Trade/Free Agency Thread 2023-24, part 10 and Counting . . .

Hal14 · Post #1541 » by **Hal14** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 11:03 am

Real Madrid already had the best team in the world, outside of the NBA. If they bring Garuba back, they'll be even better.

It would actually be fun to see them go against an NBA team..

Larry_Russell · Post #1542 » by **Larry_Russell** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 12:10 pm

Excuses, excuses

Post #1543 » by **snowman** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 1:00 pm

I find it funny how two players, Terrance Ross and Will Barton, that many folks on this board were clamoring for last season but we're upset when they signed elsewhere, are now available again and not being mentioned very much this season.

Hal14 · Post #1544 » by **Hal14** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 1:14 pm

Available free agents. It's getting to really be slim pickings..

Kelly Oubre
Austin Rivers
Terence Davis
Rodney McGruder
Blake Griffin
Usman Garuba
JaMychal Green
Wenyen Gabriel
Terrence Ross
Lamar Stevens
Javonte Green
Edmond Sumner
TJ Warren
Hamidou Diallo
Bismack Biyombo
John Wall
Justice Winslow
Rudy Gay
Will Barton
Kendrick Nunn
Jaylen Nowell
Glenn Robinson III
Ish Smith
Juan Toscano-Anderson
Darren Collison
Stanley Johnson
KZ Okpala
RaiQuan Gray
Isaiah Thomas
Noah Vonleh
RJ Hampton
Mo Harkless
Mamadi Diakite
James Johnson
Gorgui Dieng
Tony Bradley
DeMarcus Cousins
Dewayne Dedmon
Boban Marjanovic
Serge Ibaka
Derrick Favors
Kevin Knox
Anthony Lamb
Nathan Knight
Theo Pinson
Bryn Forbes
Malik Fitts
Lance Stephenson
Goran Dragic
Michael Foster Jr
George Hill
Vernon Carey Jr
Skylar Mays
Justin Jackson
Vit Krejci
Taj Gibson
Michael Carter-Williams
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
Kenneth Faried

Hal14 · Post #1545 » by **Hal14** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 1:20 pm

He's raw and he's a project. But he's only 21 yrs old and has a 7'6" wingspan.

Give him a camp invite or at least bring him in for a workout.

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Lamar Stevens for the 15th roster spot and Aliou Diarra for the last 2-way spot. Let's go!

MeanGeraldGreen · Post #1546 » by **MeanGeraldGreen** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 1:28 pm

Malik Fitts is the only answer.

31to6 · Post #1547 » by **31to6** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 2:37 pm

snowman wrote:I find it funny how two players, Terrance Ross and Will Barton, that many folks on this board were clamoring for last season but we're upset when they signed elsewhere, are now available again and not being mentioned very much this season.

I'm guilty of wanting Will the Thrill Barton last spring and admit I was wrong. Apparently his 16 games in TOR did not convince anyone else they missed out on him.

The other guy who I will still stump for is Stanley Johnson. Great body, seems to play with intensity, has some game including (last season) a 3 point shot -- but obviously NBA execs are not interested and who I am kidding, despite the name of the website I'm just a fakeGM :sad:

and I'd guess that Brisset now has that role for BOS.

Hal14 · Post #1548 » by **Hal14** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 3:02 pm

31to6 wrote:
snowman wrote:I find it funny how two players, Terrance Ross and Will Barton, that many folks on this board were clamoring for last season but we're upset when they signed elsewhere, are now available again and not being mentioned very much this season.

I'm guilty of wanting Will the Thrill Barton last spring and admit I was wrong. Apparently his 16 games in TOR did not convince anyone else they missed out on him.

The other guy who I will still stump for is Stanley Johnson. Great body, seems to play with intensity, has some game including (last season) a 3 point shot -- but obviously NBA execs are not interested and who I am kidding, despite the name of the website I'm just a fakeGM and I'd guess that Brisset now has that role for BOS.

Yeah, something doesn't quite add up with Stanley Johnson. The reports said that he asked for the spurs to cut him. That to me indicated that he already had a wink wing agreement with another team that was ready to scoop him up and sign him.

Yet no one ever signed him..so it doesn't really make sense. Why wouldn't he have just stayed on the spurs?

