Delonte West officially waived and now on the market
(“He said ‘Take this Mr. Smith.’ Yow, in your face.”)
The Celtics are in the market for another long-range shooter. Delonte West is a long-range shooter. Now, he’s also on the market. West has already been rumored as a possible target for the Celtics.
The Minnesota Timberwolves announced the team has waived guard Delonte West. West was acquired from the Cleveland Cavaliers along with Sebastian Telfair in exchange for Ryan Hollins and Ramon Sessions on July 26.
Some people might not want to hear it, but Delonte West is a better basketball player than Rudy Fernandez. (Why don’t people want to hear it? Offseason beer goggles have made Rudy a type of cult figure in Boston. In the eyes of the best NBA fans in the universe, Rudy might as well be First Team All-NBA.) But West plays defense, accepts his role off the bench and can create his own shot. Three things Fernandez might as well be allergic to.
On the other hand, there’s also a whole lot of baggage. Is West worth it? Without knowing him, it’s tough to tell. All I know about his personal life is that he is bothered by depression, once carried three guns while riding a three-wheeled motorcycle and is rumored to have slept with the mother of the most famous (and now hated) player in basketball. But he also always seems to get along with his teammates and never fails to play his ass off whenever he steps on the court.
So as a player, yes. As a person, maybe not. But maybe the risks are worth the potential reward.
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im sold
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I’m completely on the fence about him, I’m like Mr. Feeny.
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There’s a big difference between “bothered by depression” and a full bout of bi-polar disorder. The latter of which West is diagnosed with.
However, if he’s on his meds, and has a strong structure around him in teamates and family, he’ll be ok.
On a purely Basketball decision, if there was nothing else to consider, it’s a no-brainer. He’d be great for the Celtics, my only concern would be what kind of minutes we can get him and Wafer. Wafer would have to play some SF, which isn’t out of the question, so we’ll see. But it would provide some nice depth is Daniels can’t bounce back this year, and gets his minutes cut again.
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Wafer has the size and skill set to play small forward. I wonder how much confidence Doc has in Marquis returning to form.
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Only time will tell. But ya, Daniels could play some SF, only problem we’re looking at right now is neither Daniels, or Wafer can really guard a Lebron James type. Both give up 2-3 inches and about 50 pounds to him.
But Shane Battier is not walking through that door, so I guess we’ll just have to figure it out and hope for the best.
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Er, Wafer could play some SF I meant.
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Daniels is strong and a decent defender. He’ll probably be the defensive stopper off the bench. Not that that’s a good thing, but it’s probably the case.
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If Delonte banged LBJ’s ma , then Rays ma would be his next target wearing all that glitter all the time… anyways he was solid wearing the green when “solid” was the last word that would be used to describe them, in the lost years.
Yes bring him in, smart player, role player, defender, and yes one bad mother fcker.
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[...] The Minnesota Timberwolves have, as expected, waived Delonte West in visit to spend whatever money. (Hat tip: CelticsTown). [...]
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No, never. Pass. I’d rather get Rudy and have VW and Bradley get these minutes. Besides our new frontcourt is going to be scoring plenty!!! Go Cs…
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delonte west,shaquille o`neal, and tracy mcgrady in boston with the big 3 & doc rivers coaching they will win a championship this season because they maybe old but they play defense & they can score the ball in different ways. so they should get all three of those guys n boston to beat la lakersn da 2011 finals. go boston beat la next year
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Still sold on T-Mac? Not me. He used to be great but he talks like he wants to remain a starter. If he can’t accept a diminished role, count me out.
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