Ainge re trade by deadline:

[alwayslovetheceltics]

has anybody ever seen sully and danny ainge in the same room? can anyone verify that sully is not actually danny ainge? everytime I read something this man writes, I think- I bet you Danny Ainge would have written the same thing. Gonzolays- i think you need to investigate this matter.

our only three trading chips are davis, tony allen and leon powe(r). I am not sure if I would want to give up any of these guys.

but- if I were to put any of these guys up, any chance we could get toronto to give up joey graham? that team isn't going anywhere anyway- and maybe they would prefer to get a 2nd round draft pick and a look at one of guys instead of graham?

i think graham would provide the defender at the 3 position that we sorely need.

obviously it doesn't solve who is going to be our back up big- but hopefully that problem can be solved through a buy out.

[sully00]

It is a amazing that this team is in first place in the East with the second best record in the league.

[alwayslovetheceltics]

sully,

i don't think we need much, but getting another defender at the 3 position so we can spell paul a little more during the regular season would be a nice boost. I would love to limit the big three to 30 minutes a night- for as many nights as possible during the rest of the regular season.

[BillessuR6]

Well, we at least need to make room for players who will be bought out. We need to get our roster to 13, IMO...

[sully00]

sully,

i don't think we need much, but getting another defender at the 3 position so we can spell paul a little more during the regular season would be a nice boost. I would love to limit the big three to 30 minutes a night- for as many nights as possible during the rest of the regular season.

That is Bill Walker. After this road trip the C's schedule gets mighty laid back and I think Doc will be able to work Walker, O'Bryant, and Pruitt into the rotation some. It is strange to realize but he has actually been working 3 guys in Powe, Davis, and Scal into the rotation this year that while they were here they really were not consistent rotation guys, they essentially all shared one spot last year.

I think the rest of the season those 3 will get more of a look especially to see if they can't catch lightning in a bottle going into the post season as all 3 are pretty gifted offensive players. Perhaps one could be that secret weapon that Leon was last year as he was able to sneak up on teams.

But I would really feel better about things if Joe Smith was wearing a C's jersey in a couple of weeks, John Salmons would be cool as well.