Celtics General Offseason Thread Pt. 9: Vet Min or Viet Minh?

Afam · Post #1701 » by **Afam** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:17 pm

You don't want to tie your cap space to above average players, who wouldn't make you significantly better. Think big. James Harden, Russell Westbrook etc.

RickyDizzle · Post #1702 » by **RickyDizzle** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:18 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:No new transactions yet. Maybe they're on a lunch break.

You following on nba.com or somewhere else for what becomes official?

DarkAzcura · Post #1703 » by **DarkAzcura** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:18 pm

Afam wrote:You don't want to tie your cap space to above average players, who wouldn't make you significantly better. Think big. James Harden, Russell Westbrook etc.

Westbrook doesn’t make teams better, though. He makes them worse.

Jakeopp · Post #1704 » by **Jakeopp** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:19 pm

Afam wrote:If westbrook can commit to being a consistent good shooter, bring him on. He needs to play in a system. Iso ball is not how you win.

Westbrook can't be a "consistent good shooter"

Just not his game.

Afam · Post #1705 » by **Afam** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:20 pm

Thing to worry about Russell Westbrook

Inconsistent Shooter. Good scorer though.
Plays Hero ball.
Age. He is 30.

Other than that he is a great player, and a future hall of famer.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1706 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:21 pm

RickyDizzle wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:No new transactions yet. Maybe they're on a lunch break.

You following on nba.com or somewhere else for what becomes official?

Just nba.com and twitter haha

Afam · Post #1707 » by **Afam** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:21 pm

You at least inquire about the player, and the cost.

BRUNiNHO91 · Post #1708 » by **BRUNiNHO91** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:22 pm

Roddy wrote:
BRUNiNHO91 wrote:
Celts17Pride wrote:Interesting idea

Westbrook and Adams would be like 65M incoming. That's a lot of salary to match.

Hayward
Jaylen
Yabu
Theis
Romeo
Semi
+picks

for

Adams/WB

Can we re-sign Morris ???

Kemba
Westbrook
Morris
Tatum
Adams

Bench :

Wannamaker / Edwards / Waters
Smart
G.Williams
Kunter / Rob Williams / Tacko

No way.

I know guys are dying to make moves but this isn't it.

Celts17Pride · Post #1709 » by **Celts17Pride** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:22 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:
RickyDizzle wrote:
zoyathedestroya wrote:No new transactions yet. Maybe they're on a lunch break.

You following on nba.com or somewhere else for what becomes official?

Just nba.com and twitter haha

No direct line into the Celtics war room?

bs_and_cs · Post #1710 » by **bs_and_cs** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:22 pm

You think the Thunder go for a rebuild? If so I’d love to inquire on Gallinari

scootch · Post #1711 » by **scootch** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:22 pm

Afam wrote:Thing to worry about Russell Westbrook

Inconsistent Shooter. Good scorer though.
Plays Hero ball.
Age. He is 30.

Other than that he is a great player, and a future hall of famer.

He also has chronic knee issues he has surgery on in most off-seasons that has resulted in a diminishing return on the athleticism that had once made him a premier front-line player.

Celts17Pride · Post #1712 » by **Celts17Pride** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:22 pm

bs_and_cs wrote:You think the Thunder go for a rebuild? If so I’d love to inquire on Gallinari

Just wait until he gets bought out

williambh3 · Post #1713 » by **williambh3** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:23 pm

sam_I_am wrote:
Roddy wrote:
NYCelticsfan136 wrote:
Besides him.

Zubac
McGruder
Jerome Robinson
Shamet
Harkless
Kabengele
Lou Williams

Lou Williams and Montezl Harrell came in 1st and 3rd for 6th men of the year.

Trez, Lou and some warm bodies on the wing was the best bench unit in the league last year and will be again this year.

Trez is criminally underrated. Guy is flat out good at this point.

Like kabengele as a prospect. Jerome robinson could show improvement this year too.

Wes-J · Post #1714 » by **Wes-J** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:25 pm

Something's gotta give. Can't see Ainge finished with the starting lineup. It's simply not good enough.

Jakeopp · Post #1715 » by **Jakeopp** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:27 pm

This Westbrook to Celtics talk is lunacy. Kemba is our PG, end of story.

Westbrook hasn't won anything in this league. He's been playing the same brand of basketball his whole career, he's not going to change his game dramatically at this point.

He's ball-dominant. We've already got guys like Kemba and Tatum that are better with the ball in their hands. He can't shoot, his FT shooting sucks, he takes too many dumb shots, and his game will be much less effective when his athleticism goes. At age 30 that isn't very far in the future.

winsomme2 · Post #1716 » by **winsomme2** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:27 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:

Read on Twitter

What on earth does this mean?

Are we still in the running for Morris?

I would def take him back.

Kemba
Hayward
Tatum
Morris
Kanter

Smart
Brown
Theis
RWill

DoubleHappiness · Post #1717 » by **DoubleHappiness** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:28 pm

OKC is still 9.5 mil over the lux tax threshhold I believe. They'll continue to look to shed most likely. Someone correct me if I'm wrong, I'm not a good cap person.

AgentGreen · Post #1718 » by **AgentGreen** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:28 pm

Jakeopp wrote:
AgentGreen wrote:Ainge wouldnt have signed Kemba if this George trade was announced earlier.

Kawhi and the Clippers all played it well out. They first waited for every top FA to sign somewhere else. If they announced it earlier teams would have looked at Westbrook and Adams as trade options as well.

They specially screwed the Lakers with stalling their announcement.

Don't see how this George trade has an effect on the Celtics...

If anything, the East and league in general are more open because he left the Raptors and didn't form a LeBron superteam.

It doesn't it affected the Lakers more. But knowing Ainge he wouldn't sign Kemba immediately then. He likes Westbrook and Adams.

Most of us over dont like him, including me. I'm all about teamball.

He's actually a teamcancer instead of a teamplayer. But Ainge thinks differently and wouldve discussed with Brad and his staff about Westbrook and Adams. Because right know is actually the moment where Russ is getting hurt and he's probably feeling it that players dont want to play with him. His poor shot selection was one of the reasons why they got kicked out of the playoffs. If he can mature somehow, you'll have a lethal player who'll destroy the rim and rack up ft's.

zoyathedestroya · Post #1719 » by **zoyathedestroya** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:29 pm

Celtics fans, waiting for that other shoe to drop...

AKFO · Post #1720 » by **AKFO** » Sat Jul 6, 2019 5:31 pm

zoyathedestroya wrote:

Read on Twitter

Mook sign and trade incoming?