Richard Hamilton, Troy Murphy on Celtics radar
If Richard Hamilton and/or Troy Murphy get bought out this season, the Boston Celtics are expected to show interest. (Yahoo! Sports)The Hornets will likely be in pursuit of New Jersey Nets forward Troy Murphy once the Nets reach a buyout agreement with him after the trade deadline. Nets coach Avery Johnson made clear he didn’t want Murphy after the three-team trade that brought him from the Indiana Pacers. Trade talks have gone nowhere for Murphy, who has an expiring contract. Nets GM Billy King will ultimately work a buyout to free Murphy to sign elsewhere.
In addition to the Hornets, several other teams are expected to show interest in Murphy, including the Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, Orlando Magic and Dallas Mavericks, sources said. …
Richard Hamilton will have to be willing to give back a significant portion of the two years, $25 million owed him to get a buyout on his contract. Sources said the Celtics still remain intrigued with Hamilton as a scorer off the bench.
Based on everything I’ve read, Hamilton has maintained that he won’t accept a small buyout. He wants to receive a large portion of the remaining two years and $25 million he is owed, which could complicate matters when it comes to a buyout. That said, if Hamilton wants to leave Detroit, a buyout could become his only option. There aren’t too many teams desperate to trade for a 33-year old (his birthday was actually on Valentine’s Day) shooting guard with many miles on his legs and many, many dollars remaining on his contract.
Moving on to Troy Murphy: umm, Troy Murphy? Even when he was posting double-doubles left and right, I always wondered whether Murphy was actually helping his team or hurting it. “Defense” isn’t exactly in his vocabulary, although “nearly 7-foot gunner with three-point range” is. Maybe signing Murphy would work out for the Celtics; beggars can’t be choosers, and if all the C’s big men stay injured the C’s will be beggars. But in Ireland, Troy Murphy actually means “Mikki Moore with shooting range.” Okay, so maybe the Mikki Moore comparison isn’t fair (or at all close). But if the C’s are looking for a quick fix to their currently thin frontcourt, Murphy’s not the answer.
(h/t CelticsBlog)
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Rip is a pure shooting guard at this point in his career (and not even a very effective one anymore), considering we need a 3 for defense, not offense (we could just play Von at 3 if we wanted that) then I don’t see why we’re looking at him.
And I have no idea why we’re looking at Murphy, if anything, he’s a 4/5, not a 3/4. I think we’ll be ok for big men, Shaq seems to be coming back and Semih is too now…
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I’m more interested in seeing some of the players we have get more playing time. How long has it been since the last time Harangody played?
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why cant we just get pietrus?
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i think Rip would fit in well—-i think he could give you minutes playing backup 3 and 2– Fits in the offense because you can still have a player who wants to run of staggers like ray allen—-and at 6″7 with long arms—i think you will see a guy rejuvinated and bought inn to playing defense—- this wouldnt be a michael finley signing—this would have way more significance and add another viable playoff player to a roster that is already deeper then any other in NBA—just got to be healthy for playoffs
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We need (in this order):
1 strong, defensive depth at the 3 (think Battier) to defend the Lebron’s and Kobe’s when Pierce is sitting. Can’t depend on Quis coming back.
2 A durable, Rebounding, defensive minded Backup Big in case Shaq can’t play. Remember Perk is coming off an injury and is having to play too many minutes, and Semih seem always semi-hurt.
3. A back up point guard in case Delonte’s wrist injury resurfaces, he just tweaked it yesterday)
Gody and Bradley won’t get much playing time, cause Doc doesn’t play rooks.
Go Danny, Go!
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Yeah, how about Harangody and Bradley? Why do the Cs always go hunting for aged players? Everyone bitches about their age so why not develop the players drafted? Or at least find a Mike Miller type. Murphy would be better than Rip. And because he has never played on a championship level team I think his defense would vastly improve along with his motivation and effort (good rebounder and can spread the floor/likes to run too). Just like if you got the chance to date Irina Shayk after dating ‘not-10s’ you’ld bring your A game and everything you got and have never shown. Go Cs…are you showing up tonight???
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Two former Doc players T-Mac (not great but better than I expected good point forward skills) and Grant Hill, and Shane Battier are tops on the wish list outside of that…not really worth it. Troy Murphy only makes sense if no Jermaine Oneal.
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@hillcrestwildcat
there is a reason you call it a wish list
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