers to my 2nd and 3rd questions are no, then maybe it’s worth it to match the Spurs’ offer, especially if there’s a chance it’s not nearly as much money as Tanguay is suggesting.

To me, you can’t just say you’re paying him the full MLE or less for a bench player when he’d start practically anywhere else, and has done effective in the time he’s started for us. Also…after all the discussions about whether BBD or Powe is better, I’d hate to think we’d have neither come October/November, especially for pretty much NOTHING, despite my understanding for why we don’t have Powe and how he’s not the same case as BBD.

If it’s truly not in the Celtics’ financial convenience to sign BBD, fine. But don’t let him walk out so easily.

I don’t see how Grant Hill will be a big addition to the Celtics. He’s going to be 37 and hasn’t played in a championship game. seems strange to be getting rid of the younger players and opting for all the older generation they may still be able to play but why are we building a team for a 1 year shot. I would think they would try and keep some of the young talent they have, I think they’ll be sorry if they let them all go and stick with the over 30 gang.

He’s a 6’10’’ power forward and former lottery pick. I haven’t seen any details on money, but they’re paying him enough to come back from Europe. Whether they’re spending part of the MLE on this guy or not, I find it hard to believe they’re going to give this guy at least the LLE and then give Big Baby a full MLE deal. Especially because they still have to sign Ginobili to an extension this year.

Mike

was a star at Unicaja Malaga. He’s more experienced than BBD and would probably not settle for the LLE.