Realistic 2011 Boston Celtics Roster

by JRD373 on Jul 9, 2011 1:24 PM EDT

PG- Rajon Rondo, Delonte West, Avery Bradley

SG- Ray Allen, Michael Redd, E'Twaun Moore(reserve)

SF- Paul Pierce, Jeff Green

PF- Kevin Garnett, JaJuan Johnson, (Random Undersized PF) (reserve)

C- Jermaine O'Neal, Etan Thomas, Solomon Jones

Personally I would love this roster and it seems like it could be a legitimate possibility...

Rondo does his thing finding everyone right where they should be.

West and Bradley can alternate playing the 1 or 2.

Allen drops his buckets as usual.

Redd can play both 2 or 3 and spread the floor as a shooter. I feel like he would be willing to join this team and not demand loads of money considering he really has no leverage around the league anyway.

Moore can be a solid young reserve ready to play in the case of an injury or something.

Pierce adds to his Celtics All-Time numbers. Wouldn't mind it if he kind of helped Jeff Green a little.

Green can post up at the 4 occasionally. Would love it if he developed a solid feel for SF though.

Garnett and Johnson do there thing. Would love to see Garnett take Johnson under his wing, but Garnett has never really been about any of that. Johnson will pick up some things and contribute.

Random Undersized PF would fill a reserve role. Any suggestions? No Scalabrine please...

O'neal remains starter due to no real starter available.

Thomas and Jones would be 2 bigs I would love to see on the team. Thomas is a vet and knows the game. Jones is younger and has good size. A little youth down low couldn't hurt. There games would allow us to throw bigs all over.

I feel as if this roster could compete and is actually a realistic possibility. I would be more than satisfied with this roster considering our almost non-existent cap flexibility.

Let me know what you think!

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Would you be satisfied with this team?

Absolutely!

29 votes

Yea, I guess...

82 votes

Close, but no cigar

98 votes

No thanks...

68 votes

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Nice write up

I do hope Redd will join us hes a veteran player who i believe will help us alot. As for Thomas, i dont believe he can make it a month without getting an injury so i’d rather go for another player. maybe we can get back murphy and sign another big man.

by ZM15 on Jul 9, 2011 5:37 PM EDT reply actions

Thanks and True

Etan Thomas is pretty injury prone, Just thought if used in a solid role that doesn’t put too much pressure on him, he would be ok. But I agree with you as well. Troy Murphy can be a solid contributer in the correct lineup. I like Jason Collins as well. Also an extremely random flyer that could MAYBE pay off, Kyrylo Fesenko. That guy is massive and I’ve seen him put in some strong minutes…

by JRD373 on Jul 9, 2011 5:55 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions

I wish Fesenko would join us

but unfortunately hes on other teams radar (like the rockets) who might promise him more minutes and a starting spot (unlike us). I have always like Earl Barron for some reason. So if we cant get Fesenko maybe we should fall for a guy like Barron!

by ZM15 on Jul 10, 2011 12:44 PM EDT up reply actions

Earl Barron!

I thought we should have got him LAST season! That guy would have been awesome to have. Pretty solid all around big and he could be had for pretty cheap. Definitely backing the Barron.

by JRD373 on Jul 10, 2011 12:51 PM EDT up reply actions

Thank you!!

finally somebody agrees!!

by ZM15 on Jul 11, 2011 3:31 PM EDT up reply actions

...Earl "Butt-head" Barron

That guy would just get posterized all season for 0.5K…

Its all about money, its all about Banner 18

by 2012Celtic on Jul 13, 2011 11:30 AM EDT up reply actions

no..

redd will probably be injured in practice and miss half or all season!!…very bad knees!!

by seze70 on Jul 11, 2011 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions

Two injury prone vets, a young Jones, two rooks, one undetermined Scal

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The way you went to be realistic was a bit balistic. I didnt like the way you picked Redd cause I guarantee he’ll be out for almost all the season. Thomas will certainly help us but he should fit the undetermined spot, not after JO at center. You should seek for a better backguard guard and center. Somehow, West would may be a bad decision too…

by 2012Celtic on Jul 9, 2011 6:04 PM EDT reply actions

I respect that. But WHO?

These are all valid points against these players. So tell me, what can we bring in BETTER?

