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Guess who doesn't make the team.

My choices:
J.R.: Tony´s bloom leaves no room for him. Headed to Utah for the whole season?
Sammy: Too slow and selfish for this team. Gabe and Eddie are so complementary that they make him expendable.
Davis: He does not add anything special. POB is way bigger. Nowadays Scal can contribute better than him. As long as POB plays a role, he's doomed.

Any thoughts?
Kind regards.

Giddens: He's a rookie playing on a defending champ and title contender who plays a position the Celtics are stacked at.

Cassel: He's a "use in case of play-off emergency" point guard, atleast that's how I see it. Doc isn't going to use him unless he really has to and it's late in the season.

Scalabrine: He sucks if you need proof. Watch the pre-season, better yet his career.

Honorable Mention:
POB: Inexperienced big man with questionable effort who hasn't performed well off the bench, that doesn't sound like a Doc River's type of guy to me. He's definitely more talented then Scalabrine, but Scalabrine's a vet and I wouldn't be surprised to see Doc pick Scal over him. His playing time will depend on how much effort he puts in when he's practicing or on the court.

Sam - "in case of emergency, break glass", and we certainly aren't there yet.

Giddens - has to find his NBA game, will see the Dev League once it opens

Walker - really fell off the last half of pre-season - with the size of Clevelands front court and the possible need for fouls to guard Lebron, I think this is the wrong time for Walker to make his intro.

I'm looking for Scal and Walker to share 12/13'th player time initially based on size and quality of the front court the C's are playing.

Cassell= old, here for the playoffs.

Pruitt= with Rondo and House there really is no room for him.

Giddens= hasn't shown anything

Scalabrine= Everyone knowes he's horrible. Somehow he showed he can get worse this preseason. Doc will play him though during the season over O'Bryant untill Patrick can show consistent effort.

*most games outside of CLE* O'Bryant= showed his lack of hustle, basketball awarness that has got him from top 10 pick to min salary contract based off potential status that he is at.


Walker and Baby will be in the rotation. Walker will get a very limited amount of minutes in a regular game. Baby will be our backup Center.

Scal: Obvious lack of skill. He was the guy benched during the playoff run

Giddens: Could use some time in the d league, though they still like his defense

Cassell: He will play in games this year, but he is like a mid season signing: they want him for the playoffs so there is no need to tire him out now. Plus he can wear a suit and look over Doc and Tom's shoulders as they draw up plays.

Other possibilities:

Walker: could use some time in the D league to refine his game a little bit. Look how much improved Pruitt looks this year after getting minuets in the D league instead of wasting away on the bench.

Giddens, Walker, and Sam would be my three. I think Walker didn't do enough to warrant a roster spot at this point in the season. I also don't think it's a bad thing for Giddens and Walker to get more time in the NBDL. As much as I hate to say it, I think Veal would be a better player as the 12th man.

I don't know for how long but I expect the inactives tonight to be Scal/Giddens/Walker. POB and Cassell will be out of the rotation but if foul trouble or something goes wrong they allow us to cover for the loss of any player.

The only real question mark in the rotation is Pruitt once he nails it down then Cassell can put on a suit and Walker can grab a jersey.