August 9, 2007

Why does Danny Ainge love the mid 2000s Pacers?

So the Celtics might get Reggie Miller and they just signed Scot Pollard (aka Insano Zach Morris). Both bizarre moves, but I guess they both make a little sense since they were teammates for 3 years on the Pacers. And the Pacers GM is Larry Bird who played with Danny Ainge and obviously Ainge only trusts former Boston Celtics.

ANYWAYS, like I said, Pollard and Reggie were both Pacers for a time so I decided to have a look at what other ineffectual, washed-up veterans the Celtics could poach from those somewhat competitive Pacers teams of yore.

Dale Davis – played in 46 games for the Pistons last year, so this might not actually be a terrible signing. Sure he’s about 80 years old, but he could teach Kendrick Perkins the finer points of being a dirty player and elbowing people, which are always valuable skills. Also he’d bring the experience of choking in the playoffs (from his Portland days), an attribute that will surely come in handy in the post-season.

David Harrison – he’s a large, somewhat talented big man who never panned out. Where have I heard that before?

Jonathan Bender – once the next Kevin Garnett, now he can play with the real Garnett and see what an unfortunate case he truly is.

Michael Curry – his Hall of Fame probability is .000, so I’d imagine the Celtics could get him for cheap; and after spending tons of money on their Big Three, that’s important.

John Edwards – it’s always wise to have a former Vice-Presidential candidate on your basketball team.

Britton Johnsen – he’s not really British, but I’d imagine he says “Ello, guvna!” really well. That kind of guy is wonderful for team morale.

Samaki Walker – if only so he can wear this get-up to every game. It doesn’t violate the dress code.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

What ever happened to Jonathon Bender? Wasn't he out of high school like five years ago? Was he that bad?

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Ryan Wilcox said...

Bender fought knee issues for a few seasons then retired because it never got back to normal.

Anthony Verna said...

It's funny how the NBA Draft is a total crapshoot, not knowing how high schoolers are going to develop (mentally and physically) when playing a man's game.

Anonymous said...

That's funny, I remember Jonathan Bender playing really good mid-distance ball on my team. No wait, that was in NBA Live 2005 ;-)
If nothing else, Samaki Walker could wear his classy suit with his very own 2002 ring to inspire all the other guys on the Celts team who never won a title.
Also the John Edwards suggestions is amazing, which other blogger would have remembered this guy? And his namesake even is a Presidential candidate now.

bp said...

I just saw Britton Johnson at my family reunion. Dude is the man and has a badass family I'm a part of. What!