Celtics, Heat frontrunners to sign Troy Murphy
According to Chris Mannix, the Boston Celtics and Miami Heat are frontrunners to sign Troy Murphy when his contract gets bought out.
Would Murphy help the Celtics? It depends whether the Celtics would pick up his name or his game. By that, I mean: Is Troy Murphy still Troy Murphy? Is he still the double-double candidate who — even though he couldn’t keep my kitchen sink from scoring a hoop — spreads the floor and snatches rebounds like they’re Costco free samples? Or is he someone else, the player who couldn’t crack New Jersey’s rotation and shot 34.2% from the field (and 17.4% from the arc) in his limited playing time?
If Shaq returns to health at any point, Murphy makes no sense. But Shaq will forever remain an injury question mark, so Murphy (I guess) would provide insurance. If he can still play.
Forgive me if I’m skeptical about adding a player who averaged a double-double as recently as last season. He just A) has never won anything in his entire life, so he probably doesn’t know how to play winning basketball, B) might not be the same player we remember averaging those double-doubles, and C) is licensed in spray-tanning. Seriously.
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Celtics Blog | Jay King | February 23, 2011
Jay…your ‘assumptions’ are mis-guided. TM has never been on a winning team of the Celtics caliber in the NBA so you cannot assume he will not play defense, that his game is gone or because he “has never won anything in his entire life” that he isn’t capable of offering help. There are always late season acquisitions where teams win it all and players thought washed up played well and helped those teams. What you are in-essence saying is that if someone is dating ’5′s’ all their life and then meets a ’10′ they would not know what to do or would be unable to bring their A game. TM may be older but he has never had an opportunity like what is facing him. I guarantee if the Cs get him that you end up writing pro-Murphy posts just like you have about VW. Go Cs…
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Didn’t say he definitely doesn’t know how to play winning basketball, but probably doesn’t. He’s never been to the playoffs, not once in his entire career. He’s having the worst statistical year of his life, and it would be difficult to teach him the C’s defensive system on the fly (see: Mikki Moore). He has posted nice stats for his career, but the Celtics don’t need nice stats. They need someone who can play solid basketball on both ends, consistently, for maybe five or ten minutes per game. Is he that guy? I’m not 100% sold.
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Just because he spent all of his time with the Warriors, Toronto and Indy (where they are going younger) and has never been to the playoffs doesn’t mean he has no skills or can’t be useful. Who cares about his stats this yr? They mean nothing. Learning the Cs’ defense…how hard can that be? At least he knows how to rebound, and has proven he can do so very well. He played defense at ND and played well with the Warriors (rebounding is defense). And comparing him to Mikki Moore is absolutely one of the dumbest things I’ve ever seen you write. Murphy is 1000x better than Mikki. Mikki couldn’t even catch the ball and was one of DA’s worst acqs. ever! For all of the other players you’ve mentioned over the last several days, except Battier and Rip, the others are all washed up compared to Murphy. If he is so bad why does Miami want him? Even GS wants him back. I think you’re way off base on this one. Kinda like how you thought Sheldon Williams was so good. Go Cs…
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Troy Murphy is NOT the answer. At best, he is a fill in to eat minutes. We need an Athlete to guard the Lebrons, Dengs, Kobes, etc when Pierce is not in the game.
I hope this is a joke.
Gi Danny-Go!
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Murphy’s headed to the Warriors. So what does DA have up his sleeve? Battier? Go Cs…
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Hi my name is Danny Ainge and “I SUCK AT LIFE”…..Troy murphy was on one of the worst teams in the NBA, and couldn’t crack he rotation. Avery Johnson is not a moron. Avery isn’t looking for a marshmellow that shoots threes on offense and sits in the bleachers on defense. This guy is a joke. Thank god we have oneal, oneal, and kristic so I never have to see his stupid 6-11 three point shooting frame on the floor. Stupid loser that can’t play defense. Pathetic. Go kill yourself or retire…..PLEEEEAAAASSSEEEE
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