Who will make it for the C's last 2 roster spots?
The Celtics had a nice game against the Toronto Raptors, we really did see the potential of the team especially of the much-improved bench. Marquis Daniels for me will be the leader of the Boston Bench mob, while Bass will be their Go-to guy. I really love the hustle of Wilcox, he is really worth of the team's MLE. Dooling provides that much-needed stability for the PG position that we lacked for years but the C's still have 2 roster spots left, who will win it?
With Jeff Green's departure (get well soon Jeff, we will see you next season to help get raise that "Banner 19" and defend the C's championship), the SF spot became thin. And for the other roster spot, I think it will be alloted for the Center position. As we can see with the bench, everything is complete except the role for a 3pt shooter/perimeter defender player. In the free agency market we can only choose from these players, Stevenson, Thornton, and Posey. We could also add Gilbert Brown to the list.
Stevenson Strengths: Great 3 pt Shooter, Great Perimeter Defender (Note: He can guard and TRASH TALK Lebron), Has Championship Credentials, WIll Provide Toughness.
Stevenson Weaknesses: Some On/Off Court Issues, Has some offensive deficiencies (cannot create his own offense).
Thornton Strengths: Athletic, big wing at 6'8" , has the potential to be a great defender.
Thornton Weaknesses: No 3pt shot, as of now he is still an average/below average defender, although the potential is there.
Posey Strengths: Still has that 3pt shot but not as deadly as before, former member of the Celtics (familiarity of the system)
Posey Weaknesses: old, already lost his athleticism and his defensive instincts, far from his 2008 version.
Brown Strengths: Young, Athletic, Has that 3 pt Shot.
Brown Weaknesses: Still a rookie, his defense is still questionable if it already reached NBA-level, although multiple critics acknowledge its defensive prowess (like Avery Bradley)
And for the Center position, players that would be decent addition to the team (mainly to have stocks of Bigs, and of course to backup JO) would be C's white guy Greg Stiemsma, Joel Pryzbilla, and hold your breath.. Sean Williams.
Stiemsma Strengths: Block Shots, Decent Size at 6'11 260 lbs., Young.
Stiemsma Weaknesses: Not Athletic (Big man nowadays in NBA should be athletic not only big, if not you will just be overpowered by other smaller athletic guards or forwards, see Glen Davis and the Miami Heat), still a rookie, and I think he does not provide any intimidating presence down low.
Pryzbilla Strengths Decent Size at 7'1" 245 lbs., Blocks Shots, Rebounds well.
Pryzbilla Weaknesses: INJURY PRONE and not athletic
Williams Strengths: PROVIDES THAT INTIMIDATING PRESENCE DOWN LOW, INCREDIBLY block shots with his 7'9" wing span, young, has SUPERIOR athleticism.
Williams Weaknesses: well he has some on/off court issues (which will not be an issue with a team full of veteran leaders like KG, Pierce and Allen), lacks offense, commitment to his job is questionable.
Now the question is, who will you choose to complete the team? For the wing I'll go with either Stevenson or Thornton, and in the Center position, no doubt, Sean Williams. Give him a chance dude, I don't know but I think of him as a more mobile and athletic version of Perk.
What's in your mind?
Thoughts are much appreciated. Go C's!
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update- the Mavericks are signing Sean Williams
I think that Steisma is a lock. His d-league record shows that he’s more than just a big body, at least on defense. Smart, unspectacular size is exactly what they went looking for for this bench.
I’d love to see Al Thornton for all of the same reasons that everyone ever wanted to see Al Thornton, but the fact is that that road just leads to disappointment. He will create turnovers, take his teammates out of plays, and give up baskets. The highlights he will contribute won’t make up for the damage.
… that said, Stevenson and Posey are both minuses with zero upside. I’m pretty conflicted here.
Update (again)
just like sofutomygaha said, Sean Williams is out of the list since the Mavs are about to sign him. The Celtics also are not interested in Posey according to Hoopshype, that leaves us for a few players to choose from. Pryzbila on the other hand will decide after the holidays (wow), I just thought, what about trading for Beasley? the wolves have derrick williams that has the same type of game as he is, B-easy also has bonding moments with Paul Pierce during the lockout at China, he also has a friendly contract of about 6 M which will make him a restricted free agent in 2012, any thoughts?
I predict they will keep Stiemsma and Brown as the #14 & 15 spots on the roster.
Both will be undressed and probably at the Red Claws until called up as needed.
Stiemsma has some nice qualities that fit this team. Defensively, he’s a shot blocker and can play the same role as sink target in our help defense that Perk, Shaq, JO & Rasheed all played when at that position behind KG. He also rebounds well on defense.
On offense, he needs to learn some post moves and how to set a better screen – he’ll get called for moving picks just like Perk & BBD often did. But he’s got a very nice elbow jumper so can pop nicely. And he can finish the oop pass well.
His size makes him attractive as a project that we can put on the Red Claws and have him work on those deficiencies.
Gilbert Brown is a player that Danny and Doc obviously targeted out of college as they gave him a camp invite right after he slipped past the draft. We obviously didn’t see much out of him in the first preseason game, but I expect they must see something they like in him. Given our need for depth at that position, I think he has a good chance of stealing that last spot. If not, then I still expect they’ll want him at Maine anyway and try to keep a thread tied to him.
Obviously, Danny might pull somebody out of the woods at the last minute, but right now I think this is where the roster is headed.
NBA Officiating - Corrupt? Incompetent? Which is worse? Does it matter? It sucks.
even though I wish DA to make a more exciting roster move
I agree that the last 2 roster spots are for Brown and Stiemsma
by ball is green on Dec 20, 2011 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
C's white guy?
What is this, Georgetown?
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