lethal5
Years ago
Boston has re-signed Glen "Big Baby" Davis to a 2 year deal worth about $6 million.
The Celtics now have great depth at the forward postion & a good mixture of youth & experience. They now have Big Baby (23yo), Sheldon Williams (26yo), Rasheed Wallace (35yo), & of course K.G & Paul Pierce.
The full article is on nba.com
Jay-Jay Manners
Years ago
The nickname "Big Baby" just flat out irrates the hell out of me.
I wanted to punch something every time dickhead Doug Collins called him that during the playoffs.
Beantown
Years ago
Nice to see Davis finally signed. His presence ensures the Celtics have a more than dependable guy who can cover for Perk, KG or Wallace if any of them go down for an extended period.
Assuming Marquis Daniels signs later this week as agreed, the Celtics could hardly have hoped for a more successful off-season.
Skin
Years ago
He has a weight bonus in his contract, worth about $500k.
olskoolgamer
Years ago
I thought someone was going to overpay him, but 3 mil a year is reasonable for big baby.
You definitely aren't winning deep into the playoffs with Davis or Williams in your starting lineup, so their chances still hinge on the health of Garnett and others.
nice work, good for the C's. Should make the deep playoff push much better.
lethal5
Years ago
Olskoolgamer, I agree with you that the Celtics wouldn't win it all with Davis & Williams as their starters.... but you could say that about every single team in the NBA. If starters go down with a major injury then every team needs to rely on their back-ups... & those 2 guys are fairly decent back-ups! You're not going to get someone of K.G's ability to sign on as a back-up for $3 mill.
And yes I agree, $3 million per season seems fair for Davis... comparable to others in the league of his standard & ability.
hustle
Years ago
Pretty deep roster now for the C's:
C - Perkins/Williams/Davis
PF - Garnett/Wallace/Scalabrine
SF - Pierce/Daniels/Walker
SG - Allen/Allen/House/Daniels
PG - Rondo/House/Giddens
Ins:
Wallace
Williams
Daniels
Outs:
Moore
Marbury
Pruitt
Still think they need a bit of backcourt help though...
Beantown
Years ago
Hustle, another PG for cover would be nice, but its not the end of the world if they go into the season using House/ Daniels/ Ray for spot mins there. Ainge may wait to pick up someone late in the season if he is concerned that the Celtics will be exposed by ball pressure in the playoffs.
With the lineup, there's no way Williams is ahead of Davis in the rotation. He probably won't even be ahead of Scal. I'd say he is strictly training fodder and insurance in the event that one of Perk, Wallace or KG go down.
Also, House will get most of the backup minutes for Ray, followed by Daniels. Ainge has been trying hard to move Tony Allen and he is clearly on his way out of Boston as soon as his contract can be moved, so he may even drop behind Giddens in the pecking order at SG.
hustle
Years ago
Cheers Beantown - Yeh I wasnt sure where Williams would be, but on reflection it would be unlikely that he would steal minutes from Wallace/Perkins/Davis at the C spot.
I think Tony A is out as soon as they can get some sort of value back for him!
You need to be a registered user to post from this location. Register here.
Advertise on Hoops to a very focused, local and sports-keen audience. Email for rates and options.
An Australian basketball forum covering NBL, WNBL, ABL, Juniors plus NBA, WNBA, NZ, Europe, etc | Forum time is: 12:12 pm, Fri 22 Nov 2024 | Posts: 968,026 | Last 7 days: 754