Perhaps the spurs just dumped him for some reason and just said that Johnson asked to be waived so Johnson didn't look as bad to other teams out there. Who knows, maybe there was an incident, maybe Johnson got into it with Popovich, or got into it with a teammate or something. Sometimes guys just get waived out of nowhere for a random reasons. Josh Primo got waived by the spurs for being a pervert to the team therapist. Luka Samanic got cut by the spurs for not hustling back on defense in a preseason game.

Also, regarding the timing..right after the spurs waived Stanley Johnson, they signed Julian Champagnie. So perhaps they had Johnson on the team for a few months, saw what he could do and then figured why not kick the tires on Champagnie, who is much younger so might have some upside - and they were tanking team so it makes more sense to have the younger guy in there anyways, take a flier and see if he could turn into something.

Lastly, Stanley Johnson has bounced around the league a lot. Pistons, Bulls, Raptors, Lakers, spurs, etc. Doesn't seem to stick anywhere. So there's gotta be a reason for that.

Dogen · Post #1549 » by **Dogen** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 3:24 pm

Hal14 wrote:Available free agents. It's getting to really be slim pickings..

Kelly Oubre
Austin Rivers
Terence Davis
Rodney McGruder
Blake Griffin
Usman Garuba
JaMychal Green
Wenyen Gabriel
Terrence Ross
Lamar Stevens
Javonte Green
Edmond Sumner
TJ Warren
Hamidou Diallo
Bismack Biyombo
John Wall
Justice Winslow
Rudy Gay
Will Barton
Kendrick Nunn
Jaylen Nowell
Glenn Robinson III
Ish Smith
Juan Toscano-Anderson
Darren Collison
Stanley Johnson
KZ Okpala
RaiQuan Gray
Isaiah Thomas
Noah Vonleh
RJ Hampton
Mo Harkless
Mamadi Diakite
James Johnson
Gorgui Dieng
Tony Bradley
DeMarcus Cousins
Dewayne Dedmon
Boban Marjanovic
Serge Ibaka
Derrick Favors
Kevin Knox
Anthony Lamb
Nathan Knight
Theo Pinson
Bryn Forbes
Malik Fitts
Lance Stephenson
Goran Dragic
Michael Foster Jr
George Hill
Vernon Carey Jr
Skylar Mays
Justin Jackson
Vit Krejci
Taj Gibson
Michael Carter-Williams
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
Kenneth Faried

There are like 70 players on that list. It's not slim pickings out there, but... nutritionally challenged pickings.

(And thanks for adding future Celtics throwback legend Kenneth Faried to the list)

Post #1550 » by **165bows** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 3:55 pm

Hal14 wrote:Available free agents. It's getting to really be slim pickings..

Kelly Oubre
Austin Rivers
Terence Davis
Rodney McGruder
Blake Griffin
Usman Garuba
JaMychal Green
Wenyen Gabriel
Terrence Ross
Lamar Stevens
Javonte Green
Edmond Sumner
TJ Warren
Hamidou Diallo
Bismack Biyombo
John Wall
Justice Winslow
Rudy Gay
Will Barton
Kendrick Nunn
Jaylen Nowell
Glenn Robinson III
Ish Smith
Juan Toscano-Anderson
Darren Collison
Stanley Johnson
KZ Okpala
RaiQuan Gray
Isaiah Thomas
Noah Vonleh
RJ Hampton
Mo Harkless
Mamadi Diakite
James Johnson
Gorgui Dieng
Tony Bradley
DeMarcus Cousins
Dewayne Dedmon
Boban Marjanovic
Serge Ibaka
Derrick Favors
Kevin Knox
Anthony Lamb
Nathan Knight
Theo Pinson
Bryn Forbes
Malik Fitts
Lance Stephenson
Goran Dragic
Michael Foster Jr
George Hill
Vernon Carey Jr
Skylar Mays
Justin Jackson
Vit Krejci
Taj Gibson
Michael Carter-Williams
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
Kenneth Faried

GoCeltics123 · Post #1551 » by **GoCeltics123** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 4:21 pm

Wenyen Gabriel would be an interesting stopgap

Hal14 · Post #1552 » by **Hal14** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 5:11 pm

GoCeltics123 wrote:Wenyen Gabriel would be an interesting stopgap

It wouldn't be a bad option.

