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

[aim2please]

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.

I think we found a way to sign Looney to a bit more than the MLE.
Capologists, pls check if this is allowed hehe.:

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Warriors are so close to the apron, IMHO they can't add any non minimum salary.

[Half-Full]

Good signing on Kanter. It’s been said to death that his defense is atrocious. Yeah. It is. But he rebounds and he’s big. Beggars can’t be choosers and we put ourselves in the beggars category when it comes to big men. I’ll take Kanter. Could’ve been a helluva lot worse.

And he puts the ball in the hoop.

[Disinformation]

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.

Kyrie showed up and played every game. But he doesn't have to tell him anything. I know my job search is different than NBA, but I'm not telling my current employer that I'm currently interviewing and plan on leaving. I'll let them know when I give my 2 weeks. Isn't that standard practice?

Of course, he didn't have to. I just view what being an adult and a mature employee is differently, I guess. He sold us and the Celtics a bill of goods that he knew was a lie. He didn't have to act any differently, but he absolutely could have. Just like he could have dealt with the challenges of being "the man" (something he supposedly wanted and we gave him the chance to be) and a leader differently than he did. And now he moves on to the situation he wanted all along and the Celtics are left to deal with the fallout.

Bottom line: The Celtics played straight with him and he didn't return the favor. ****. That. Guy.

[CeltsfanSinceBirth]

Going on IG right now to ridicule Durant for letting himself be recruited by cult leader, Kyrie Irving. And he will reply to me eventually, because he is a sensitive dude.

[TheOGJabroni]

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.

I think we found a way to sign Looney to a bit more than the MLE.
Capologists, pls check if this is allowed hehe.:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1864905

Warriors are so close to the apron, IMHO they can't add any non minimum salary.

Maybe a three team S&T, including a team with cap space? I feel like Looney would be a great pickup if we could figure out how.

[Disinformation]

Going on IG right now to ridicule Durant for letting himself be recruited by cult leader, Kyrie Irving. And he will reply to me eventually, because he is a sensitive dude.

Beta.

[gocelts]

I guess this is it for now......? right ? Dannys got to be exhausted, hunched over face first on the floor.

[Marley2Hendrix]

From Kanter article - "He still gleams as the boy who used to dream about becoming an astronaut—he follows NASA on instagram, and half-jokingly won’t let the narrow physical dimensions of a spaceship’s cockpit ever impede him from strapping into one."

Between Langford, Williams, and Kanter, it appears the Kyrie experiment has left Ainge fixated on non-flat earthers. Although, more simply, it could just be a focus on adding non-Kyrie Irvings.

In any case, I LOVE this move. He's a great guy, I'm sure from his personality he'll be a welcome addition for Gordo, who might've been hurting for his buddy Baynes, and I do think he'd snuff out any locker room turmoil over Stevens favoring Hayward. Basketball wise, he can hit cutters and pass out of the post, and we've been dying for a rebounder. Plus, he nicely complements Timelord.

Lastly, for the revisionist history, our team sadly patched together a nice stretch of competent, professional basketball heading into the trade deadline (apex of the, 'Whoa, our advanced stats are amazing' era of 2018-2019). On the slight chance Ainge could've foretold that the Kyrie and KD relationship was happening, I can't imagine what sort of trade could've happened that would've been better than Kemba for Kyrie. There's a slight chance it alters the Horford trajectory, but, given the money he got, I don't think so. Ultimately, with Kyrie/Al making the choices they did, I'm living in Caveman's camp that Kemba/Kanter is a masterful job of cleaning up this unexpected mess.

Feel free to punch me in the face and shatter my green colored glasses, but I do the Kyrie for IT trade 10x out of 10. Good luck, bad luck, who knows. What I do know, I am tremendously enthusiastic for Jaylen/Jayson's ongoing growth, the emergence of timelord, Hayward's return to relevance, and, oh yeah, rooting for an all star point guard who happens to be an immensely likeable guy with an infectious positive spirit. These are good times, fam.

[aim2please]

I think we found a way to sign Looney to a bit more than the MLE.
Capologists, pls check if this is allowed hehe.:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1864905

Warriors are so close to the apron, IMHO they can't add any non minimum salary.

Maybe a three team S&T, including a team with cap space? I feel like Looney would be a great pickup if we could figure out how.

That could work. But someone posted earlier that his agent said Celts never contacted him, and that he can get more $ elsewhere.

[KevinGamble34]

Good signing on Kanter. It’s been said to death that his defense is atrocious. Yeah. It is. But he rebounds and he’s big. Beggars can’t be choosers and we put ourselves in the beggars category when it comes to big men. I’ll take Kanter. Could’ve been a helluva lot worse.

