Celtics expected to make final cut tonight
The Boston Celtics will likely make their final cut after tonight’s game. (Boston Herald)
As it stands, Von Wafer appears to be in the lead for the Celtics’ last roster spot. Rivers said the team will probably make a cut after tonight’s preseason finale against New Jersey.
“(Wafer’s) been more aggressive offensively,” Rivers said. “He still has to buy in defensively and into our culture, and I think he’ll do that. He’s getting better.”
Besides an awful spell of the shooting shanks to begin training camp, everything went just right for Wafer this preseason. He wasn’t playing a lot, then — BAM! – Delonte West got hurt and playing time opened up. Stephane Lasme was playing his way onto the team, then — BAM! — Lasme couldn’t travel to Canada because of visa issues and Wafer played his best game as a Celtic. Even before the preseason,West’s 10-game suspension made Wafer less expendable than he would have been.
To recap, Wafer is benifitting from a) injuries to teammates, b) odd visa issues that rarely (ever?) happen in the NBA, and c) the time Delonte West played cops and robbers more than a year ago. If somebody ever wrote a book titled “Strange Ways to Make an NBA Team,” Wafer would be featured at least a few dozen times.
Unless he doesn’t make the team. Then the book should be titled “How to Blow a Shot at Making an NBA Team Despite Everything Falling into Place.”
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Celtics Blog | Jay King | October 20, 2010
It is hard not to root for Lasme however Wafer may be the better choice for his scoring abilities. Lasme depends on slashing to the basket for his offense and face it the Celtics had a weak pre-season schedule. How effective would Lasme post game be going up against the length of LA? Von Wafer is after all is a more versatile scorer who can go to the basket and hit from 3 point land.
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I’m on the Wafer train. He’s a better talent, and has finally started to play well the last few games.
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It’s a real shame if Lasme doesn’t make it despite working so hard, my vote goes to him over Wafer. Of course, like len mentioned there’s the shooter thing to think about and with Bradley looking to be out indefinitely, Wafer looks like a much better option for spot #15 as a scorer in the second unit.
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