The Patrick O'Bryant AND Will Solomon appreciation thread.

Post #1 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:01 pm

Patrick. Have a good one in Toronto.

Will, um, yeah we hardly knew ya. 55 minutes.

The Celtics have traded Patrick O’Bryant to Toronto for Will Solomon, but they will still get the roster spot they desire.

Solomon is being sent to Sacramento for a conditional second round draft pick (similar to the Sam Cassell trade).

That gives the Celts two open roster spots, and they hope to fill at least one with a veteran big man over the next couple of weeks.

With their available bodies at 11, J.R. Giddens is being called up from the D-League and will be with the Celts when they play the Jazz tonight.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #2 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:05 pm

Red2 · Post #3 » by **Red2** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:06 pm

thank God. So we've netted 2 second round picks and smith, booth, marbury and cassell are still in play. Nice job Danny

BillessuR6 · Post #4 » by **BillessuR6** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:06 pm

LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOL

Will Solomon will always have a special place in my heart! I will never forget the guy!

This was just great! :lol:

Hulk_Hogan · Post #5 » by **Hulk_Hogan** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:09 pm

How dare the Celtics show such disrespect to one of best talents the game has ever seen brother?Because you know something Mean Gene, when the Hulkster thinks of Will Soloman, he is reminded of a quote by Shakespeare, "Thou shall not look upon his like again brother." But let the Hulkster make this very clear Celtic fans, KG better be drinking his milk, taking his vitamins and saying his prayers brother, because the forces of Hulkamania will be working against the Celtics brother.

Bad-Thoma · Post #6 » by **Bad-Thoma** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:10 pm

POB, we all loves seeing your gangly ass sitting on the bench, hope you learn to play someday.
Will, we all had a lot of fun wondering what the hell the point of trading for you was, good luck!

mr_sunshine · Post #7 » by **mr_sunshine** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:10 pm

I guess POB must really be "that bad" if we wanted to free up his roster spot so much that we had to make two trades to get rid of him. Wow!

Post #8 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:11 pm

Hulk_Hogan wrote:How dare the Celtics show such disrespect to one of best talents the game has ever seen brother?Because you know something Mean Gene, when the Hulkster thinks of Will Soloman, he is reminded of a quote by Shakespeare, "Thou shall not look upon his like again brother." But let the Hulkster make this very clear Celtic fans, KG better be drinking his milk, taking his vitamins and saying his prayers brother, because the forces of Hulkamania will be working against the Celtics brother.

Ha, this guy again. What are you talking about man?

Avalanche · Post #9 » by **Avalanche** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:11 pm

Remember that hook shot, that one time?

yeah that was awesome

Banks2Pierce · Post #10 » by **Banks2Pierce** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:17 pm

Solomon was such a good teammate, too. A real class act.

Prophet_C · Post #11 » by **Prophet_C** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:19 pm

Thanks Will. Your contributions will not be forgotten

Hulk Rules

Joekickass2008 · Post #12 » by **Joekickass2008** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:28 pm

Is that the shortest career as a Celitic ever??? At least if we win it all this year, he can tell his grandkiddys he was a celt in their championship year.

Celtic Esquire · Post #13 » by **Celtic Esquire** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:31 pm

POB showed tons of enthusiasm from the bench!

You will not be forgotten sir!

Andrew McCeltic · Post #14 » by **Andrew McCeltic** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:33 pm

POB, I totally relate to your wussy underachieving.

SonicYouth34 · Post #15 » by **SonicYouth34** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 9:43 pm

There goes the bench...

armageddon · Post #16 » by **armageddon** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:05 pm

I actually wished we held onto POB. He's very young and can score. Should have been in the D-league all year.

-InFeRnO- · Post #17 » by **-InFeRnO-** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:09 pm

Solomans = GOAT

celticfan42487 · Post #18 » by **celticfan42487** » Thu Feb 19, 2009 10:36 pm

GREAT move. Solely because we are no longer on the hook for Patrick O'Bryant's second year.

It's nice to have another roster spot open too.

We potentially could kill everyone if we get a Center and a PG for our bench!!!!

If not, one out of two ain't bad. And next year we won't have to be paying O'Bryant for nothing.

NES 247 · Post #19 » by **NES 247** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:20 am

Yes I love the trade, and then the trade b/c we have two roster spots opened up to add some bench guys. Pretty much what the ^ above me said. I felt like Doc misused O'Bryant, if Doc gave him more minutes, I felt Patrick could have contributed something, but oh well, he won't be missed. Who is this Solomon guy? With Smith saying he wants to get a buyout and rejoin the C's to play with KG makes me feel pretty pumped. With two roster spots open, something else could be done too.

Larry Joe Bird · Post #20 » by **Larry Joe Bird** » Fri Feb 20, 2009 2:24 am

When will players, e.g., Joe Smith, begin to be bought out of their contracts and waived?