He's kind of a fringe NBA guy at this point (next stop might be Europe if he doesn't sign with an NBA team soon) so would probably be ok with taking a non-guranteed or partially guaranteed deal. But at the same time, he was a decent contributor last season for a team that made the WCF and is in his prime at age 26, had a pretty good showing in the World Cup this summer. So he's about as good a player as you could find, who would be willing to take that type of a contract - and such a limited role.

Plus, he would love being able to play in Boston since he has so much friends/family in the area (he moved with his family to Manchester, NH in middle school)..

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Rumor has it Griffin is unlikely to return to Boston and garuba is likely headed to Europe. If we go with a guy who can play the 5 with this last roster spot, Gabriel has a strong case to be that guy.

Hell, you could even argue that he's the best big man free agent left right now, even including Griffin and Garuba since some might say Gabriel has much more gas left in the tank than Griffin and is more polished, further along his his development and more likely to contribute to a contender in the short term than garuba.

Post #1553 » by **Parliament10** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 5:49 pm

bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #1554 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 6:13 pm

Rice Cakes pickings...

bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #1555 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 6:14 pm

Parliament10 wrote:

That could happen, but I don't expect him to be bought out until after the Trading Deadline...

Dogen · Post #1556 » by **Dogen** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 6:56 pm

If both Garuba and Griffen are off the list, then it's the next man up that is a mobile big. Last year we were interested in Vanderbilt as the front court lacked depth and athleticism. Gabriel looks promising. Biyombo has more experience. Faried is my fave reclamation project. These guys preferred over Dwight/Boogie/Favors rehash at this point.

Just some depth that is a different look than what Kornet can give us.

RickyDizzle · Post #1557 » by **RickyDizzle** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 6:57 pm

165bows wrote:
Hal14 wrote:Available free agents. It's getting to really be slim pickings..

Kelly Oubre
Austin Rivers
Terence Davis
Rodney McGruder
Blake Griffin
Usman Garuba
JaMychal Green
Wenyen Gabriel
Terrence Ross
Lamar Stevens
Javonte Green
Edmond Sumner
TJ Warren
Hamidou Diallo
Bismack Biyombo
John Wall
Justice Winslow
Rudy Gay
Will Barton
Kendrick Nunn
Jaylen Nowell
Glenn Robinson III
Ish Smith
Juan Toscano-Anderson
Darren Collison
Stanley Johnson
KZ Okpala
RaiQuan Gray
Isaiah Thomas
Noah Vonleh
RJ Hampton
Mo Harkless
Mamadi Diakite
James Johnson
Gorgui Dieng
Tony Bradley
DeMarcus Cousins
Dewayne Dedmon
Boban Marjanovic
Serge Ibaka
Derrick Favors
Kevin Knox
Anthony Lamb
Nathan Knight
Theo Pinson
Bryn Forbes
Malik Fitts
Lance Stephenson
Goran Dragic
Michael Foster Jr
George Hill
Vernon Carey Jr
Skylar Mays
Justin Jackson
Vit Krejci
Taj Gibson
Michael Carter-Williams
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson
Kenneth Faried

Not really slim picking when we need zero to one more person on that list and there are 70 guys. Unless I missed him, I also don't see Louis King on there, who we had in for a work out and I consider a good option to get a wing with some upside that likely won't see the court very much.

GoCeltics123 · Post #1558 » by **GoCeltics123** » Fri Sep 8, 2023 8:57 pm

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Smitty at 20:40 essentially says that Blake loved Boston last year but that he badly missed his family on the West Coast. Mentioned maybe playing for an LA team, or retiring if he doesn't end up coming back to Boston.

Like I've said before, I think he's retiring. Maybe he'll go back to the Clippers if they get Harden since they'll have roster space

bigfoot_cryptozoology · Post #1559 » by **bigfoot_cryptozoology** » Sat Sep 9, 2023 4:48 am

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Triple7 · Post #1560 » by **Triple7** » Sat Sep 9, 2023 9:23 am

bigfoot_cryptozoology wrote:

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Hell No!