Could Scal be a roster cut?

[sox839]

I'm looking at our roster with the 3 draft picks and the free agent camp and I'm wondering if scal has a place on this team or if ainge may try to get a buyout deal. Scal just hasn't been the player he was in jersey. His second year here was his best and he was not very good this year. I noticed brian butch was brought into our summer camp and ainge had him worked out prior to the draft from what i read. If Butch is impressive in the caamp could he supplant SCals roster spot? Butch is that tall lanky spot up shooter that scal was suppossed to be but Scal really hasn't filled that role. Scal was suppossed to be what matt bonner is for san antonio maybe we should butcha shot he is cheaper than scal just doesn't have Scals experience . Even if it isn't butch our roster may be to deep to keep scal.

[Rocky5000]

Do you think it's likely that we cut a guy we still owe $6.6 million? If we buy him out, there shouldn't be any complaints about signing any of the FAs like House, Posey, and Tony. It'd be nice to free up his spot and money for someone like Posey, but Danny did give him a ridiculous contract, mainly because nobody else wanted to play in Boston, and now we have to live with it.

[Jammer]

To answer, the question, absolutely not.

You don't cut a guy you owe $6.6 million over 2 years when the Griz just traded the same player, Brian Scalabrine, who they were playing $13.8 million over the next to seasons to be a Brian Scalabrine clone.

The Celtics are hoping for a team with cap space or a trade exception to take him off their hands.

Atlanta has only 9 guys under contract, with no draft picks to add, and since they are technically under the cap, they don't have the MLE or LLE to use.

Maybe Scal and Davis end up in Atlanta for a second round pick if Atlanta finds a way to ship Speedy Claxon and his two remaining years for $5 million per to a team with a trade exception.

[GregB]

One can only dream. He could help solve our possible roster crunch. Getting Bill Walker to play a year in europe could help with that too.

Scals contract could be useful filler if we move Ray Allen next offseason.

[DynastyInTheMaking]

Brian Butch over Scal? Whattt.

and Erden wont have a roster spot, not on the Celtics at least.

[Fencer reregistered]

Naah.

Who can we get for vet minimum that's better?

Also, the four other bigs now on the roster include:

* A superstar who the coach wants to limit to <33 min/game
* 3 young players who have trouble staying on the court very long, due to foul trouble

We need 6 bigs total.

[GreenGrizz]

Any smart GM would take him for a future second rounder.

[jfs1000d]

No shot at Scal being cut. He is in the last year of a deal, and, what player will provide more than him as the 14 player?

Scal is a locker room guy, and will get a shot to be the 10th man. You are already paying him, why stop now to get some other slug who isn't going to play.

[U2larkin04]

Who'd be our token white guy?

[Luxurytaxlotterybust]

I personally think one of the biggest mistakes GMs are making is buying out a guy for 97% of their salary when they should keep them on the team and use them as expiring contract-trade bait.

I think Scal is much more useful as a trade-bait than saving $250,000 of our salary. Plus we are over the cap so buying him out makes no sense.

[MyInsatiableOne]

^^^Why are some people still fantasizing about trading Ray Allen?

[nugentrk]

I personally think one of the biggest mistakes GMs are making is buying out a guy for 97% of their salary when they should keep them on the team and use them as expiring contract-trade bait.

I think Scal is much more useful as a trade-bait than saving $250,000 of our salary. Plus we are over the cap so buying him out makes no sense.

true, Angie should offer Memphis $3 million, Glen Davis and Scalabrine for future 2nd round pick