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bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:Miami's going to get him for crap,
it's a disgrace, but if no other NBA teams try to
trade for him, what can you do?
steefP2 wrote:If not Blake; just sign biyombo
bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:https://www.celticsblog.com/2023/9/6/23861046/we-are-going-to-regret-not-signing-christianwood
We are going to regret not signing #ChristianWood
By hurdler17 on Sep 6, 2023, 7:10am
He signed for basically $3million. I think specifically it was 5.7 for 2 years with a player option. I know the front office doesn't work the rumor mill, but there's evidence they looked at several players, and Wood was never mentioned.
Last year he averaged 14.4 pts and 7.1 rebs with 1.1 blks in only 25.5 minutes. That's more points than White, Al, or Rob. That's more rebounds than Brown, Al, or Grant. And more blocks than everyone except Rob.
When mid-December rolls around and one or more of the bigs are sidelined for an extended time, there will be all kinds of suggestions to get Blake or Kabengele back, trade Brogdan for 50 cents on the dollar, and continue playing Tatum and Brown up 1 position.
Larry_Russell wrote:Lakers builkt a great team.
**** that pisses me off.
Hal14 wrote:Biyombo wouldn't be a bad option. At this point, the best bigs available are (in no particular order)
Blake - unlikely to resign here
Biyombo - not a bad option but between defensive switchability, shooting and playmaking, the C's seem to like bigs who check at least 1 or 2 of those boxes and Biyombo doesn't really check any. Then again, a guy like Clint Capela doesn't check any either and I'm sure we'd take Capela in a heartbeat (if it was realistic, of course). If Biyombo can be a cheaper Capela, why not? We could certainly do worse for a 4th or 5th big
JaMychal Green - veteran ring chaser. A little bit undersized at the 5 but so is Garuba, so is Griffin and so is Gabriel. He can shoot it pretty good. Not sure how much gas he has left in the tank, though. Didn't get a lot of mins last season for the warriors, and his mins went down as the season went on. And at times he looked a little out of shape, or maybe just getting old and running out of gas
Garuba - I think we've talked about him to death at this point, so not adding anything else for now haha
Wenyen Gabriel - we've talked about him quite a bit as well. I really like his motor and energy. Him and Garuba both have young legs, fresh legs. They both play really hard and with good energy. Both a little bit undersized at the 5 but decent size for a small ball 5. The main differences between them is Garuba I think is a little more impactful in terms of defense, rebounding and rim protection. Garuba is also like 5 yrs younger so has a higher ceiling/upside. Gabriel though is 5 yrs older and more polished as a player, obviously more NBA experience so with Gabriel you know what you're gonna get from him with greater certainty. Gabriel got a little bit more playing time last season (on the Lakers, who made WCF) than Garuba got for the worst team in the league. Garuba since he is so young and inexperienced makes mistakes that you see from a young kid who is still raw and still developing. You get less of those mistakes with Gabriel.
It seems like the celtics strategy with these last few roster spots is getting guys on non-guaranteed or partially guaranteed contracts so they have the flexibility to get rid of the guy if it's not working out or if they want to go in a different direction with that roster spot. So it might come down to which of these guys is ok with taking that type of contract.
Perhaps we just end up signing a couple of exhibit 10 guys to fight for the spot in camp, though.
Hal14 wrote:bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:https://www.celticsblog.com/2023/9/6/23861046/we-are-going-to-regret-not-signing-christianwood
We are going to regret not signing #ChristianWood
By hurdler17 on Sep 6, 2023, 7:10am
He signed for basically $3million. I think specifically it was 5.7 for 2 years with a player option. I know the front office doesn't work the rumor mill, but there's evidence they looked at several players, and Wood was never mentioned.
Last year he averaged 14.4 pts and 7.1 rebs with 1.1 blks in only 25.5 minutes. That's more points than White, Al, or Rob. That's more rebounds than Brown, Al, or Grant. And more blocks than everyone except Rob.
