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Celtics will pursue Chris Kaman if he’s bought out, reportedly

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Am I crazy to have real hesitancy about the Celtics adding Chris Kaman — a legitimate scoring threat in the post and a significant rebounding upgrade over any center the Celtics have — because I want to preserve the chemistry and unity Boston is starting to show lately? Am I nuts to want Chris Wilcox — who was great last night, but not so much the rest of the season — to remain Boston’s backup center just because the Celtics are perhaps emerging as a team with no agendas besides winning and stopping their opponents? Am I insane to settle for Jermaine O’Neal as Boston’s starting center because I don’t want to disrupt the growing sense of pride and togetherness of a .500 team that hadn’t beaten a single winning opponent until Thursday?

I may be out of my skull, but I’m starting to love the feeling I get from this team. Doc Rivers brings Mickael Pietrus into the game and he dives on the floor, chases whoever he’s defending around the court and pesters any opponent in his path. Rivers starts Avery Bradley and he hounds a primary ball handler for 94 feet. E’Twaun Moore subs in while carrying his lunch pail and makes plays. Paul Pierce is beginning to look spry. Kevin Garnett is starting to spew profanities at any human being standing on his path to the hoop. The Celtics now boast the league’s third-best defensive efficiency despite failing to stop a soul for the season’s first few weeks, and are starting to resemble the glory years of yesterday in terms of contesting shots and boxing out and out-working anyone and everyone.

Does Danny Ainge really want to risk that to acquire Chris Kaman? Am I really fighting to preserve the chemistry of a 9-9 team? Is somebody unknowingly slipping drugs into my 5-hour energy each morning? Does Grizzly Adams really have a beard?

Don’t answer those questions. Kaman’s a long shot. Somebody will probably trade for him despite New Orleans’ asking price reportedly being too high, so he likely won’t become a buy-out candidate. But if he is, I don’t know what to think. My mind tells me it makes a lot of sense, but my heart tells me otherwise.

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categories Celtics Blog | Jay King | January 28, 2012

categories Boston Celtics, Chris Kaman

7 Responses to “Celtics will pursue Chris Kaman if he’s bought out, reportedly”

  1. CELTICPRIDEFC says:
    January 28, 2012 at 8:29 am

    Depending on what it would cost the Celtics, I would consider it, however, remember Superman, I mean, Kryptoman could be just around the corner.

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  2. paul says:
    January 28, 2012 at 8:32 am

    This team is playing true Celtics basketball. It’s very lovable. But we are also one injury to KG or PP from disaster. And there is the question of how do we work Rondo back in, now that Bradley is looking like he may have taken the starting job, and PP looks like he may have locked down the role of scorer/distributor?
    What we have is fragile, magnificent and fragile.

    But we do have depth beyond what we’ve had in a long time.

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  3. merryxmas says:
    January 28, 2012 at 3:09 pm

    PAUL you need to stop with this rondo loosing his job to bradley , repeating things like that make your other comments and anything you say for that matter not worth reading. wake up.. rondo with one arm > bradley

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    • James says:
      January 28, 2012 at 10:29 pm

      Amen…there’s no way RR loses his starting job. He is the future. Besides, once he secures a jumper he can be the SG and AB can play the point. That would be one nasty defense for opposing guards to have to deal with all game. Go Cs…Kaman isn’t coming, but would help if it happened. He is a legit 7′ rebounding center who can also play outside.

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      • greg says:
        January 29, 2012 at 9:25 am

        guys i really have a feeling that Paul is not a celtics fan . his just a hater or a really DUMB fan. rondo loosing a starting job to bradley, FUCKIN BRADLEY!!!!!!!!! man your on CRACK! ban this guy from posting comments please!

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        • James says:
          January 29, 2012 at 1:45 pm

          No, don’t ban paul…he is a very good Celtic fan. I love bantering with him and other than his the ‘trade’ rants and getting too focused on RR his posts are very insightful. Go Cs…can’t believe I just said all that. You’re welcome, paul….

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  4. FIsken says:
    January 29, 2012 at 11:57 am

    HAHAH Rondo losing his starting job to Bradley lolololol. Best shit I’ve ever heard xD. Come on Paul. You know better than that.

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