What becomes of "The Big Waste" Scott Pollard?

sarcasma · Post #1 » by **sarcasma** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 9:20 pm

Hes obviously left off of the playoff roster, but if the team wins a title does he get a ring also? Could we waive him and sign another player?

P2 · Post #2 » by P2 » Thu Mar 27, 2008 10:10 pm

The playoff roster is the same as the regular season roster. 12 players active each game. So Pollard will get a ring, and Pruitt, too.

Jammer · Post #3 » by **Jammer** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:30 pm

sarcasma:

Scot had a serious ankle injury from before training camp (torn tendon); that required surgery to correct.

He will get a ring if the team does.

He may also be back. Since drafting a player that can contribute is unlikely, the team will likely choose between a recuperated Scot Pollard (will be 34 next February) versus PJ Brown (will be 39 next November).

One of the two will likely be re-signed.

Scalamental · Post #4 » by **Scalamental** » Thu Mar 27, 2008 11:57 pm

Jammer I think Pollard is done like dinner. It seems like that ankle is unfixable.

chakdaddy · Post #5 » by **chakdaddy** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 1:29 am

waive him, sign olowokandi, use bird rights for a sign and trade!!!

is that possible?

RoyHobbs · Post #6 » by **RoyHobbs** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:15 am

chakdaddy wrote:waive him, sign olowokandi, use bird rights for a sign and trade!!!

is that possible?

This year, we can't sign-and-trade for anybody, since the trade deadline is passed.

If Danny waived Pollard, it would leave a bad taste in the mouths of a lot of his players, and in agents / players around the league. You don't cut somebody mid-season do to injury; it rarely, if ever, happens.

Who would we sign, anyway? I can't imagine picking up anyone who would contribute. What do we need a new 15th man for?

SLCceltic · Post #7 » by **SLCceltic** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:26 am

sarcasma wrote:Hes obviously left off of the playoff roster, but if the team wins a title does he get a ring also? Could we waive him and sign another player?

a big waste is not a good way to describe scot pollard
hes had a nice 10 year career

he has helped us win games this season
he will get a ring

Post #8 » by **Celtics_Champs** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:27 am

Let him stay. And IF we win, get a ring. Not only did he keep the Locker Room loose, didn't he do alot of charity work? Thats good in my book.

SLCceltic · Post #9 » by **SLCceltic** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 2:33 am

Jammer wrote:sarcasma:

Scot had a serious ankle injury from before training camp (torn tendon); that required surgery to correct.

He will get a ring if the team does.

He may also be back. Since drafting a player that can contribute is unlikely, the team will likely choose between a recuperated Scot Pollard (will be 34 next February) versus PJ Brown (will be 39 next November).

One of the two will likely be re-signed.

powe is not gonna let go of his minutes......last season pick
and baby should play a decent role in the playoffs......this years pick
or do i not understand what you are saying??

those 2 are ahead of pj this year......if one is dealt, then pj will assume the role

sox839 · Post #10 » by **sox839** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:43 am

Scot should geta ring a he is stillon the teams roster. Scot hada bad ankle in training camp.It was never right though. Scot played a key role at certain times. I do rememeber this year his big gane was against Houston at the Garden he had like tenpoints and made key baskets to keep us ahead. I think he has a 50% chance of coming back. PJ brown will retire but could come back if we don't win.. A good thing to dois for ainge to drafta big in the first round with the last pik of the round. I don't mean a tweener like powe or baby who been very good but we could use a 7 footoer with some skills. I really like david padgettt he would be the perfect backup to perk. Perhaps we draft padgett and sign a end of te bench roles player to work with padgett.

daveisceltics · Post #11 » by **daveisceltics** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 6:32 am

His career is probably over.
He could sign with a team just to uplift the bench with his antics.

Dirty Water · Post #12 » by **Dirty Water** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 7:41 am

TheTrio wrote:Let him stay. And IF we win, get a ring. Not only did he keep the Locker Room loose, didn't he do alot of charity work? Thats good in my book.

