if you consider that the changes are really losing Powe and Moore and replacing them with Sheed and Williams, and then assume that Williams should have similar numbers to Powe (maybe, just maybe)…we can say that we swapped Moore with Sheed.

I like saying that.

Any team that has a off shooting night, will be ground into fine powder. The longer the season goes the more severe their beating.

Basically what the Celtics did this off season is create a deeper more versatile front court because they:

1) Replaced Mikki Moore with Rasheed…which is a massive upgrade who adds versatility since he can play power forward and center unlike Mikki.

2) Replaced Powe who was a undersized power forward who had trouble going against bigger power forwards, with Williams who is a couple inches taller, is more of a legit power forward due to that extra height and bulk and is alot more versatile than Powe was because he can also (though still undersized a bit) play the center position since he has alot of past experience playing that position.

3) Mcdaniels replaces Walker is a upgrade since he is a much more proven all around player then Walker and again is more versatile since he can play guard as well as small forward.

4)Big Baby now with Rasheed on the bench as the back up center , will not have to play back up center any more and can now concentrate on playing against power forwards which he can match up better against then centers.

Again the key here is player roles and match ups are going to be so much better this year compared to last year and even the championship year since we added such versatile players in Rasheed, Williams and Mcdaniels, whos additions also helps make the role Big Baby will play this year much easier.

I only hope we can swap Scalabrine’s spot on the roster with 7’0 Robert Swift, which I think would be a great upgrade and be icing on the cake.

Swift is not garbage for the role we would need him to play.
We need a 3rd legit center on this team which swift is in Rasheed or Perk get hurt.

I dont want to count on Sheldon Williams being our 2nd string center if any injuries happen to Perk or Rasheed.

We dont need Swift to be a allstar, just come off the bench and bang other front court players (Like Shaq, Superman, Gasol, Bynum) around and keep them at bay which he can do much better than the shorter less stronger Scalabrine.

Swift has a NBA centers body about 245 and 7 ft tall.
He can put a body on power forwards and centers better than Scal can thats all I am saying.
Plus though he is not great he does have some above average scoring, defensive and rebounding skills to make him a decent 3rd string center on this team.

God forbid if anything happens to Perk or Wallace this year, but if so believe me you are going to want his length and bulk going against the big powerfull bigs we will be facing in the playoffs rather than Scalabrine’s

i rather has sheldon williams than swift, as a backup center we get not quite as deep, but still hes twice the player swift is

The thing I love about this group is that they are all grinders…hard workers who love to play physical (providing Rasheed comes back to form which I assume he will) . I absolutely love the Sheldon Williams signing. Its a piece that will provide that consistant toughness no matter what combination is on the floor…I think that signing was so valuable even though it wasn’t that sexy.

KG/Rasheed/Perk throw in any combo of Baby/williams/Scal with either 2 or 1 from each group. I would like to see one more big…a shot blocker to give a few situational minutes.