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Terrence Williams Arrested on Gun Charges, Following Domestic Dispute

Terrence Williams was on the verge of coming back to the Boston Celtics next season after being one of the few bright spots of the Celtics’ postseason. Now, that journey is just an afterthought. According to a report from the Kent Reporter, a newspaper in Williams’ home state of Washington, the point guard was arrested yesterday [...]

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7 days ago

Kevin Garnett Will Avoid Foot Surgery

As we await Kevin Garnett’s decision about whether or not he will play a 7th season with the Boston Celtics, an important physical limitation has been avoided for the big man. After laboring through the last couple months of the season with a foot/ankle injury, which caused him to miss much of the regular season, [...]

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8 days ago

Danny Ainge is Waiting on Talking Future with Kevin Garnett

Yesterday was a good day in Boston. We found out Doc Rivers would definitely be coming back as a head coach, the Bruins won in overtime, and the Sox had a big comeback as well. As the first big decision of the Celtics offseason came in though, a brighter light begins to shine down now [...]

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9 days ago

Jeff Green’s 2012-13 Final Grade

Unless we’re discussing the eight or nine best players in the world, it’s impossible to separate a contract’s price from a player’s expectations, value, and overall performance. Jeff Green is the manifestation of this theory. In August he was guaranteed $36 million over four years, even though he didn’t play a single game during the [...]

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10 days ago

Painful Reminders (Part I): The Celtics Drafted JaJuan Johnson Instead of Jimmy Butler

On June 23rd, 2011, Brian Robb and I stood around a high top bar table in Tommy Doyle’s in Kendall Square.  Before us lay one of the biggest mounds of buffalo chicken wings I had ever endeavor to make disappear.  These 25 cent flappers- one of the few indulgences afforded to the participants of our [...]

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10 days ago

Chris Wilcox: 2012-13 Final Grade

There are a number of contextually-appropriate ways to craft this post. One would be to forgo words entirely, and represent Chris Wilcox’s entire season with a series of videos. That would involve one part of this: For every eight parts of this: Note the headline on that second clip. Someone was so amused/enraged by Wilcox’s [...]

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Big Baby Back Home?

According to Boston.com, the New Orleans Hornets are interested in pursuing Glen “Big Baby” Davis in a sign-and-trade.  It’s obvious why New Orleans would want to do this, as their front line could be the least-toughest in the NBA (the heaviest guy on the team is David West who is more of a swingman than a bruising power forward).  Davis is also from Louisiana and would be a nice hometown addition.  The advantages for the Celtics, however, are less obvious.

Both the Hornets and Celtics are over the salary cap so by sign-and-trade rules, New Orleans can’t receive more than 125% plus $100,000 of their outgoing salary (or salaries).  That means in order for this to work, the Celtics could send Big Baby for a combination of Rasual Butler/ Hilton Armstrong and Julian Wright.

Rasual Butler is an interesting prospect to back up Paul Pierce.  Throughout his career, Butler has been a quintessential glue-guy as well as a spot starter.  Last season, he started 73 games last season an averaged 11 points a game per 32 minutes.  He’s not flashy, he doesn’t make any highlight reels, but he did shoot nearly 40% from three last season (better numbers than James Jones).  At 6’7″, he could come off the bench to spell Pierce and because he’s a threat from three, he could also spell Ray Allen at times.  His rebounding numbers are less than ideal but with a lesser, off-the-bench role, he won’t be called upon to rebound, just put the ball in the hole and defend.

Hilton Armstrong is essentially useless for the Celtics.  As a Glen Davis replacement, he would be called on to rebound and make midrange jumpers and it appears he can’t do either.  Last season he averaged almost 3 rebounds per 15 minutes and the following is a comparison of shot charts (via NBA.com) for Armstrong and Davis:

Armstrong:

Davis:

If you look at these you can clearly see there is no comparison.

Julian Wright is an interesting prospect, but like many of his 2007 NBA Draft early entry counterparts (Greg Oden, Mike Conley Jr., Brandan Wright) right now he’s all hype and no hoop.  Besides, it’s doubtful New Orleans would just dump a guy with Wright’s potential.  He’s only 22, and could be a lot better than I’m willing to give him credit for.

The only way I see the Celtics doing a deal like this is if they lose Grant Hill to Phoenix or New York and they feel they can get a midrange shooting big man (a la Antonio McDyess).  Personally, I like Rasual Butler, but I like Big Baby and Grant Hill better.

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