The Celtics are certainly in line to defend their title, though there are some holes to fill on their roster. Sam Cassell was brought back to support Rajon Rondo at the point, but the Celtics could consider Stephon Marbury if the Knicks put him on waivers. It is believed that the Celtics have little to no interest in Marbury, however, because they believe Cassell can still provide enough as the backup, they have a vested interest in Eddie House (two years, $5.5 million) and want to continue to develop second-year guard Gabe Pruitt at the position.
--Newsday
Unlike last year, I haven't been afflicted yet by the-trade-and-acquisition bug. My very first post ever on this blog in October of 2007 observed that PJ Brown was available, and I don't think I quit campaigning for him until he was wearing green and white.
Darius Miles was definitely worth a look.
As noted in the previous post, Stackhouse might be worth a Scalabrine and a Pruitt.
Is Stephon Marbury worth a look?
As Newsday notes we already have four guys who play the point guard position, five if you include Tony Allen, who occasionally is assigned ball handling responsibilities when he is in the game. None of the five are true point guards. But nor is Marbury.
Could Marbury effectively quarterback the second unit?
Could he provide some consistent punch off the bench?
Would he undermine Ubuntu?
You tell me.
5 comments:
I say bring him in, work him out, and think about signing him to a 10-day.
Of course, that raises the question of whom do you cut.
Answer?
I don't know.
No comments from me on mcdyess until there is more than a 10% we get him.
I don't like Marbury. He has always been a me first PG and that is too hard of a habit to break. We have Rondo, House, Pruitt and Cassell in line at the point and we should have plenty of back up there should we need it. I am more worried about getting more length at back up C or possibly the back up 3.
I don't think we get McDyess. He is going back to Detroit.
Hey no weird word to put in this time! Cool!
Hey, FCF.
Yeah, I guess I controlled whether or not the wierd word was required.
So I "unrequired it"
:)
I think Stephon could do a good job in that second unit but I worry about losing another shooter. Eddie House is the only high caliber jump shooter outside of the Big Three in the rotation this season. That would be a big loss.
If Posey was still around it would be more manageable.
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