Where's Marquis?

by lon3lytoaster on Aug 26, 2009 4:23 PM EDT

Looking for Marquis Daniels in Boston has been like trying to find Waldo.
Except that instead of one little page, we're looking at the entire United States.
Daniels' name has been popping up in Boston depth charts for over a month,
but has yet to actually sign a contract with the Celtics. After having
a very respectable season with the Indiana Pacers (13.6 PPG, 4.6RPG)
Daniels had his team option declined for next season, and later
verbally commited to Boston. He's expected to spend a lot of time
at the two guard spots, as well as backing up Paul Pierce.

Only problem is, we're left scratching heads wondering if
this deal will ever become finalized. After attempting to
trade off Tony Allen and Brian Scalabrine in a sign and trade,
talks stalled and there hasn't been much news since.
The bi-anual exception (roughly 1.9M) is expendable for the Celtics,
but it's the consensus that Daniels deserves a little more in his pocket
after last season.

Surely Marquis has broken some reason for longest verbal commitment
without an actual contract, and as long as he doesn't pull a
Hedo Turkoglu and back out of his agreement there's no way he won't
be here before training camp. He will have plenty of time to adapt
to his new role with the Celtics; and while we may never know what took
so long to actually sign his name on the dotted line, we can at least guess
and smile when Boston finally has bench production.

Be respectful and keep it clean. Thanks.

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aside from showing off some poor ms paint skills this article offers nothing that every single other marquis daniels to the celtics artlcle already has…

by MS12 on Aug 26, 2009 4:31 PM EDT reply actions

Those aren't poor...

… they’re genius!

All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino

by Roy_Hobbs on Aug 26, 2009 6:22 PM EDT up reply actions

Funnybones?

Bad MS paint skills was the joke, homie.

by lon3lytoaster on Aug 26, 2009 8:05 PM EDT up reply actions

meh

by MS12 on Aug 26, 2009 10:36 PM EDT up reply actions

WE ARE ALL CREATURES OF HABIT

Danny’s trying a cute move and being cheap again. Remember Posey…Powe!!! When the story is finally told in some form or fashion at the bottom of this there will be some petty cheap move by Danny.

by tyquinton on Aug 26, 2009 5:14 PM EDT reply actions

I don't think he's being cheap...

He’s actually trying to pay Daniels more money, in part (presumably) to get him to agree to a slightly longer deal and to allow use to preserve the LLE, which we can spend on other players this season or next.

All the negativity in this town sucks. It sucks, and it stinks, and it sucks. - Rick Pitino

by Roy_Hobbs on Aug 26, 2009 6:23 PM EDT up reply actions

Haha

TA was a nice touch in the picture.

by Ben Buchanan on Aug 26, 2009 7:02 PM EDT reply actions

Word is Marquis was thinking about going hedo on the celtics since it doesnt look like he is going to get the money he wants.

In Kobe we trust!

by robi s on Aug 27, 2009 2:21 PM EDT reply actions

my take is and has been that Larry Bird is the guy holding this up.

by Red2 on Aug 27, 2009 3:18 PM EDT reply actions

i agree

probably doesn’t want it to be seen in any way shape form like the deal for KG

by incoherent. on Aug 27, 2009 5:16 PM EDT up reply actions

whats holding it up is the pacers dont want anyone the celtics would be offering in a sign and trade, and cant find another team to get involved in a 3 way trade.

And if Marquis isnt getting the money he thought he was gonna be able to get, he might be having reservations about signing for considerably less money.

In Kobe we trust!

by robi s on Aug 28, 2009 5:50 AM EDT up reply actions

Tony Allen

He makes the whole thing for me. Very original, I like it.

Reporter: About a year ago I asked about the Celtics-Lakers thing and you said you'd really only seen it on TV. Now you've been through it, can you talk about playing the Boston Celtics for the NBA championship?
Kobe: It Sucks.

by Tom Bellinger on Aug 27, 2009 7:51 PM EDT reply actions

Love the TA-Larry interaction on the right

good stuff, toaster!

Rec’d.

-sw

Growing up in the Weinman household, you learn two rules very quickly if you aspire to reach double-digits in the years-of-age category: Hate thy Knick, hate thy Yankee.

Go Celtics, Go Dodgers. -sw

by Steve Weinman on Aug 27, 2009 8:32 PM EDT reply actions