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You know,

Tony Allen, Brian Scalabrine + (Pruitt or Walker) for
2009 #36 Pick Sam Young + Cash.

How much cash should Danny have wanted, vs. what he asked for?

By my calculations he probably was hoping for
a second round pick for Pruitt or Walker, AKA the 2009 #36 pick.
Since Pruitt hadn't yet butchered summer league this was probably reasonable.

Now, if Danny thought Tony was worth the maximum of $3 million cash,
Scal, at $3.4 million salary for 2010,
was probably minus $2.25 million, since a vet minimum signing costs a team about
$800,000 in truth. If you valued Scal at somewhere between vet minimum and $1.5 million salary,
and averaged it,

he'd be like minus $2.25 million overall.

So, in conclusion, if Danny Ainge asked for more than $750,000 cash,
and I'm Michael Heisley, owner of the Grizzlies,
I tell my front man Chris Wallace to reject the deal.

In hindsight, considering savings are doubled with the luxury tax,

Danny should have dumped Tony + Brian + Gabe
for just the 2009 #36 pick (Sam Young), and let Memphis keep the cash.

The roster flexibility would have meant the team could have offered
minimum contracts to quite a few guys still floating around.

And Danny would have had to know what the chances of
including Tony Allen (or Scal) or Pruitt in a sign and trade were,
since he'd had years to explore their trade value.

You are missing the point. Memphis refused because they didn't want to eat up their cap space and clutter their roster with the likes of TA, Scalabrine and Pruitt, it had nothing to do with money coming back to the Celtics.

Memphis had their eyes on Randolph's contracts and other potential free agents (i.e. Iverson) they didn't want to eat up cap space.

Nobody wants TA, Scalabrine and Pruitt.

Boston would have been sending the cash to cover the contracts of Scal and Allen. Not getting cash from Memphis. The most Boston could send is 3mil that doesn't even cover Scal. I have no idea why Memphis would do this.

sully00 wrote:I have no idea why Memphis would do this.

They didn't but it was a good try by Danny Ainge.

I love Sam Young and that pick by Memphis. The kid is going to be a real solid player for them. Not a superstar but someone who is consistent and produces night in and night out. I'm not surprised they didn't want to give him up for our scraps.