Buyout/Free Agent Thread, 2023-24

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haha. Brad should steal that quote when he gets asked why he didn't use the Grant TPE..

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Butler successfully targeted PP enough in his glimmer of ECF minutes last year that Joe had to yank him and not try that again.

EDIT: I do think it's a tad overblown, but it is also real.

Hauser could get targeted by Butler too. Hauser often struggles to defend guys who are either really quick or really strong. I think I recall there's been times in the past vs Miami where Butler took Hauser into the post and overpowered him pretty easily to score.

That's why I was hoping we'd get some type of upgrade at the deadline - someone (either a guard or wing) with more strength, more defensive ability so that would be less of a concern.

haha touche. Let's see what he can do in green!

He seems like a dog..

[Dogen]

I wonder if 1. Gallo would be willing to come back and 2. If Brad would even want him back

He's 35, but career .382 3pt%.

I'd like to wait and see what else becomes available (Osman?), BUT would hate to see a jilted Gallo sign with a rival.

We don't really know what his life on the bench was like here, so If I'm Brad, I ask Joe, plus Horford, Tatum, Brown and White for their thoughts and then pursue accordingly.

[Fierce1]

I would have no problem with Gallo. At least he knows the system.

Yeah, he knows where to sit on the Boston bench.

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

I would have no problem with Gallo. At least he knows the system.

Yeah, he knows where to sit on the Boston bench.

...a touch cruel, but still....

[Dogen]

I would have no problem with Gallo. At least he knows the system.

Yeah, he knows where to sit on the Boston bench.

...a touch cruel, but still....

He's setting picks, hitting threes, making passes. Looks like he's laboring with some movements -- a lot of miles and injuries on those legs. I would not expect much on the defensive end, but he should be good for 10-15 minutes a game when he gets hot. Question is whether he has the Blake attitude and can be brought out of the moth balls, or does he need minutes and touches. I'd still like to see him in the finals with the C's

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[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

Yeah, he knows where to sit on the Boston bench.

...a touch cruel, but still....

He's setting picks, hitting threes, making passes. Looks like he's laboring with some movements -- a lot of miles and injuries on those legs. I would not expect much on the defensive end, but he should be good for 10-15 minutes a game when he gets hot. Question is whether he has the Blake attitude and can be brought out of the moth balls, or does he need minutes and touches. I'd still like to see him in the finals with the C's

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I watched that game, he wasn't bad at all. Doesn't change the fact Fierce's comment was very funny.

Nonetheless, if he was open to returning I'd be fine with it, as long as we wait a little and see who else gets bought out first.

[GoGreen]

I'm overall pretty happy with the deadline. We picked up some D first guys for the cost of unused players and some scratch lotto tickets. Kept Jordan Franchise. Didn't overpay for guys that weren't gonna move the needle. My main complaint with Brad is there's not much to complain about.

Nobody else really killed it. Maybe the Knicks, but, it's more about OG and his injury than Bojan and Burks. I do think they did well, though. Royce/Roddy to the Suns is pretty solid for them, but it's not like we're not gonna see them in the Finals.

Detroit and Toronto were entertaining.

The PatBev / Doc reunion for Payne and a 2nd was probably the highest entertainment to talent ratio trade I can think of in a while.

Yes I wasn't expecting much and got basically what I figured we'd get so ill take it. Brad has been lights out since he became GM

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Yeah, give me Osman via buyout. We've got an open roster spot. Osman can fill it.

Queta stays on his 2-way. No need to convert him now, with Tillman onboard..he won't come close to that 50 game maximum for a 2-way.

If Celtics got Osman there is absolutely no need for Svi. Release Svi and sign Queta for more big man depth the the playoffs

I don't know that I really follow that logic. By that logic, we would have never had Svi on the team all season long.

We just lost 2 wings at the trade deadline (Banton, Stevens) and replaced them with a big and a combo-guard. So clearly there is a need to add another wing.

And since we added Tillman, there isn't really much of a need for Queta. He probably won't play very much for the rest of the season. We can just keep him on the 2-way.

I don't really think there's a need to carry 5 centers in the playoffs. That seems like overkill. I mean, last year we had 5 centers in the playoffs (rob, al, muscala, griffin, kornet) but only 2 of them ever got off the bench.

Not that it matters that much. We're talking about the 15th roster spot. If Queta or Svi has to go in there in a playoff game, we're probably in serious trouble..

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I’m all about five centers. Hell sign Gallo and Blake.

[djFan71]

I’m all about five centers. Hell sign Gallo and Blake.

Same. Opposite.

[165bows]

I’m all about five centers. Hell sign Gallo and Blake.

Same. Opposite.

I think we need new nomenclature - eg, “who are we going to get for our 3b Center?” Name them all different names like baseball starters and bullpen guys.

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I would love to see us pick up Spencer if we could obviously.

For the role we ask Pritchard to do I think Spencer could do it about 99% as well on offense and somewhere near 10000000x better on defense.

Dinwiddie? Makes too much $. We can only sign guys who were making $12.4 mil or less.

[Celts17Pride]

Caruso?

[165bows]

I really thought there was a shot they’d go offense at the deadline but they clearly focused on the other direction. Really pretty happy about the potential for the moves they made.

If you can’t get an overall great player they are in a spot to bring in a guy or two that does one thing really well. Landing a couple tough defensive hustle guys feels like a good move.

[Mr_Mojo_Risin]

I really thought there was a shot they’d go offense at the deadline but they clearly focused on the other direction. Really pretty happy about the potential for the moves they made.

If you can’t get an overall great player they are in a spot to bring in a guy or two that does one thing really well. Landing a couple tough defensive hustle guys feels like a good move.

Yep.

In terms of injury insurance players at a cheap cost, you're likely to find better defensive players than offensive ones.

If we get too many injuries to our top 6 we're screwed anyway, but if one goes down not named JT where we can ensure minutes are covered while keeping defensive integrity then we'll still have enough firepower on the court at all times.

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Springer has a top 10 steal rate this year for guys over 100 minutes played.
Edit: Tillman at 19th for the above.

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So for potential buyout guys to follow, Blake, Otto Porter, Gallo, maybe Osman, possibly Delon Wright. Probably in roughly reverse order of capability at this point.

As for Gallo, there was some Brad quote last year about “being tall and hitting shots” so there’s that.

With Queta a possibility if no buy out guy.

Not going to be many open roster spots next year, going to be some tough battles for position.

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Brad proved once again that he doesn't leak stuff to the media.

There was a list of like 10-15 guys who Boston was rumored to be interested in over the past couple of months. Brad didn't trade for any of them..he ends up scooping up 2 guys who no one was talking about. I think 1 person mentioned Tillman as a possible target for us on here awhile ago and that's it.

Brad is stealth..