The Big Shamrock: Shaq Coming To Boston?

Big Shamrock, c’mon down!

But a needed mixed bag. Pluses definitely outweigh the minuses, although with Shaq maybe I shouldn’t use the word “outweigh.”

Shaq has always been my favorite non-Celtic all these years, but there goes our team free throwing shooting percentage…

I love it. Shaq, donkey, Baby, von

and Veal.

What great names.

Celtics On Ice

yeah

Shaq is 2x the size of Davis. I love this

you are now vindicated danny and the last is get rudy 18 is coming world champion 2011.ok na.

To see Shaq use all 5 of his pivot feet per posession while rooting the opponent into the third row… If he’s on our team.

When we play the Heat we can watch the officials ignore Paul’s offensive foul move, Shaq’s pivot feet, Wade’s palming and carrying, and everything the messiah does.

Good article on what we might expect from Shaq based on last year’s performance and in historical comparison to other centers his age: http://probasketballtalk.nbcsports.com/2010/08/what-can-we-really-expect-shaq-to-be.php

But here’s a tidbit: “We’ll use per-36, since that’s the Basketball-Reference average, and if you were going to exhaust a player at that age, that’s the limit you could probably expect them to play. The average per-36 for a 37 player is much more favorable, coming in at 10.8 points and 8.97 rebounds. Shaq averaged 18.5 and 10.3 per-36 last year. So his scoring percentage is in the elite of all 37 year-old centers historically, coming at 3rd on that list. His rebounds, on the other hand, were 7th among all 37 year-old centers.”

This will be the Brandnew big shamrock shaq.
This team will be all about defense and the offense will come into place. If shaq wants to win a championship here. He can tell Kobe, how does his a** taste. By winning a championship with 3 different teams.

it is exciting from a historical perspective. One of the games greats will probably retire in our uniform, and that is a cool thing.
But as far as his game goes at this age….count me as underwhelmed.

his body won’t take too much of a pounding with Shaq in the middle, still, like everyone else, I’m dying to know what the structure of Shaq’s contract is going to be

With Perkins healthy, we will be one of the few teams actually having 2 authentic Centers true centers are really lacking in the NBA, most teams has PFs backing up for C’s, and some of them don’t even have an authentic center starting.

It’s just awesome to have 2 big bodies on our team, I don’t know if Perkins will ever be 100% this season, but imagine this Perkins will defend Dwight Howard when he gets tired then Shaq will come and give Howard a hard time for 15-20 mins, it’s nice..

And, I think it will actually increase the average age of the Celts. Seriously though, how cool would it be if Shaq retires as a Celtic and how even more cool would it be if he retires a champion!

It’s true he has some problems defending the pick and roll.. but just think about it guys which other team has a player with such presence like Shaq coming off the bench? that’s what it says in the update #3 that he is willing to come out from the bench, I mean that would be so friggin awesome.

the celtics team just got uglier. Won’t be any girl groupies following these guys

I’m anxious to read It’s official: Shaq signs with C’s

Aswe were playing the Cavs in the playoffs, I read here more than once that we wanted Shak playing minutes cause we could score on him and he was an offensive liability. We felt better with Shak eating up somebody elses minutes than him n the bench. Now suddenly we want Shak on our team as one of our key players? I mean, whats good for the goose is not good for the gander? Now Shak has no flaws just because he is going to join us?? No comprende.

When he played with the suns and cavs, It was like he didn’t mix with them. Isn’t the celtics half court half offense? But anyways, i see no problem with shaq going to the celtics. If we get him please relax celtics fans and don’t doubt this team and the organization.

I knew Danny wasn’t so stupid to take Kwame over Shaq.

it doesnt seem like anybody sees his real value can u see the positives of shaq help train perkins into a better center just having him in practices is going to push Garnett and jeremaine into more aggressive ballers at least thats what i see his greatest contributions to the celtics in taking them back to the finals

… who’d be ecstatic — and I mean over-the-moon ecstatic — if Shaq came in like 20 pounds lighter?

Well at his age he has to remain in the best shape possible so he might lose a few more pounds even thought he is thinner than before already, he needs to stay in best shape possible his legs aren’t as strong anymore to carry such a big body so easily, if we nail Shaq and get an extra shooter I would be very pleased and I believe our chances would be pretty good.

