One Man's Plan For The Celtics' Offseason

I definitely see next year as the same as this year.

I think you are pretty close which is going to disappoint most fans. However, I think there are some other young players available as UFAs who might help: Earl Clark, Al Thorton, and Shawne Williams. As for older guys who might help: Jamario Moon, Michael Redd and Jeff Foster who was mentioned above. Not sure what shape Redd is in, but he might be a great piece for the bench.

Jeff in your post, you really didn’t mention using either the MLE or Bi-Annual. I’m not opposed to using them but would like to see used on either 1 year deals with a Team Option for 2012 or if multi year contracts for low money (3Yrs 6/7M). I don’t want to commit a lot of cap space this year at the expense of 2012.

http://www.welcometoloudcity.com/2011/6/6/2210084/oklahoma-city-thunder-to-host-free-agent-workouts-tuesday-and

Do you think the C’s can wrangle an invite? I bet Perk talked to them about Lasme (and maybe Gaffney and Janning as well).

Thanks.

PG – Rondo
SG – Bradley
SF – Green

I’ll take the ‘athleticism’ of those 3 guys against almost any perimeter three-some in the league. When healthy, Delonte’ and Wafer (if we keep those guys) are also very athletic.

We have lots of athleticism stocked up for the 1-2-3 spots for the future.

We don’t have the same for the 4 & 5.

On Tyler – the scouting reports indicate that he’s matured his game a ton over the last year – so beware of old vids. The kid is still very, very young & raw. If we draft him, it is because of his intriguing potential. He’s not going to be ‘NBA ready’ right away.

you aren’t getting gasol or caron for the MLE, and you’re definitely not getting them for baby and a pick (or two) in a S&T.

Not getting Gasol for the MLE guaranteed. Also, can’t trade BBD until after June 30 and it would be under the new CBA.

I like this kid too. Great size and physical potential.

Maybe next year?

I think bring in Jason Collins is a good idea if we can get him. As for Magnum Rolle, I agree, but isn’t he still under contract to Indy? I thought they kept him and sent him to play in the NBDL or did they actually release him? I find that hard to believe though, I remember Bird bing very high on him in preseason.

However, I don’t buy that they can’t win this year. Injuries killed us last year and whether you subscribe to the Perk trade being the killer or Shaq not coming back or Rondo being hurt. I’m not making excused, injuries are part of the game, you have to live with them and others have to step up.

One suggestion I have is to maybe use the MLE on 2 solid Vet – like Michael Redd or Jeff Foster or simlar but only on 1 year deals, maybe with a team option to remain flexible for next summer..

I’ve suggested this before but been told tht BBD can’t be traded until after Jun 30, which would be under the new CBA.

wrt JG: I hope DA doesn’t throw good money after bad with JG. A one year contract would be great

Give Von Wafer more playing time, I think he’s getting it. I think West will probably only be able to give us half a season. He’s too prone to injuries.

JO will probably only give us 1/4 of a season. We’d need to spend our biggest monies on a reliable athletic center via FA. A rookie big can eat up 5 minutes here and there.

Here, here!

Even if I disagree with you on some things (I still like Green a lot) – THIS^ (health) we can all agree is the most critical thing!

I don’t see him as redundant with Green. Harper is much more of a ‘true’ PF, while Green is so much better as an SF.

‘Love Harper’s vertical game and nice looking jumper motion. I agree he could use a few lbs of muscle and some intense training in how to play high-paint defense, KG-style. He’s got nice long arms (7 ft wingspan) that could be put to great use disrupting passing lanes. Mostly, though, he’s already very polished on the offensive end. He’d be a great offensive weapon for Rondo, especially with Green working on the opposite side. Both he and Green can hit the three as well as score inside.

If a hard cap comes in, it will be at a higher number and also require some very complex grandfather clauses in order to account for existing contracts.

I agree that it is simply not likley that we bring Howard here as a FA under the cap. I expect we will sign Green to a multi-year, probably for around 7M per or so. That means we’ll have 36M locked up on Rondo, Pierce, Green & Bradley. That leaves only 19M under the cap (assuming a 55M cap). So if you signed Howard as an FA, that would pretty much use all of that up. You’d have to rescind bird rights on Ray and KG and all the rest of our FAs in order to actually get that room, btw, so you can’t use bird rights to retain any of them – you’d only be able to retain either of them with vet-min contracts.

I think the only way we get Howard is if we trade expirings and stay over the cap. The way this would work is if we trade one or more expiring contract(s) to a third party team for assets that we then repackage and trade to Orlando for Dwight. The repackaging would likely involve moving something that we have (not sure what, exactly) to sweeten it over Orlando dealing directly for the particular assets. The net net is that we take on an Howard’s contract this way (which would be extended) and never drop below the cap. We’d still be able to retain our own FAs through bird & non-bird rights and sign new ones to min contracts per today. If KGs contract was the one we dealt to make this happen – then the following year could see a lineup that includes Howard, Pierce, Green, Ray & Rondo in your top rotation. That’s pretty solid. The rest of the lineup is unclear and depends on who our picks are this year & next and who gets dealt to make the transactions work but should be decent. Since we would not have to rescind bird rights it would give Danny more options in retaining whatever FAs we end the year with. Under current rules, he’d even be able to bring back KG (if he still has another year in the tank) as an FA using the MLE …

However it is done, the main point is that the best way we can afford to pay Howard AND field a full team around him is if we stay over the cap. Wic already has said he’s willing to pay to stay competitive. That makes this plan at least possible. Though not necessarily all that likely. It would require some very creative wheeling and dealing by Danny to move the right parts around. And I think they only would move KG’s expiring contract if it looks like we will not make the playoffs.

That’s the way the cap is now. But one of the demands by the owners is a roll back of salaries. I believe it’s 1/4 to 1/3 which reduces our cap number. Also, the max contract would go way down (at 25 % that would make the max) about $11M with a $45M cap. Not saying that’s gonna happen, but that’s what has been proposed. So that would mean that 29M would go down to around $22M, plus Howard at 11 puts us at $33. Not saying that is going to happen but that’s what the owners are proposing. I think, that any proposal will have a year or 2 phase in period and I do think the cap will be higher, but I do believe there will be some type of rollback in salaries will take place.

Yeah, Tyler and Johnson to train up. Collins or his like to play behind JO. Hope West stays healthy, Wafer continues to “get it”, Bradley really steps up, and Green is as good as his biggest fans think he is.

Oh, and pray for no injuries!

How can he have ‘too much baggage’ yet?

His only ‘problem’ has been immaturity. Should that be surprising?

I’m not claiming he’s ‘mature’ now, or that he’s the solution to all the C’s problems. But I don’t get the ‘too much baggage’ argument against him.

money doesn’t work and I have no doubt it’s just pure amateur speculation.

Personally, I’d be happy about it because I think it makes Miami weaker and Orlando would still be a non-factor.

My guess that’s some writers suggested this scenario and someone ran with it. Both can’t be traded straight up would have to include others players.

I believe Mark Jackson and Van Gundy suggested something like that during the final.