Celtics General Offseason Thread Pt. 8: You're Killing Me Smalls

Celts17Pride · Post #1141 » by **Celts17Pride** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:34 pm

I predict the Celtics are going to end up doing a sign and trade for Player X using Yabusele and a first round draft pick.

gocelts · Post #1142 » by **gocelts** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:34 pm

Im indifferent with Morris. Give those outside shots to Tatum and Brown now. Lets see how Grant can defend. Its clear the offensive keys are going to Kemba and Hayward, with Tatum and Brown being forced to prove themselves. Lets finally see what we have.

3D Chess · Post #1143 » by **3D Chess** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:36 pm

Writebloc wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:Paraphrasing from Mark Murphy's article:

KD and Kyrie to Brooklyn was a done deal months ago.
Horford's deal w/ Sixers done two weeks ago. He was never coming back.
Money among other factors was a reason he left. He also wanted to play his more preferred PF position.

So if this was done months ago Danny really had his head in the sand and should have traded Kyrie at the deadline.

Get the impression Kyrie wouldn't have let this slip to Danny before the deadline.

Disinformation · Post #1144 » by **Disinformation** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:36 pm

Writebloc wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:Paraphrasing from Mark Murphy's article:

KD and Kyrie to Brooklyn was a done deal months ago.
Horford's deal w/ Sixers done two weeks ago. He was never coming back.
Money among other factors was a reason he left. He also wanted to play his more preferred PF position.

So if this was done months ago Danny really had his head in the sand and should have traded Kyrie at the deadline.

Sure...if Kyrie wasn't lying to his face the entire time about his plans. Which he was.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1145 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:36 pm

Writebloc wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:Paraphrasing from Mark Murphy's article:

KD and Kyrie to Brooklyn was a done deal months ago.
Horford's deal w/ Sixers done two weeks ago. He was never coming back.
Money among other factors was a reason he left. He also wanted to play his more preferred PF position.

So if this was done months ago Danny really had his head in the sand and should have traded Kyrie at the deadline.

"Months ago" could mean post-ASB/post-deadline.

Captain_Caveman · Post #1146 » by **Captain_Caveman** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:37 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:
Writebloc wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:Paraphrasing from Mark Murphy's article:

KD and Kyrie to Brooklyn was a done deal months ago.
Horford's deal w/ Sixers done two weeks ago. He was never coming back.
Money among other factors was a reason he left. He also wanted to play his more preferred PF position.

So if this was done months ago Danny really had his head in the sand and should have traded Kyrie at the deadline.

"Months ago" could mean post-ASB/post-deadline.

Isn't the AS game after the deadline?

Andrew McCeltic · Post #1147 » by **Andrew McCeltic** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:37 pm

The Comedian wrote:Remember how Greg Monroe would get amazing position down low, or grab every offensive board, but then would throw a 95 mpg sinker towards the rim, often not even making it over it?

That's Kanter, except with fantastic touch. He can pass from the high post, and will grab every board. He sucks horrifically on D no doubt, but he will be a weapon for 20-25 minutes a game.

Kanter is a great rebounder - he’s led the league in offensive rebounding percentage a couple of times, I think - three, four offensive boards a night. He’ll be the best we’ve had in years.

TheOGJabroni · Post #1148 » by **TheOGJabroni** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:38 pm

What big man could we trade Brown for? Preferably a good defender. We have flexibility with adding salary filler & draft picks too. I think something like that would still do wonders for balancing the roster.

Walker / Smart
Hayward / Langford
Tatum / Ojeleye
TRADE / G Williams
Kanter / R Williams

LobCityRondo2KG · Post #1149 » by **LobCityRondo2KG** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:38 pm

Makes Danny's "Means we will meet at the alter July 1st" comment even more silly... Either Kyrie misled Ainge or Ainge was smoking that good happy love stuff

tombattor · Post #1150 » by **tombattor** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:38 pm

Disinformation wrote:
Writebloc wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:Paraphrasing from Mark Murphy's article:

KD and Kyrie to Brooklyn was a done deal months ago.
Horford's deal w/ Sixers done two weeks ago. He was never coming back.
Money among other factors was a reason he left. He also wanted to play his more preferred PF position.

So if this was done months ago Danny really had his head in the sand and should have traded Kyrie at the deadline.

Sure...if Kyrie wasn't lying to his face the entire time about his plans. Which he was.