What will the celtics do when the have perkins back?

nicely here. I spent the better part of my metro ride reading the comments. I’m going to hold judgment until I hear the details of the deal. If it’s reasonable, I think it’s a no-brainer. I’m kind of shocked for those scoffing at the move. Perk won’t be anywhere close to 100% until around playoff time. As of right now, we’d have to be holding down the fort with BBD as a backup center while he is MUCH better suited playing backup to KG at the 4. There’s absolutely no downside to having extra depth at center when you’re deep in the playoffs. I think this solves a potentially devastating issue with KG’s rebounding having taken a huge nose-dive post-injury. His post-presence will also be huge, since he’s a great passer. How many times last year did you see Rondo blow by 2 defenders and drop the ball off to Perk just to see Perk take a dribble, fake a couple of times, and take a weak fadeaway, lose the ball, or travel? Shaq can def clean that up effectively. There was NO better option out there and it filled what become one of our biggest needs after Perk’s injury. Hands down. I think we are dangerously thin at the wing, though. I was in love with MD’s signing last year but he was just never the same after returning from the hand injury. Paul and Ray were gassed last year. Another year of age, no TA…..I must admit, it’s got me worried.

if he’s even 80% ready we have a nice line up of bigs for the style of playoff ball

Bret Farvre will come out of retirement to become a wing with the Boston Celtics

whoa hoo that what im talking bout our bench is set nate bradley harongody big baby shaq we gonna crush the heat down low

A mirror of 33

if you put Shaq BBD and Gody on the floor could be quite beefy and tough

this is definitely a triumph of DA.

Am i super excited about Shaq joining the Celtics? no.
Shaq has been one of my favorite players of all time, even when he was a Laker.

But that isn’t the genius of this move, why did we leave that 18th banner in LA?. .. other than 10 of the last 15 Laker points coming from the free throw line that is.

Rebounds, when Perk went down Sheed did an admirable job filling in for him, better than expected. But it was 2 7 footers against 3 (more or less), that’s all bad. Could have won, should have won. . . but it is what it is, the rivalry is officially renewed.

now we have KG,Perk, the O’Neal boys. But what nobody is mentioning, we STILL have Sheed. Sure he’s “retired”. . . so was Grandpa Brown (aka PJ Brown in 2008 at the deadline), he came on for the playoffs and was solid.

We know Sheed doesn’t do the regular season, we will have 4 7footers (well, 3 plus Perk) AND Sheed when he comes out of retirement for the playoffs.

does this guarantee the rebounds will be rectified? No. But i’ll take 5 7footers (or 4 3/4) in the lineup over 3.

that is where the true brilliance of this move comes into play, now if we could just get Rudy it would be perfect.

Nate, Shaq, Baby, KG, Von Weafer… The reporters are going to be able to get some great quotes.

but i still think we need ONE MORE PIECE but myabe von wafer can be enuff with nate scoring more in our system along with big baby starting from the beginning and marquis being healthy

Fantastic…I cannot wait for the 2002 season to begin!!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODnvTGzOl_8

looks like he’s working on his weight on the offseason

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gGYeXsa_sc

I love the dunk over Howard, hahaha.

Ok, I want to add to the “shaq will slow us down” theory by comnparing shaq vs perk. Now dont take this the wrong way because I believe Perk has developed into a great center and theres not many more centers I would take over him. But heres the deal. Shaq offensively is better ten fold. Perk cant score with his back to the hoop. He travels all the time (turnover). Doesnt rebound offensively. He sets the worst picks and gets called for illegal screens all the time (turnover). He doesnt pass well to cutters (turnover). He gets technicals all the time (worse than a turnover). He is not very fast and is always the last one up the floor on offense. He is a huge liability on offense. Shaq on the other hand, passes well from the post. He is almost automatic from the paint area. He is huge and sets great screens just because he is so big. (picture ray running off a screen from shaq, can you say wide open??) He doesnt get techs very often and is the same speed as perk running the floor, rebounds pretty well and can stop the bleeding when we are slumping on offense (which happens all the time) by getting an easy hoop or 2 when we need it. Perk cant do that at all….That is a HUGE upgrade..Now defensively Perk is great. Plays great 1 on 1 defense. He is one of the best help defenders in the league. Still needs work on the pick and roll. He is a very good rebounder on defense and he plays dwight howard like no one else can (most of the time, DH cant always be stopped no matter who you are) Shaq is a pretty good 1 on 1 defender, is a great rebounder, needs help with the pick and roll also and just an average help defender..so perk has the advantage on defense right? Well thats true most of the time, until you match up against the elite teams. They both have size but shaq has one thing perk doesnt…length…Shaq was handling perk in most of the games against clev because of his length…and think of the reason the lakers beat us…rebounding and Bynum…Bynum was hurt but when he was in the game, and still he couldnt be stopped..perk couldnt handle him and kg had to help which left gasol (cant stand him) open a lot for easy put backs..In the first quarter of game 7 the lakers had 9 offensive rebounds in the first 8 minutes or so ( we should have been up 20)…thats where shaq makes a difference on defense..he moves bodies and has the length to contest a bynum type player with length and size.. in the first gome of the finals i think the lakers came down 3 times in a row and just lobbed it up to bynum even with perk on him and it looked like an adult holding candy over his head while little children jumped and waved helplessly to try to get at it.. shaq changes all that. I love perk, but shaq is a huge upgrade by those standards…pheonix and cleveland didnt know how to use shaq, thats why it seemed like he hurt them, when it was actually the coaches who hurt their teams…

