Mid-Season Free Agent Buzz
by Roy_Hobbs on Feb 2, 2012 12:23 PM EST
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PrintA few interesting non-Celtics free agency rumors that may have slipped through the cracks:
Kenyon Martin deciding which contender to join - Yahoo Sports
Kenyon Martin is expected to decide by this weekend which NBA team he’ll join, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. The Los Angeles Lakers, Los Angeles Clippers, Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, Atlanta Hawks and New York Knicks have expressed interest in signing the veteran forward.
The same article brings up the name of a former Celtic who is contemplating a comeback:
If the Lakers don’t sign Martin, they could have interest in adding Rasheed Wallace, who contacted the team several weeks ago, a league source said. Wallace retired after the 2009-10 season, but has told friends he’s interested in returning to the NBA.
In other Lakers news:
Lakers ask about Gilbert Arenas - ESPN.com
Short on scoring and in need of help in their backcourt, Los Angeles Lakers coach Mike Brown said Tuesday the team has inquired about free-agent guard Gilbert Arenas.
"We've made a call on (him), yes," Brown said. "We've called to see what his status is. That's it."
Lastly, the Heat and Bulls are talking with another guy that the Celtics have reportedly expressed interest in in the past:
Heat eye Kenyon Martin, Joel Przybilla - ESPN.com
Przybilla is expected to make a choice between the Chicago Bulls and Heat, according to agent Bill Duffy.
So, what do you think? Kmart, Joel P., Sheed, and Arenas: are we missing out, or are these guys who won't contribute much anyway? And should we read anything into the fact that the Celtics aren't involved in any of these talks?
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the only one
I think could help a contender is Pryz. Arenas and Kmart not so much. Sheed, forget it.
we need a legit 7 footer to replace JO as the starting center
wouldnt regret much if we miss out all the names mentioned above.
Sheed all day. Say what you want about him at least he is more reliable health wise than any of the guys we can afford. We just need a healthy body to bang under the boards. Sheeds good for around 5 mins.
by The green mamba on Feb 2, 2012 1:18 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Pryz is the only one of them that could be of any use to us. Look how hard it has been for the Heat to get Eddy Curry in the rotation, and they are in even more need of a big man than we are (look at the stats … they give up more inside than we do). Sheed will be even worse than Curry, because of his long-layoff, his age, and the fact that he was never in good shape when he was playing ANYWAY.
Arenas is a joke. Kmart I am pretty indifferent, too. I don’t think he is going to change any contender’s fortunes to any significant degree.
I think that signing
Martin or Przybilla could add enough depth to a team like the Lakers or Knicks to allow them to trade a front court player for back court help. In other words, they don’t really need them now, but might after a big trade of Bynum, Gasol, Stoudemire, etc.
I'd like Pryzbilla too, sad we we didn't woo him
But other than that Sheed probably isn’t in shape and Martin is at a position we have well filled. I would love to see the Lakers title hopes resting on Arenas and Sheed.
by redbridge13 on Feb 2, 2012 1:37 PM EST via mobile reply actions
i prefer kmart but pryz and arenas wouldnt be bad pick ups either
arenas would give us a player who can get to the basket, shoot and pass andplay both guard spots coming off the bench. seeing as bradley and daniels cant shoot well it could help.
pryz would give us size and shot blocking but his injury history says he’s a backup. JO 2.0
K-mart intrests me because he can play good defense and offense. we could continue to start KG and bass or even martin and KG. bring JO off the bench where he belongs with bass/martin and use wilcox as the 5th big.
by craziness@analltimehigh on Feb 2, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
Yea..
I liked Przybilla also as he was on my wish list all season and I thought he would of been a nice fit with the C’s .
They are all this year's Troy Murphy or Stephan Marbury.
We’re not missing out.
Arenas could help out the Lakers since they don’t have a pg worth $2, but even then he’s not going to help out them out that much.
Totally agree.
These guys may help teams win a few more games in the regular season but they will be invisible in the playoffs.
by JPV on Feb 2, 2012 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
In previous years....
…. we would have been linked to almost all of these guys. Certainly you’d hear about Danny looking into Pryzbilla, since the 5 spot is still the team’s most glaring hole. Even K-Mart or ’Sheed might be able to help.
The fact that Danny isn’t being linked to any of these free agents… what does that tell us? That maybe he’s not looking to gear up for a playoff run? Just last year, they sacrificed some development projects (Semih, ’Gody) for a couple guys they thought could help in the playoffs.
Why’s that not happening this year?
One explanation I can think of, and it’s not going to be pretty.
good point
I hate to think that DA will do it. But this could end up being pretty bad. The team is on a roll. But maybe the next we play against +.500 teams will push DA to decide.
Miami is the team we have to go through and if we don’t beat them during the regular season, who knows what that will make DA pull that trigger (think Clint Eastwood: ‘you all saw it. He had a gun’)
The time for Danny to trade is when he thinks his assets are looking good.
This next stretch of 8 games or so should make them look as good as they’re going to look.
Err, maybe because it didn't work?
Aside from Sheed (who was taking calls even from other contenders such as SA) and Nate, the get-a-veteran-that-will-help-you-in-the-playoffs card has been a bad string of failures.
Troy Murphy, Sasha Pavlovic (circa last year), Carlos Arroyo. Stephon Marbury. Sheldon Williams, probably. Shaq, to some extent. Krstic though he was part of a trade.