I felt as if this would be a pretty decent off-season considering our terrible cap space. I understand Micheal Redd got injured. BUT he will be coming of the bench! He wont be playing 40 mins a game anymore. He is a proven shooter and knows the game. Also West, he knows the team and he fits fine. But we could look elsewhere. As far as Thomas, yes he is injury prone, but given a ROLE, he could produce. Jones could work when we chose to rest O’Neal and Thomas. I feel that could be a solid rotation of bigs. But there are also other options out there.

But WHO can we afford to put on our team to make them as good as YOU think they can be NEXT season?

by JRD373 on Jul 10, 2011 12:37 AM EDT up reply actions

Get the free agent/angry player list and I'll give you some results and explainations

Its all about money, its all about Banner 18

by 2012Celtic on Jul 13, 2011 11:28 AM EDT up reply actions

here's a few possibilities

Przybilla – has been a starter with both Bucks and Blazers. Good size, solid defender and rebounder. Up until his knee injury early last season had been pretty resilient. Was a F/A last I saw and would surely love to join a contender.
Kurt Thomas – Tough, defensive minded vet who would help KG out in the paint. Was great for Bucks season before last. Think he is a F/A.

Would love to get both those guys to man the centre position along with JO.

Chuck Hayes is another F/A to look at. He’s a bit undersized for the centre spot, but he has done a great job playing big mins there for Houston after Yao went down.

Then maybe look at the MLE (if it exists) for K-Mart for a vet backup to keep KGs minutes down when necessary. Hopefully JJ will be a nice find for us, but we can’t go into the season without an experienced backup for KG who could be relied on for up to 30 mins a game some nights.

I’d only sign Mick Redd if he was cheap and if he understood that he might not play much. As long as the resign West, we will have a guy who can cover both backcourt positions for us and I think he will be more effective if we can give him close to 30mins a night rather than about 12 behind just Rondo.

by Celticsbloke on Jul 14, 2011 10:58 AM EDT up reply actions

+1

by ZM15 on Jul 14, 2011 11:16 PM EDT up reply actions

why not get afflolo

nuggets cant get both j.r and afflolo so since j.r smith was on a mission once carmello left i think they take him. afflolo is a realiable shooter and plays quality defense.And he wont be expensive as to a big shot like J.R. And as for a Center chris wilcox he was one of the players that had a problem with the coach so is probably looking to get out of detriot and we can get him for cheap

by Little ticket on Jul 9, 2011 11:52 PM EDT reply actions

I like Afflalo...

If there was a way we could get him, then totally! But I’m just not sure he would come here. Everyone knows he is good and he is restricted. We aren’t really a team set to win a bidding war with a solid young talent. Love his game though, just don’t see it happening. And as far as Wilcox, he would be right along the lines of Thomas except he gives up about 30lbs to him. Also, I think the market for Wilcox will be better than Thomas… That’s why I have us picking up Thomas mainly because teams won’t be lining up for him but he is a solid contributor when healthy.

by JRD373 on Jul 10, 2011 12:44 AM EDT up reply actions

Jermaine O'neal/Rasheed Wallace/Mikki Moore?

by farias on Jul 11, 2011 12:25 AM EDT via mobile reply actions

yep...

sheeeeed!!!..or powe!!

by seze70 on Jul 11, 2011 10:31 PM EDT up reply actions

Mikki Moore is a joke

by Little ticket on Jul 13, 2011 2:17 PM EDT up reply actions

Who is etan thomas and soloman jones?

by shaq36 on Jul 11, 2011 11:32 AM EDT reply actions

Free agent bigs...

That we could likely afford. Role players that would help.

by JRD373 on Jul 11, 2011 6:01 PM EDT up reply actions

Thoughts

West and Redd aren’t a secure duo to run the back court when the starters rest. They’re both extremely injury-prone and the team would likely lose at least one of them for the majority of the season, if not the playoffs. I love Redd’s game, but his body fails him.

Either Etan or Jones as the third-string center would be great, but there needs to be another solid part-time starter to back-up J O’Neal, because he most definitely will not be healthy the entire year.

I fear having JaJuan as the main backup to KG because of Doc’s reluctance to play rookies. KG needs a guy who can pickup 25 mpg, ala Big Baby (though hopefully someone better).

by Wicklow on Jul 16, 2011 1:48 PM EDT reply actions

My only problem is

What if J.O. Gets injured for a long period of time again? I don’t like Ethan Thomas, and definatly not Jones to start for us. Why did Danny trade Erden????

by Badcompany9 on Jul 26, 2011 2:53 AM EDT reply actions