Redick deeply impresses Celtics, but…
Immaculate hair, picture-perfect jumper, outstanding work ethic: Is there anything else you'd want from J.J. Redick off the Celtics bench?
J.J. Redick’s game has really impressed the Celtics, according to HoopsHype’s Roland Lazenby. But there’s a drawback to the C’s interest: Stan Van Gundy wants Orlando ownership to do anything in its power to keep Redick a Magician.
Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy is raving privately that Redick is the one guy on his roster who truly cares about the game, that ownership should do everything possible to keep the free agent.
Redick’s work ethic and big-game delivery have also deeply impressed the Boston Celtics and the Atlanta Hawks. Any one of the three teams could wind up giving mid-level exception money to Redick, better than $30 mil over five years.
If Van Gundy is THAT in love with Redick, it’s going to take more than the mid-level exception to steal him away from Orlando. Remember, Redick is a restricted free agent, so the Magic can match any offer. And, umm, unfortunately, the Celtics don’t have anything more than the mid-level to offer.
Could Ray Allen possibly be used in a sign-and-trade for Redick? That’s just about the only way I can see the C’s picking up Redick, but the odds of it happening are slimmer than Shaun Livingston: I can’t see the two Eastern Conference powers helping each other out, can you?
I really like Redick’s game, but I just don’t think he’s coming to the Celtics. I don’t see how it would work.
P.S. – Back to Van Gundy “raving privately that Redick is the one guy on his roster who truly cares about the game,” I was shocked — shocked! — that SVG doesn’t think Vince Carter truly loves the game.
Just kidding, guys, don’t worry. It’s always been painfully obvious that Vince is not at all in love with basketball.
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I know the GAME of basketball inside and out…The salray cap is another story. I’m LOST!! So bare with me on what maybe a dumb question? Could the C’s offer JJ more then the MLE and have to pay a luxury tax? Or is it a matter of not being allowed by the rules to offer him anything we want to?I guess what I am trying to ask is are you allowed to offer a free agent money that puts you over the salary cap? Or do you have to stay strictly under it unless it’s your own player? I get the Bird rule, I dont get the luxury tax, I was under the impression that a team can go out and offer anyone anything, but every dollar it puts you over the salary cap, you have to pay a dollar for each dollar. So could they pay JJ 8 million, and if that brought the Celtics 2 million over the cap then they would have to pay 2 million additional in luxury tax. Like with James Posey, had they offered him 24 million they would have had to pay double due to the tax?
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They are not allowed by rule to offer him any amount of many that exceeds the salary cap, unless the contract is either a) a minimum offer, b) the mid-level exception, or c) the bi-annual exception. The Celtics no longer have the bi-annual to offer (Marquis Daniels used it last season), so the mid-level exception and minimum contracts are all they can offer. The luxury tax is on dollars spent over the salary cap, but you still can’t just go out and pay anybody anything.
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The celtics should dealsheeds contract to orlando for peitrus because orlando is over their tax and they would like to keep jj reddick
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No way Orlando helps out the C’s, though, I think.
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KABOOOOOM!
Did you guys hear that? It was the sound of the Magic imploding.
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You mean you aren’t sold on Chris Duhon for four years? Bahaha.
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