If the deal is killed tomorrow, I guess we’ll have another 330 comments (a lot of them of the sour grape variety).

imagine a line up of

a.i.
ray
paul
KG
shaq

dream team 2001!

a.i wud only really fit if we traded bradley for rudy

perk is a big ? because of the injury and how much time he will really need to recover. i don’t think we get much from him this year. i hope shaq does not think like sheed and figures that the regular season is a time out period. shaq is a load and loads are generally not in good shape, especially old loads. 20 mins, a game- that’s all. the turk will have to give us some minutes . hope he can rebound and move his feet on d.

you gotta give it up for DA…He’ll have done quite a bit without much to work with…

the Green BioDiesel is playing for the celtics danny dont forget to trade for rudy en fuego fernandez. im sure lorna Tolentino will be rooting for the boston celtics.

Love it Boston fans hope you sign Shaq is free throw shooting is great and at his age he can really get up the court now you will have two O,Neils now Miami will get out of east to face Lakers……………………sorry Boston nice try……………….

how about a starting line-up like this:

C – SHAQ
PF – JERMAINE
SF – KG
SG – PIERCE
PG – RONDO

ray allen will be d 6th man off d bench to rest pierce. then pierce can rest KG, big baby on shaq with jermaine moving to center.

i remember KG used to be a SF in his wolves days and pierce used to be an SG with the celts.

excited to meet d lakers in a rematch, let’s see how gasol and bynum can match up in rebounding with shaq, jermaine and KG.

yeah

We will now have 3. Let me repeat this, 3 good centers. This is awesome. Shaq will contribute. He is a smart player. We will see a better Shaq. That is a promise.

.. perk can make any player look like a bleeding sack of potatoes, good thing now is shaq and JO wont have to go up against him..

The only reason Gasol was any good this time around, was because of Bynum. Veee will cruush Bynum.

The o’neal brothers are a good fit for us ok. For me it doesn’t matter if we have a terrible record at home or away. First half of last years season, we were the best. Second we droped to fourth place in the eastern conference. All they talk about was cavs and this and that And we took them out. Samething here again, the heat now are consider the champions. They are not ray pierce and kg. I heard on NBA tv today that doc had a fundraiser last week in Orlando and pat reily was there and so doc was like, that was a weird pre celebration you guys put up there. Reily was like yeah, that was to much. Celtics never did that when we got Allen and kg. We will come out when it’s playoff time.

As a diehard 30 year Laker fan I am so hoping you guys get Shaq. If history is accurate you’ll probably average about one healthy O’Neal at any given time. But I also hope both of them and Perkins are all healthy come playoff time so you can kick LeBronze’s ass and face us in the finals again.
I wouldn’t want Phil’s fourth three-peat and our record tying 17th championship to come against anyone but you!

Let´s say this deal gets done and Shaq is signed without touching Rasheed´s contract, then we have a steal. I cannot think of a better backup big guy at the moment than Shaq despite him being slow.
However, if we used Sheed´s contracts to get this done then we have made a mistake.

if Perk is ready come playoffs and JO is functional then we’d be better with Sheed & Baby filling in as opposed to Shaq…but if Perk and/or JO aren’t ready than Shaq could help…but not much…can Danny release Shaq if he feels he sucks?? easier said then done…sad as it sounds,come playoffs,Sheed is probably a better option than Perk,JO or Shaq…maybe a PJ deal for Sheed???…if Perk can’t play, his ending deal will come in handy at deadline with Baby’s,Daniels etc…we’re stuck signing guys like Nate,Wafer,Shaq,Daniels etc etc then Danny has 7 months till the playoffs….good luck

Shaq should be signing today, possibly a 2 year deal for the veteran’s minimum, with year 2 as a player option. Considering our bigs depth issue (with Perk’s injury and JO’s own injury history), Shaq at the minimum is great. He can still do some serious things for 20 mpg.

1. we will be the worst FT shooting team in the league with Rondo,Shaq, Perk etc
2. Our transition D just took a hit
3. We now have the beefiest if not the slowest front court in the league.
4. how about a front court of shaq, perk and Baby. I’m, laughing just thinking about it.
5.Hopefully shaq doesn’t hurt anyone in practice
6. Doc Rivers will have his hands full figuring out what to do with shaq on defense and offense
7. the whole damn thing is exciting
8. what if wallace doesn’t retire. again, I’m laughing at the prospect of having the biggest, oldest, slowest front court in the league