Finally some news on Tony Allen

return2glory · Post #1 » by **return2glory** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 10:53 am

Three weeks into the season, and still no talks of Tony Allen until today. Tony Allen practiced on Monday and played with the 2nd unit. Tony Allen can help this team, even if he plays 8-10 minutes a game. J.R. Giddens has shown he is very timid on the court in limited minutes. Doc doesn't feel comfortable at playing Giddens at all. So it's getting time for TA again. I hope he can stay healthy and contribute a little to this team.

http://www.bostonherald.com/sports/bask ... rticleFull

BillessuR6 · Post #2 » by **BillessuR6** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:21 am

Hopefully we never see TA in green again...

GuyClinch · Post #3 » by **GuyClinch** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 11:41 am

I like TA but Nic would be a more useful player for us.

Kefa461 · Post #4 » by **Kefa461** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:02 pm

Maybe he's ready to go......go to Philly.

8-)

ryaningf · Post #5 » by **ryaningf** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:08 pm

I'd like to see what TA can do with Daniels handling the ball. Lord knows we could use his perimeter defense.

Tricky Ricky · Post #6 » by **Tricky Ricky** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 1:37 pm

Tony Allen is horrible, I hope we just cut him or get some team to take a 2nd rounder for him.

FederalePDT · Post #7 » by **FederalePDT** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:07 pm

Trade him for a bag of practice balls.

tombattor · Post #8 » by **tombattor** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 3:58 pm

ryaningf wrote:I'd like to see what TA can do with Daniels handling the ball. Lord knows we could use his perimeter defense.

That's not a bad thought. Having Marquis Daniels gives us the luxury of playing TA and House with him. I think this could work.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #9 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:25 pm

thebirdman wrote:Hopefully we never see TA in green again...

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MyInsatiableOne · Post #10 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 4:26 pm

FederalePDT wrote:Trade him for a bag of practice balls.

I'd *give* the other team that bag WITH TA just to get rid of him...

hairybyrd · Post #11 » by **hairybyrd** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:43 pm

return2glory wrote: Tony Allen can help this team, even if he plays 8-10 minutes a game.

How is TA getting 8-10 mpg over Pierce, Allen, Daniels and House? I think he could help the team, too, but he'll never get the chance. He only played half of last season, none this year, and he's being name-dropped in trade proposals. I think the writing is on the wall...It's like saying Joey Graham helps the Nuggets. Yeah, sure, they're doing fine with him but, couldn't they do better?

Celts17Pride · Post #12 » by **Celts17Pride** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:24 pm

hairybyrd wrote:How is TA getting 8-10 mpg over Pierce, Allen, Daniels and House?

He's not.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #13 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:44 pm

hairybyrd wrote:
return2glory wrote: Tony Allen can help this team, even if he plays 8-10 minutes a game.

How is TA getting 8-10 mpg over Pierce, Allen, Daniels and House? I think he could help the team, too, but he'll never get the chance. He only played half of last season, none this year, and he's being name-dropped in trade proposals. I think the writing is on the wall...It's like saying Joey Graham helps the Nuggets. Yeah, sure, they're doing fine with him but, couldn't they do better?

TA could totally help this team...by being traded!

DelMonte West · Post #14 » by **DelMonte West** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 6:48 pm

I'd honestly take Justin Reed back instead of TA at this point. I've never seen a player peak in his rookie season and get worse every consecutive year.

return2glory · Post #15 » by **return2glory** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:00 pm

Lot of Tony Allen haters out there. The guy was one of our best players off the bench last season before we got Marbury. He is an upgrade over Giddens and Walker. It's too bad he can't stay healthy. He makes Bill Walton look like a durable player.

TheOGJabroni · Post #16 » by **TheOGJabroni** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 7:04 pm

It's time for The C's and Tony Allen to move on and part ways. I hope Nocioni is brought in to play some 3 against bigger SFs and minutes at the 4 if we want to go with a smaller lineup, just as we did with Posey. This will also allow Marquis to play the 2, where he can abuse smaller guards on him, which we have not seen as much as I hoped we would when acquiring him.

MyInsatiableOne · Post #17 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:20 pm

return2glory wrote:Lot of Tony Allen haters out there. The guy was one of our best players off the bench last season before we got Marbury. He is an upgrade over Giddens and Walker. It's too bad he can't stay healthy. He makes Bill Walton look like a durable player.

He was our best bench guy (and I even said this at the time) last year...for about 2 months. By December he was back to being his sucky thing...and what does that tell you about our bench last year if TA was at one point considered the best on it?

Red2 · Post #18 » by **Red2** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:25 pm

bag of donut holes

captain green · Post #19 » by **captain green** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:48 pm

ship him and giddens somewhere, anywhere. We do not need three sucky sg anymore than we need a hole in the middle of td arena.
Sure at one point T.Allen played awesome d then he broke everything that could break and in the mean time he lost his damn mind, and does stupid poo.
Daniels and House are not getting budged with their playing time at that spot, so trade for a SF. and lose the bonehead and the timid little tag along. Even if that take scal to do it I have a high opinion of scal though, just wished he was about 10% more talented. I'd honestly like scal plus 10% I wouldn't trade him if that were the case

MyInsatiableOne · Post #20 » by **MyInsatiableOne** » Tue Nov 17, 2009 8:51 pm

^Agreed, as lousy as Scal is, I vastly prefer to see him on the floor compared to the alternatives (JR or TA)...ship their ass out of town, even if it's for two foot-long Italian subs from Subway...I'd call that a lopsided deal in the Celtics favor! :lol: