<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>Do C's Need To Move Quickly? The Celtics are viewed as the front-runner in the Damon Stoudamire sweepstakes if they want the guard. But they will likely have to move quickly to keep him from moving to another team. Rumors continue to persist that the Celtics have interest in Clippers guard Sam Cassell, but they seem to have no viable way of acquiring him via trade.</div> Boston Globe <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>The Celtics still are actively investigating a potential acquisition at point guard, but don't expect them to go hard after just any experienced dribbler. Danny Ainge remains wary of upsetting what's already in place in this process, so he appears to be moving cautiously. "Whenever you bring in a new player, it can change roles and it can change the mood," the Celtics boss said. "All of a sudden, things are different and maybe you don't have what you've had."</div> Boston Herald
It is tough, no doubt. If you bring in Stoudamire, you have to cut both House and TA's minutes. Tony has been playing much better as of late and does not respond well on the court or emotionally when he doesn't receive good playing time. It'd be tough to keep all of our guards happy, especially since Doc seems to be completely against dropping Ray's minutes to 34-35 minutes per game.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (CelticBalla32 @ Jan 29 2008, 02:29 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>It is tough, no doubt. If you bring in Stoudamire, you have to cut both House and TA's minutes. Tony has been playing much better as of late and does not respond well on the court or emotionally when he doesn't receive good playing time. It'd be tough to keep all of our guards happy, especially since Doc seems to be completely against dropping Ray's minutes to 34-35 minutes per game.</div> Because Ray Allen wins us ball games. Tony Allen is a turnover. He still in my opinion isn't even 65% to the shape he was before the injury. He still makes stupid plays. But he's getting there... Eddie House is plain awful. I mean he can shoot the ball but he's not consistent and can't bring the ball up the court with pressure. I wouldn't even call him a point guard. He's a "long-distance bomb job".
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (high54life @ Jan 29 2008, 03:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Because Ray Allen wins us ball games. Tony Allen is a turnover. He still in my opinion isn't even 65% to the shape he was before the injury. He still makes stupid plays. But he's getting there...</div> The fact that you just said Tony isn't even at 65% proves my point that you simply do not watch games and/or have no idea what you are talking about. He has been fantastic lately, and he is really getting his lift back. He's pretty close to being full-blow, in my opinion.
Sign Stoudamire if he's going to be in the rotation. Play the best 7-9 players every night as many minutes as needed to win games. I don't see the issue here
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Denny Crane @ Jan 29 2008, 10:41 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Sign Stoudamire if he's going to be in the rotation. Play the best 7-9 players every night as many minutes as needed to win games. I don't see the issue here </div> That's because your name is not Glenn Rivers. We've yet to figure out our roatation. This is a tough decision though, do we wait and risk going for Cassell? Or do we play it safe and get Stoudamire? I'd say we risk it! As far as Tony Allen is concerned (I'm not the biggest Tony Allen fan, even Premier will tell you this), but the guy has been playing pretty darn well. Yes, he does make turnovers, but with the way he's been playing, he more than makes up for them.