.

Jammer · Post #13 » by **Jammer** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 9:51 am

There seems to be an unwritten rule with NBA teams to not cut a guy loose who is injured until:

1) he is rehabilitated
2) his recuperation is deemed not able to make further progress

This goes for any NBA team.

Doc has already said, more than once, that the Celtics would not have signed PJ
if Scot Pollard had been healthy.

That essentially, PJ took Scot's place.

PJ is playing like crap so far, by the way.

The 5 guys on the deep bench's stats:

PJ Brown: 9 games, 95 minutes, 6-25 FG's, 15-22 FT's., 34 rebs (16 offensive), 5 TO's, 18 pts

S. Pollard: 22 games, 173 min, 12-23 FG's, 13-17 FT's, 37 rebounds (14 off), 5 TO's, 37 pts

S. Cassell: 9 games, 153 minutes, 20-59 FG's, 14 rebounds, 19 assists, 13 TO's, 6 steals

G. Pruitt: 12 games, 68 minutes, 11-29 FG's, 0 FT's !, 6 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 TO's

B. Scalabrine: 42 games, 431 minutes, 26-82 FG's, 13-41 3 PT. FG's, 63 reb, 32 ass, 23 TO's

chakdaddy · Post #14 » by **chakdaddy** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:00 am

RoyHobbs wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

This year, we can't sign-and-trade for anybody, since the trade deadline is passed.

If Danny waived Pollard, it would leave a bad taste in the mouths of a lot of his players, and in agents / players around the league. You don't cut somebody mid-season do to injury; it rarely, if ever, happens.

Who would we sign, anyway? I can't imagine picking up anyone who would contribute. What do we need a new 15th man for?

I mean sign and trade him in the summer. If we signed him, he'd have bene here 3 straight years, and that could qualify him for Bird rights for a sign and trade...maybe?

Post #15 » by **canman1971** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 11:06 am

Why do I have a feeling Pollard would be great filling in for Tommy. Donny has grown stale to me. As Michael Holley said once, "All steak, no sizzle."

RoyHobbs · Post #16 » by **RoyHobbs** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 4:38 pm

chakdaddy wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

I mean sign and trade him in the summer. If we signed him, he'd have bene here 3 straight years, and that could qualify him for Bird rights for a sign and trade...maybe?

We already have Kandi's Bird rights. The problem with signing-and-trading him for a high-salaried player has more to do with "base year compensation" rules, which make it almost impossible to make a trade work.

See here: http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#73

Mahoney_jr · Post #17 » by **Mahoney_jr** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 5:47 pm

sarcasma wrote:... but if the team wins a title does he get a ring also?

Don't sell the skin till you've caught the bear. Just saying... ;)

Bad-Thoma · Post #18 » by **Bad-Thoma** » Fri Mar 28, 2008 10:05 pm

Why the hatin on a guy who's hurtin? Pollard is a good guy and used to be a solid player, injuries are injuries. Calling him a big waste is classless IMO.

chakdaddy · Post #19 » by **chakdaddy** » Sat Mar 29, 2008 10:23 am

RoyHobbs wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

We already have Kandi's Bird rights. The problem with signing-and-trading him for a high-salaried player has more to do with "base year compensation" rules, which make it almost impossible to make a trade work.

See here: http://members.cox.net/lmcoon/salarycap.htm#73

I forgot about Kandi's years with Minnesota counting towards Bird rights.
I understand now about the BYC, thanks. So that's why Van Horn could be and PJ Brown could have been used in sign and trades - because their original salaries were big. Meanwhile, Aaron McKie and potentially Olowokandi have relatively low salaries and BYC would throw everything off if they got raises for sign and trade purposes.

Now I feel better that we're not missing some golden opportunity to trade Olowokandi for Pau Gasol next summer.