Could we get Courtney Lee from Boston?

Ballboar · Post #1 » by **Ballboar** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 7:41 pm

They're, looking for Cap Space, His Contract is around 5.25 Mil Has three years on the contract. I wouldn't mind giving our two 2nd rd picks for him. What would be a decent offer for him?

Jodi · Post #2 » by **Jodi** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:00 pm

Sure, I would do it for two 2nd rounders...

DocRI · Post #3 » by **DocRI** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:02 pm

If the Celts / Clippers deal has really imploded, it's kinda impossible to know what direction Boston will be going — will they still look to slash payroll and rebuild, or will they try to "pile on" to keep Doc, KG and Pierce around for one more run? If they're really blowing it up, the guy I'd target is Jeff Green; would absorbing Lee's contract be enough to lure Ainge into accepting a deal like Green & Lee for Stuckey? They get out of two long term contracts, and we get a SF who would fit pretty darn nicely next to Moose and Dre.

haulerch · Post #4 » by **haulerch** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:23 pm

I would pick up Lee if Boston is giving him away. I think he could be a solid contributer and he is better than any SG we currently have on the roster. While I admit I didnt follow him very much this past season I still think he has something to offer, I always liked his defense.

Jeff Green would be the first guy I call the Celtics about if I am Joe D.

Post #5 » by **dVs33** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:33 pm

If they're dealing Lee it's for financial reasons, so we wouldn't need to give up anything really. Just send them the late 2nd round pick in the 50's and be done.
We may find a half decent player at 37.

The Penguin · Post #6 » by **The Penguin** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:45 pm

Why do we want Courtney Lee?

Post #7 » by **dVs33** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:51 pm

^^ Because we dont have any SG's outside of English...

DetroitDon15 · Post #8 » by **DetroitDon15** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:51 pm

Piston Prince wrote:Why do we want Courtney Lee?

I agree with the statement. I think alot of people here feel he would be an upgrade at SG. I'm not sure he is an impact guy. I think he could score anywhere from 12-15 for our cr@p roster. Because of the salary, I'd pass on giving up anything outside the Clips pick for him plus compensation for taking the salary. I'd do Lee and one of the following: Fab Melo, Jared Sullinger (Preferred Choice) or a lotto protected pick for the Clips Second Round Pick. I'm still confused why everyone is in love with the 9 million dollar man Jeff Green. He's not the answer at SF. He's a smallish four. Wish people would see that.

ImHeisenberg · Post #9 » by **ImHeisenberg** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 8:57 pm

I remember Boston trying to move Lee around the deadline last year, as he was buried in the rotation behind Bradley and Terry. Then, they needed him again when Rondo went down.

If they're looking to do a salary dump, I'd toss them the later second round pick for him. I wouldn't give up much more than that to help out Boston.

The Penguin · Post #10 » by **The Penguin** » Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:02 pm

Courtney Lee is not the difference between this team contending or not.

I would much rather let Singler & Middleton have minutes to develop on cheap deals to see if we have anything with them and keep the 5 mil for cap flexibility.

People need to get over this "we don't have a shooting guard, lets trade for anyone whose available or give MLE deals to 28 year olds like Dorrell Wright" mentality. Rome wasn't built in a day. Monroe just turned 23, Knight is 21 and Drummond is going to be 20. We don't need to rush into locking ourselves into the 8th-10th best team in the East with Drummond our only hope for getting better. Rushing into a faux playoff team that gets it's brains beat in by Miami in round 1 is in no way beneficial.

Maintain cap flexibility and continue to allow the young players development opportunities, things are moving in the right direction, we'll contend when we are ready.

DetroitDon15 · Post #11 » by **DetroitDon15** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:23 am

Piston Prince wrote:Courtney Lee is not the difference between this team contending or not.

I would much rather let Singler & Middleton have minutes to develop on cheap deals to see if we have anything with them and keep the 5 mil for cap flexibility.

People need to get over this "we don't have a shooting guard, lets trade for anyone whose available or give MLE deals to 28 year olds like Dorrell Wright" mentality. Rome wasn't built in a day. Monroe just turned 23, Knight is 21 and Drummond is going to be 20. We don't need to rush into locking ourselves into the 8th-10th best team in the East with Drummond our only hope for getting better. Rushing into a faux playoff team that gets it's brains beat in by Miami in round 1 is in no way beneficial.

Maintain cap flexibility and continue to allow the young players development opportunities, things are moving in the right direction, we'll contend when we are ready.

Amen brother. Amen!

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vege · Post #12 » by **vege** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:03 am

Piston Prince wrote:Why do we want Courtney Lee?

Because he fill a lot of our holes? He is an athletic winger who is an excellent perimeter defender and he is also one of the best 3pt shooters in the game right now. At the top of all that he is on a reasonable contract (MLE) and is young enough to produce at a high level in a few years when our young core will hopefully be ready to compete.

The real question here is Why would we NOT want Courtney Lee?