So he's supposed to tell DA that he's planning on leaving? Do you do that at your job? I don't say sh*t to my old job until I have the new offer signed and sealed.

Bohemian · Post #1151 » by **Bohemian** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:39 pm

How about McGee for the minimum?

BigTrade92 · Post #1152 » by **BigTrade92** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:39 pm

Writebloc wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:Paraphrasing from Mark Murphy's article:

KD and Kyrie to Brooklyn was a done deal months ago.
Horford's deal w/ Sixers done two weeks ago. He was never coming back.
Money among other factors was a reason he left. He also wanted to play his more preferred PF position.

So if this was done months ago Danny really had his head in the sand and should have traded Kyrie at the deadline.

Yep.

He bought into the "turn the switch" kool-aid. Stupid.

LobCityRondo2KG · Post #1153 » by **LobCityRondo2KG** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:39 pm

I would rather look to trade Yabu and picks for someone. I think they keep Brown and see how he looks to start the season

zoyathedestroya · Post #1154 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:40 pm

Captain_Caveman wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:
Writebloc wrote:
So if this was done months ago Danny really had his head in the sand and should have traded Kyrie at the deadline.

"Months ago" could mean post-ASB/post-deadline.

Isn't the AS game after the deadline?

Yep. What I meant. Right around the same time. I think we won 10 of 11 games some time before the deadline. Danny was probably hoping the team was trending in the right direction.

Disinformation · Post #1155 » by **Disinformation** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:40 pm

tombattor wrote:
Disinformation wrote:
Writebloc wrote:
So if this was done months ago Danny really had his head in the sand and should have traded Kyrie at the deadline.

Sure...if Kyrie wasn't lying to his face the entire time about his plans. Which he was.

So he's supposed to tell DA that he's planning on leaving? Do you do that at your job? I don't say sh*t to my old job until I have the new offer signed and sealed.

Why does he care? He know he's leaving. He knows Danny is counting on him staying for the AD pitch. He can half-ass the rest of the season for another team as well as he did for the Celtics.

And to put it terms of your question: If I knew my employer was counting on me for a big project this summer but I knew I was leaving, you can be DAMN SURE I would let them know one way or another.

ETA: In fact, I did that when I left my last job.

FlatearthZorro · Post #1156 » by **FlatearthZorro** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:41 pm

LobCityRondo2KG wrote:Makes Danny's "Means we will meet at the alter July 1st" comment even more silly... Either Kyrie misled Ainge or Ainge was smoking that good happy love stuff

To me he seemed so convinced that I believe the little rat misled him.

Ernest · Post #1157 » by **Ernest** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:41 pm

Writebloc wrote:
Ernest wrote:
jirrit wrote:Totally this. I wonder which GM would be able to recover like this when his two best players decide to take their talents somewhere else.

The best part is now all the fans who were calling for Ainge to be fired before free agency even started will all learn their lessons and never doubt him again.

You're new here, but I'm not sure if this is sarcastic or not...

I'm not being sarcastic at all. I know I'm new here, but think about it. If someone was saying Ainge should be fired a few days ago, they must feel supremely embarrassed now. Surly they will take some time to think about things and learn from their mistake. It's not like anyone would make an error in judgment like this and then not learn from it. People always learn right? No one would just continually say Ainge should be fired, season after season, right?

Post #1158 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:41 pm

I missed the last few hours. Anyone want to get me updated on rumors or predictions with us? I know Kanter is here.

Captain_Caveman · Post #1159 » by **Captain_Caveman** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:42 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:
Captain_Caveman wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:"Months ago" could mean post-ASB/post-deadline.

Isn't the AS game after the deadline?

Yep. What I meant. Right around the same time. I think we won 10 of 11 games some time before the deadline. Danny was probably hoping the team was trending in the right direction.

I'm just bringing it up because the AS game is probably where they decided to team up. There may even be video of it happening, lol.

TheOGJabroni · Post #1160 » by **TheOGJabroni** » Mon Jul 1, 2019 7:42 pm

LobCityRondo2KG wrote:I would rather look to trade Yabu and picks for someone. I think they keep Brown and see how he looks to start the season

Could the Warriors S&T Looney to us for Yabusele & the Milwaukee pick?

Yabusele is nothing to them but he will expire soon & they will need some cheap talent to fill their roster for years to come, so a late 1st could help.