When mid-December rolls around and one or more of the bigs are sidelined for an extended time, there will be all kinds of suggestions to get Blake or Kabengele back, trade Brogdan for 50 cents on the dollar, and continue playing Tatum and Brown up 1 position.
Good grief. This "writer" should learn to spell players names correctly. lmao at anyone wanting to bring Kabengele back.
lol at him getting more rebounds than Brown, a wing who's job is not to rebound. And Grant is a bad rebounder for his position so saying he got more rebounds than Grant does nothing to prove his point.
This writer should understand that just because we were rumored to be interested in a player, doesn't mean we were. And Just because there were no reported rumors with us being interested in a player, doesn't mean we weren't.
Hal14 wrote:Biyombo wouldn't be a bad option. At this point, the best bigs available are (in no particular order)
Blake - unlikely to resign here
Biyombo - not a bad option but between defensive switchability, shooting and playmaking, the C's seem to like bigs who check at least 1 or 2 of those boxes and Biyombo doesn't really check any. Then again, a guy like Clint Capela doesn't check any either and I'm sure we'd take Capela in a heartbeat (if it was realistic, of course). If Biyombo can be a cheaper Capela, why not? We could certainly do worse for a 4th or 5th big
JaMychal Green - veteran ring chaser. A little bit undersized at the 5 but so is Garuba, so is Griffin and so is Gabriel. He can shoot it pretty good. Not sure how much gas he has left in the tank, though. Didn't get a lot of mins last season for the warriors, and his mins went down as the season went on. And at times he looked a little out of shape, or maybe just getting old and running out of gas
Garuba - I think we've talked about him to death at this point, so not adding anything else for now haha
Wenyen Gabriel - we've talked about him quite a bit as well. I really like his motor and energy. Him and Garuba both have young legs, fresh legs. They both play really hard and with good energy. Both a little bit undersized at the 5 but decent size for a small ball 5. The main differences between them is Garuba I think is a little more impactful in terms of defense, rebounding and rim protection. Garuba is also like 5 yrs younger so has a higher ceiling/upside. Gabriel though is 5 yrs older and more polished as a player, obviously more NBA experience so with Gabriel you know what you're gonna get from him with greater certainty. Gabriel got a little bit more playing time last season (on the Lakers, who made WCF) than Garuba got for the worst team in the league. Garuba since he is so young and inexperienced makes mistakes that you see from a young kid who is still raw and still developing. You get less of those mistakes with Gabriel.
It seems like the celtics strategy with these last few roster spots is getting guys on non-guaranteed or partially guaranteed contracts so they have the flexibility to get rid of the guy if it's not working out or if they want to go in a different direction with that roster spot. So it might come down to which of these guys is ok with taking that type of contract.
Perhaps we just end up signing a couple of exhibit 10 guys to fight for the spot in camp, though.
GoCeltics123 wrote:
He was definitely tired of waiting for Dame
All the vets signing now
bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:Lakers are very deep with all these offseason moves...
Lakers Lead
@LakersLead
LAKERS UPDATED ROSTER
PG: D’Angelo Russell, Gabe Vincent, Jalen Hood-Schifino
SG: Austin Reaves, Max Christie
SF: LeBron James, Cam Reddish, Taurean Prince, Maxwell Lewis
PF: Rui Hachimura, Jarred Vanderbilt
C: Anthony Davis, Christian Wood, Jaxson Hayes
bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:Lakers are very deep with all these offseason moves...
Lakers Lead
@LakersLead
LAKERS UPDATED ROSTER
PG: D’Angelo Russell, Gabe Vincent, Jalen Hood-Schifino
SG: Austin Reaves, Max Christie
SF: LeBron James, Cam Reddish, Taurean Prince, Maxwell Lewis
PF: Rui Hachimura, Jarred Vanderbilt
C: Anthony Davis, Christian Wood, Jaxson Hayes