The Penguin · Post #13 » by **The Penguin** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:28 pm

vege wrote:
Piston Prince wrote:Why do we want Courtney Lee?

Because he fill a lot of our holes? He is an athletic winger who is an excellent perimeter defender and he is also one of the best 3pt shooters in the game right now. At the top of all that he is on a reasonable contract (MLE) and is young enough to produce at a high level in a few years when our young core will hopefully be ready to compete.

The real question here is Why would we NOT want Courtney Lee?

Because he's going to be 28 before the season starts, fell behind Terrance Williams in the rotation, couldn't make it on the floor during the playoffs and would eat up $5 mil in salary cap room.

I don't see how the Celtic's 5-6th best guard is an acceptable answer to our guard hole or worth taking development time away from Singler/Middleton.

MLE players serve the purpose of round out a roster after the core members are in place, not filling up salary cap space that could be used to acquire core players.

DetroitDon15 · Post #14 » by **DetroitDon15** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 1:36 pm

Piston Prince wrote:
vege wrote:
Piston Prince wrote:Why do we want Courtney Lee?

Because he fill a lot of our holes? He is an athletic winger who is an excellent perimeter defender and he is also one of the best 3pt shooters in the game right now. At the top of all that he is on a reasonable contract (MLE) and is young enough to produce at a high level in a few years when our young core will hopefully be ready to compete.

The real question here is Why would we NOT want Courtney Lee?

Because he's going to be 28 before the season starts, fell behind Terrance Williams in the rotation, couldn't make it on the floor during the playoffs and would eat up $5 mil in salary cap room.

I don't see how the Celtic's 5-6th best guard is an acceptable answer to our guard hole or worth taking development time away from Singler/Middleton.

MLE players serve the purpose of round out a roster after the core members are in place, not filling up salary cap space that could be used to acquire core players.

Pretty much spot on. I don't get the idea of how everyone here wants us to sign back-ups to five mill deals on so on, IE Wright, Korver, or whoever. I agree I want to see what Singler/Middlteon can do. Now if Boston wants to part with Sullinger or Fab Melo with Lee for the Clippers second than I'm in other just adding Lee on his own value makes no sense.

ThirdMan · Post #15 » by **ThirdMan** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:09 pm

haulerch wrote:Jeff Green would be the first guy I call the Celtics about if I am Joe D.

Agreed. I don't really care for Lee but Jeff Green would be an awesome addition if we can swindle him away from Boston.

DetroitDon15 · Post #16 » by **DetroitDon15** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:47 pm

ThirdMan wrote:
haulerch wrote:Jeff Green would be the first guy I call the Celtics about if I am Joe D.

Agreed. I don't really care for Lee but Jeff Green would be an awesome addition if we can swindle him away from Boston.

No thanks to the power forward who sucks on defense, likes to take threes, can't rebound for his position, and makes 8 plus mill a season with a medical condition. We are got DNP-CV for that position. I don't see why all the love for this guy (Green).

princeofpalace · Post #17 » by **princeofpalace** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:49 pm

Jeff Green is a SF, and is a very good defensive player, can really shoot the ball well and is a solid rebounder for a 3. He would be a great fit on this team. We need help on the perimeter badly.

need4detroit · Post #18 » by **need4detroit** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 3:06 pm

princeofpalace wrote:Jeff Green is a SF, and is a very good defensive player, can really shoot the ball well and is a solid rebounder for a 3. He would be a great fit on this team. We need help on the perimeter badly.

I agree. Green is a good fit and definitely an upgrade.

vege · Post #19 » by **vege** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 4:23 pm

princeofpalace wrote:Jeff Green is a SF, and is a very good defensive player, can really shoot the ball well and is a solid rebounder for a 3. He would be a great fit on this team. We need help on the perimeter badly.

Jeff Green is a Tweener, who played most of his career at PF but he can definitely play SF. He is indeed a very good defensive player and can really shoot the ball well but he is a very bad rebounder (Jerebko-esque). He would be a great fit on this team and we really need help on the perimeter badly.

While the other guy post was a joke you don't need to twist some information to prove him wrong especially because he proves himself wrong more often than not and you're a better poster than that.

ThirdMan · Post #20 » by **ThirdMan** » Wed Jun 19, 2013 5:14 pm

DetroitDon15 wrote:
ThirdMan wrote:
haulerch wrote:Jeff Green would be the first guy I call the Celtics about if I am Joe D.

Agreed. I don't really care for Lee but Jeff Green would be an awesome addition if we can swindle him away from Boston.

No thanks to the power forward who sucks on defense, likes to take threes, can't rebound for his position, and makes 8 plus mill a season with a medical condition. We are got DNP-CV for that position. I don't see why all the love for this guy (Green).

I disagree on the sucks on defense and I don't have a problem with the taking a lot of threes. In todays NBA is 8 million really a bad contract for someone of his caliber? I'm not saying he's a superstar but he's def talented.