I’m not sure those guys really made us “gear up for a playoff run.”
shelden and shaq are brought at the start of the season, much like wilcox and in a way bass and pietrus. besides we arent that far into season like when pj, cassell et al were signed, so there’s stil a chance that danny doesnt share your view
by RockinRyA on Feb 2, 2012 9:44 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
+1
plus, the fact that the Celtics are not linked might be because they’re not contenders anymore, at least in the media’s minds.
I’m pretty confident DA is calling each and every agent of any player that could help the Celtics now and in the future. The fact he’s not appearing in the news is a good thing, in my opinion.
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
Terry Pratchett, Hogfather
You are reading too much into it
These free agents aren’t very good. They are injury prone, washed up, out of shape, or a bad combination of all 3. Also this team is definitely not as much of a contender as last year, that is why Danny wouldn’t desperately try to sign anyone he could. Think about it, the big 3 aged another year. Rondo may have gotten a little better or he might be roughly the same. Jeff Green is out, this is a transition year. Also this gives more minutes for the young guys, which is a win win (future and later this season).
If those are my choices...
…I rather have Steimsma. He’s raw but at least he’s in shape and not injury ridden. Don’t we have enough vets who get frequently injured on this roster already?
What happened to Harangody?
Did Cleveland cut him? Or?
As far as the above free agents….naw…..not enthusastic about any of em. I’d rather go with 3J or some stud rebounder from the NBADL. Prz could never score and he would be the best of the bunch.
I'm not the Devil's Advocate but I consiider him a close friend
Gody's fallen off the map.
He hasn’t even been able to rebound to make up for the shaky shooting.
Too bad, but he looked overmatched when the C’s had him.
Apparently he was with Cleveland’s D-league affiliate for 3 games putting up decent numbers. He just got recalled to the Cavs yesterday.
http://espn.go.com/nba/story/_/id/7529087/cleveland-cavaliers-recall-forward-luke-harangody-d-league
I said in the off-season...
That this team could use Pryz. Injury-risk or no, he’d improve the team. He’s a competitor who can hold his own on offense and defense. All the team would have to do is cut a bench vet (Sasha or Daniels, which would be a bit sad) or send JJJ down to the D-League.
I’m not saying Pryz puts the team over the top, like I believe Varejao could!, but Pryz certainly wouldn’t hurt the team, and he’ll come for the vet min.
It would absolutely stink to see him go play backup center for Chi or Mia. Come playoff time, Ainge will regret not making the move (unless he has something else up his sleeve).
Blahhhh. They all stink, especially Rasheed.
by jurrasicearl on Feb 2, 2012 3:19 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Pass
..but hope the Heaties dont go K-Mart shopping.
"Celtics bring order and structure to a chaotic world"
Kenyon Martin is the only one that could help us
I really don’t care about the others. However, let me express my concern about our inabilit ti attract free agents. People just do not seem interested to come to Boston and play with Rondo or behind the Big 3. Granted, at this point we don’t have the money to throw at free agents but this summer all we could get with our mid level was Chris Wilcox and he just isn’t that good. My point is, we’re getting everyone else’s scraps, so why should we go into this summer thinking we can sign a big time free agent? NOBODY WANTS TO PLAY WITH RONDO AND/OR THE BIG 3 unless we Overpay decent players.
Conclusion:
We’re only getting real value via trade
I admit I forgot about Pietrus
But you get the overall idea
which players available at the minimum or MLE were you thinking about?
I’m just curious about which free agents we have missed out on (other than David West, who was more expensive).
by European NBA fan on Feb 2, 2012 6:44 PM EST up reply actions
for sure
we need a big,or two,if we are serious.If not,then trade away one & all.Danny will do something and we’ll know where we are headed
Yao Ming
is the guy I wanna see Danny try to talk out of retirement.
by calc on Feb 2, 2012 5:54 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Horrible idea
God forbid we pick up Yao. He’d play one or two games and be gone.
Darn!!!
Joel P…… Danny make it happen! I would risk cutting/waiving a player for him between Sasha and Daniels.
Id go for Pryzbilla
but im not sure hed want to be a backup to howard when we get him!
~Aaron
Though I would ...
prefer the younger and more athletic Steamer get more minutes and to be the primary back up center, if Doc is not going to play him (I still do not get why) then considering that and the fact we could use extra depth and insurance at center (considering JO’s health) I would love to see either Sheed or Pryzbilla signed for minimum contracts.
Both I think would be able to give the C’s solid minutes at center and give them some size, length and physical play in the paint especially on the defensive end of the court, which would come in handy come playoff time.
Sheed could also provide some scoring punch off the bench and with his low post scoring skills add a in the paint scoring presence that the C’s so much lack from there bigs.
I'm only concerned about what the eastern teams will be doing....
In this case, the Heat, Hawks & Knicks. I hope they don’t get good pick ups before the deadline… cos as their records say (except Knicks), they’re already doing good…. I do trust DA will be doing something too… hopefully, nothing major but yeah… the forever-problem of a big who can rebound. For one, I still say get Semih and another one… whoever.. big.
But geez for the Knicks intersted in K.Mart… Isn’t it way too obvious already that the clogged up forward spots in their roster is simply not working?
As for Rasheed… I highly doubt he’ll be of any use.. He was sluggish already as it is in his last “nba-form” season.
not too interested in any of these guys
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by mmmmm on Feb 3, 2012 9:50 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
center
I know we need help at the center position.I am surprised we are 2nd in point allowed.with what we have,I would rather have oneil on the bench,kg at center and bass at forward.He has better stats than baby davis.
by SPORTSAHOLIC1952 on Feb 3, 2012 4:17 PM EST reply actions
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