And he puts the ball in the hoop.

This soring and rebounding have been lacking on the Celtics. I guess you can't also get defence on such a cheap deal.

Who said 2 out of 3 ain't bad?

[Ernest]

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

A fan of the Celtics board called into Abby Chin's podcast with some rather interesting rumors. I'm not sure if anyone has transcribed it.

Can you tell us something about it?

Ok, I will.

So Afan called in, and he was making a lot of really coherent points. But Abby was all over the place with her questioning. It was almost like she had everything blocked. Like she wasn't really listening and then just saying random nonsense.

[Darthlukey]

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.

Kyrie showed up and played every game. But he doesn't have to tell him anything. I know my job search is different than NBA, but I'm not telling my current employer that I'm currently interviewing and plan on leaving. I'll let them know when I give my 2 weeks. Isn't that standard practice?

Not according to AD and Klutch

[Writebloc]

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?

[CeltsfanSinceBirth]

Going on IG right now to ridicule Durant for letting himself be recruited by cult leader, Kyrie Irving. And he will reply to me eventually, because he is a sensitive dude.

Beta.

Completely. My cousin called him a bitch in the comments section of an IG post from TheScore. My cousin didn't even tag him. Just said something like "LOL! KD is a bitch!" followed by the laughing while crying emojis. 2 hours later, my cousin gets a DM from KD saying "Congrats!", followed by another message saying "You got the attention you wanted". He then followed it up with the weakest of insults "You work out of basements. That must suck". (My cousin's IG account is gwbasements - home renovation company). What a chump.

My cousin then replied with "Your name shouldn't be easymoneysniper. It should be easywayout".

Durant and Kyrie will not be able to handle the pressure from the NY media and all of the Knicks fans shouting them down. Every. Single. Day.

[zoyathedestroya]

I think we found a way to sign Looney to a bit more than the MLE.
Capologists, pls check if this is allowed hehe.:

viewtopic.php?f=8&t=1864905

Warriors are so close to the apron, IMHO they can't add any non minimum salary.

Maybe a three team S&T, including a team with cap space? I feel like Looney would be a great pickup if we could figure out how.

We're absorbing Looney into cap space in that scenario. Is he RFA? If it's a sign-and-trade, no salary is going back to them. Maybe throw a 2nd rounder.

[LAKESHOW]

Nice lineup
Kemba
Tatum
Hayward
Brown
Kanter
We only got something like 3 people right now. But in the eastern conference, i would place the celtics 1 or 2 next to milwaukee

[Roddy]

Going on IG right now to ridicule Durant for letting himself be recruited by cult leader, Kyrie Irving. And he will reply to me eventually, because he is a sensitive dude.

Beta.

Completely. My cousin called him a bitch in the comments section of an IG post from TheScore. My cousin didn't even tag him. Just said something like "LOL! KD is a bitch!" followed by the laughing while crying emojis. 2 hours later, my cousin gets a DM from KD saying "Congrats!", followed by another message saying "You got the attention you wanted". He then followed it up with the weakest of insults "You work out of basements. That must suck". (My cousin's IG account is gwbasements - home renovation company). What a chump.

My cousin then replied with "Your name shouldn't be easymoneysniper. It should be easywayout".

Durant and KD will not be able to handle the pressure from the NY media and all of the Knicks fans shouting them down. Every. Single. Day.

Wow really ? True story ? KD really is an idiot.

[ZeroTolerance]

RIP defense.

Yea.

Danny traded Irving and Horford for Kemba and kanter.

That's basically the sum of it as of now and I really doubt anyone would of said yes to this prior to last week.

Kemba I'm gonna get behind but lol on Danny and his abilities to get bigs

Common man.. give it a chance.. you know full well what Free Agency means...Danny has no control of that any more than any of us do... it's frustrating, i know.. but hope for a good outcome... it's a brand new season.. brand new team...and we should all have hope!

[Darthlukey]

Nice lineup
Kemba
Tatum
Hayward
Brown
Kanter
We only got something like 3 people right now. But in the eastern conference, i would place the celtics 1 or 2 next to milwaukee

That lineup will be carved up though unfortunately

[Bohemian]

A fan of the Celtics board called into Abby Chin's podcast with some rather interesting rumors. I'm not sure if anyone has transcribed it.

Can you tell us something about it?

Ok, I will.

So Afan called in, and he was making a lot of really coherent points. But Abby was all over the place with her questioning. It was almost like she had everything blocked. Like she wasn't really listening and then just saying random nonsense.