Mike Miller joining Brad as Celtics targets?
Would the Millers split the mid-level exception?
Today was the second time the Boston Herald has tossed Mike Miller’s name out there as a potential Celtic.
The Celtics will be equipped on Thursday with their mid-level exception and all of the veteran minimum deals they can throw at people. Expect Mike Miller – the talented wing for the Washington Wizards who once played for Rivers – to be a target.
But big men are the priority here. The question could very well be whether Brad Miller – a likely free agent cut to the wind because of Chicago’s max-contract concerns – feels he deserves an entire mid-level exception to himself.
But the Celtics will have to wait and let the saturated market finally convince a few players they’re not worth as much as they first thought.
I like both Mike and Brad Miller, and they both fit well. But… don’t the Celtics need to get a little more athletic? Don’t they need an infusion of a little youth? Don’t they need to sign free agents who aren’t the two worst players ever to play for Team USA? Don’t they?
P.S. – Brad Miller has a tattoo of the And1 logo. I’d rather have a tattoo of Kobe raising the Larry O’Brien Trophy. Actually, on second thought, give me the And1 guy.
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Celtics won’t get younger this year. They don’t have the cap space, due to KGs contract to pick up any major younger stars. The only wiggle room they have is the MLE, and veteran minimums.
You can’t get younger with the MLE, there are very few young, talented players, who will go for that, they want longer, more lucrative contracts. Veterans worth more than the minimum are all you can get with.
If either Brad or Mike want the full MLE, pass, neither one is worth it. If however, they’d come for about half of it, definitely. I wouldn’t pay either one more then 3, at most 4 million.
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But a guy like Amir Johnson would be great. 23 years old, knows his role, and is athletic as all hell.
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I agree, I’d love to see him cover over if teams are passing on him, and we can get him for a piece of the MLE.
He’s a guy I can see some team over-paying on due to his upside. Someone with cap room will throw him 4-5million, which we just cant match, cause it’s basically all the money they have to offer.
If I’m wrong, and we can somehow grab him for 2-3mil of the MLE, and then still get Brad Miller for the other 3-4mil, then that would be fantastic.
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