I Want My Baby Back Baby Back Baby Back

Come on Davis. There’s no place like home.

Cue the lollipop, Telly. We want Baby back!

He got the Rasheed Wallace deal right, but appears to be wrong with Grant Hill and I would be willing to bet that the Magic really aren’t that hot after Big Baby, if anything they might try to play a little game of chicken with Boston and try to make us pay a little more for him. That could be a dangerous game to play though.

Because if he can, the guy could fill two positions on the Cs this year, backup SF and 4th big. If the only offer BBD’s agent can scare up is a 3 year/$7m deal, Baby would be better off playing for the Qo and then entering full free agency in FA summer 2010, where the teams that don’t sign the big guns will have plenty of money to sprinkle around to second and third tier FAs.

BBD is ours unless an insane offer is made. He does fill a couple of roles for the team and will be hard to replace.

With him and Wallace we would have very deep big man depth for the next couple of years.

I agree the luxury tax is a killer, but I know of no one we can get to replace baby unless we do a trade that will cost us a draft pick down the road. It might be better for the team to take the hit and pay the money now rather than have a rethread play big minutes if an injury happens.

How can we get Drew Gooden without doing a trade, we have no cash available under the cap, only thing we can do is go over the cap and sign baby

I want no part of him. Or Chris Wilcox either, who is another knucklehead in the Stromile Swift mold.

Davis “gets it.” He’s a nice player to have.

You want to make the Celtics unbeatable this year? Re-sign BBD. That’s our fourth big, so we can go ahead and trade Scal, along with TA and whatever young players Sacramento might want for Nocioni (give Sac-town some cap relief). There’s our backup 3 behind Pierce. Sign Grant Hill, he’s our backup 2 behind Ray Allen/playing alongside Eddie House as point-small forward.

Bigs: KG, Perk, ’Sheed, BBD
Wings: Pierce, Ray, Nooch, Hill
PG: Rondo, House

Not much NET addition to the team’s payroll for next season, since Nooch’s contract would be mostly offset by unloading Scal and TA (it would increase costs in years ahead). You’d be paying BBD probably $2.5 – $3.0M for a year and Hill $1.9M.

Where’s the weakness on that team? You’ve got inside play, you’ve got slashing, you’ve got shooters. You’ve got a lot of defenders. You’re ten deep with legitimate rotation players. You’ve got size up front and quickness in the backcourt. You’ve got a lot of VERY hungry mo’fos looking for redemption.

We can get baby for the same dollars it will cost to get two of the has beens we will have to settle for if he walks.
Davis and Wallace are insurance for an injured Perk and rest time for KG this year, anything less and we are an injury away from scratching and clawing to stay in the race for number 18

back here. Mavs already got Gortat. The Spurs will go after Dice, Orlando, I don’t see as a fit despite Tanguay’s gastro-intestinal premonitions because after losing Gortat and trading Battie they’re gonna need more length than Baby can provide backing up. I don’t see him fitting in NY who wants to go more uptempo. Danny played this right I believe. He should be back at a modest raise.

Getting Rasheed Wallace could, without considering injuries, take away BBD’s playing time. But BBD is probably a better defender against BIG Bigs than Wallace might be. BBD will use strength, similar to Perk, but Wallace has height. So don’t know the answer myself. But if BBD really wants to become a better player he might be better off on our bench than on another bad team. And being here could motivate BBD to become better. Will be interesting to see what he does. I think he can help the team, but his importance has diminished short-term. It could help him long-term if he decides to come here for two years. Wallace will only play one or two years more.

everyone likes bbd but bbd likes the $$$ and i don’t think he wants too much bench time- can’t blame him. let’s do get rid of tony and one of the walker-giddens guys and scal and give bbd the $$$.

At 6`8", I knew BBD was NOT going to get fantastic offers.

Still, I expected his playoff performance would attract at least one offer he would jump at.

Glen Davis should try to negotiate a two year $6 million contract, or a three year $9 million contract. I think that’s his best option at this point. Something reasonable which Danny will sign, and will give him some good financial security.

Davis’ value is likely to fall if he returns to Boston next season, because his minutes won’t be there. He should try to sign a deal now, and avoid taking the qualifying offer.

I like Baby too, but he is not my main concern at all. I’m a little surprised that this is getting more attention than the 2/3 spot spelling PP and Ray Ray, or even backup PG.

I’m fine with Scal, a Mikki Moore type player, a cardboard cutout of Shaq circa 2003, playing the 4th big to open the season. If someone gets injured we’ve got Leon as a possibility being available in January and even if not we can deal with it then. BBD I don’t see making a lot of sense right now. I’d even say sign and trade him to fill the 2/3 spot where we really need the help. We simply don’t have the minutes or the money for BBD this year, and for the future he will always be an undersized overweight big who’s not quick enough to guard the 3.

He played well at stretches, yes. And he might be a better and worthwhile match for another team who needs a 4 with toughness and has minutes for him. Other than stashing him in case of injury, I don’t see why we really need him. We DO need a backup PG and someone to spell Pierce though and I’m curious what the options after Grant Hill are.

It makes sense that his draft strategy predicts what he will do here – take the 1 year QO and be unrestricted next year, although there will be a lot of money flying around for bigger names then.

Why would anybody want Drew Gooden?. Nobody keeps him around and that’s not for nothing. On the other hand, Big Baby has two years in the league. Played his way onto the court in year one for a coach that doesn’t play rookies and in year two greatly improved his shooting. In year three he promises to be slimmer. How do you ignore that motivation and trajectory. It would be HUGE mistake to lose him.

The names available for Big Baby money, well, that money would be better spent on Big Baby IF you agree that his rate of improvement in first two years trajects into further improvement. Not all may agree which is maybe why other GMs are not moving. In this day and age no one wants to overpay (MLE) for a young bench guy and why offer him $3.0 mil if you know the Celts will match.
Baby did play good defense on Shaq, who’s now in the East and he did very well against Duncan. If he loses another 20 lbs it won’t cost him any strength as much as gain him lateral quickness. That’s what he needs if he’s going to stop Howard from rolling to the hoop for dunk or short hook. I’d rather have Big Baby than McDyess, Joe Smith, Chris Wilcox, Stro Swift etc.

BBD held his own against Duncan, who by the way still had more than a 20/10 on the night. On the other end BBD would never be able to score or rebound against Duncan. Draft night 1994 I recall Eric Montross being described as someone who “held his own against David Robinson in a summer game.” That was what people were touting, and he proved to be a sub-par player.

I agree that BBD has improved, and that it’s entirely possible he can lose a good amount of weight while still retaining the same strength. I still think it says something that BBD hasn’t gotten 1 offer from another team. I’d rather have McDyess NOW, and a big other than BBD in the future.

I’m not against bringing BBD back, I just want him used situationally (with an average of like 6-8 minutes a game max), and for a salary of 175% of what he earned last year.

I’m still praying that someone will beat out the qualifying offer for Fat Davis.
It’s too bad McHale’s not around to save us.

Seriously, don’t understand all the BBD love. He’s statistically and visually one of the worst players in the NBA. I’m starting to think it’s a fat on fat thing… People love to see their own succeed, and the Fats will put on their fat colored glasses and somehow think he’s good…