Leading up to the trade deadline, I think most Celts fans had two things on their list
1.
Bring in big man help
2.
Bring in wing help
Personally, I didn’t care about the order in which these things happened.
If they traded for a wing yesterday, cool.
Just get a big in the buyout market.
Given what the Celts had to work with, that player didn’t exist.
If one of Tatum or Brown goes down, it doesn’t matter who is replacing them.
The Celts are cooked.
The same is true with essentially every team in the NBA and their best players.
Which brings us to the buyout market.
They just didnt have that available.
Thats why they pivoted to (Mike) Muscala.
Players to keep an eye on includeWill Barton, Danny Green, Justin Holiday and Terrence Ross.
Is your dick blown off by reading any of those names?
At the same time.
Get me a guy to give minutes in March to while you rest your best players.
I see those names and I think any of those options could fill that role.
So which should you prefer?
The good news is he did shoot 38% on catch & shoot 3PA, so that fits.
This year, those numbers are way worse.
In isolation this season, Barton ranks in the 4th percentile and is shooting 20%.
In P&R, he ranks in the 28th percentile and shoots 37%.
On catch & shoot 3PA though, he’s up to 45%.
So what does this all mean?
The hope would be Barton is somewhere in the middle if he were to join this team.
What I do know about Danny Green is that he can shoot.
He’s played in 165 playoff games and has 3 rings.
You’re not getting All NBA defense from that spot anyway.
The only main concern I have is the ACL recovery.
I basically need you to be one of two things if you’re going to get this wing spot.
If you don’t really do either of those things, I think we can move onto other options.
Sadly, I don’t think that’s a real thing so this is a pass for me personally.
Terrance Ross
2022-23 stats: 8.0/2.0/1.3 on 43/38% splits
Ah yes, Celtics Killer Terrance Ross.
With him, I have just one question.
Which Terrance Ross am I getting?
Is it this dude?
or is it this dude?
Welcome to the Terrance Ross Experience.
You want a feast or famine player, Ross is your guy.
In terms of individual talent, he probably has the most of it of any of these guys listed.
He’s someone who has 41 career playoff games under his belt, but only shot 38/31%.
Ross is a guy I consider a microwave scorer where you just don’t know what you’re getting.
If he sees his first shot fall, you could get that 29 point Terrance Ross.
This might just be me, but my brain is a little nervous about former Magic players.
You live through Mickael Pietrus and Jameer Nelson and try and tell me any different.
Or, would he get even better playing next to better talent?
That’s what Brad has to decide.
Based on these names, I think at the moment I would power rank them as follows
1.
Justin Holiday
Do I love it?
Again, my dick is still attached to my body.
