Greg Stiemsma reportedly receives offer from ‘new suitor’
We don’t know which team presented Greg Stiemsma with an offer sheet. But the Minnesota Timberwolves are reportedly ready to offer him $3 million for one season, and another mystery suitor has reportedly presented him with an offer the Celtics almost certainly won’t be able to match. (ESPN Boston)
Restricted free-agent center Greg Stiemsma has received an offer from a new suitor, according to a league source.
The Celtics extended a $1.05 million qualifying offer to Stiemsma before the free-agency period, while the Timberwolves have expressed consistent interest in the 6-foot-11 big man this offseason. But while Stiemsma’s camp awaits an offer sheet from Minnesota, it appears a third team has entered the fray.
This offer, when formally delivered, will almost certainly price Boston out of the Stiemsma Sweepstakes. Given their cap constraints, the Celtics are unable to match even a modest offer for his services, with only the biannual exception ($1.95 million) remaining above a minimum contract and Boston nearing the luxury-tax threshold.
Buh-bye Stiemer, in all likelihood, and hello garbage heap of semi-functioning big men.
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Celtics Blog | Jay King | July 21, 2012
If I was GS I’d roll the dice and ask the Cs for the ‘biannual’ and then sign and stay. He’s going to learn more, already knows the system, can get playing time, and can get to the Finals. Then the Cs get Bird rights and if he’s willing to sacrifice money now then he could make a whole lot more in the future, partly by being a much better player (KG as coach etc.) and possibly have a couple of rings. The money is a seduction but the flip side might lead to even better things, including money. Go Cs…
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What would you do??? Are you a risk taker or not? Love to hear everyone’s call. Go Cs…
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I reckon Bulls. Back up option if the Bulls don’t match the Asik offer sheet. He’d fit Thib’s style
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I like stiemsma, had some great blocks last year and showed he can hit the 15 footer but can he do that much more as a backup than Fab Melo will bring? Granted Melo is raw and way behind the curve but all we really need is a Defensive presence who will block/alter shots grab boards and slam an occasional rebound or Rondo assist, seems like when Greg is in he’s a foul magnet I’m assuming Melo would be the same, would love Greg back but only if the price is right..
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He’s expendable. I’ll be a REAL risk taker and gamble on Greg Oden.
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Ok, we just traded two our big men who had next to no minutes to show their worth last season. We are all over the moon about Lee and that’s great but this season we will be without JJ, SW, possibly RH by the looks of things and now possibly GS. Leaving only KG, FM and CW as our bigs.
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And your point is? Those guys did zilch against Miami in the ECF. Courtney Lee will be more productive than all those guys combined. Oh and we have Jarred Sullinger.
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JJ, SW and RH?? What about them? They don’t help, they didn’t even play. Hollins did but he stinks. GS could help but if Wilcox didn’t miss the 2nd half of the season GS wouldn’t have played much anyway. I would love to have him but I rather risk it CW
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I guess with GS gone now it’ll be Fab or to, God forbid, Greg’s ‘risk’ taking selection, which is pretty damn ballsy considering Oden’s lack of knees left, or maybe a sleeper or another journeyman later in the season? All the others never showed any consistency as mentioned. Go Cs…
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They did nothing against Miami because they got treated as nothing more than benchwarmers. Doc don’t like playing first year players so why would this year be any different?
Is JS going to get more than 15 minutes a night? Doc will probably turn around and say “these guys aren’t ready”. I look at last year team and felt they should have been in the Finals against OKC but Doc didn’t have enough faith in his bench, which he should. The starting 5 don’t win the ball game. The team as a whole MUST win. We pay 36 million to a guy like JG who aint really done shit for the C’s and let a proven shot blocker like GS go. DA threw together a championship team in 2008 and it worked, now he’s trying to do the same thing. Most teams it takes a few years for the players to gel and win the title. I don’t think it is such a good move getting rid of guys who are understudys for KG, PP and RR.
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I agree with most of your post but Fab is close to better than GS right now and with a training camp he should get GS’ minutes. Let’s hope Doc wakes up, or has after last year’s injuries (AB played great when given the chance etc.), and decides to play all the young players meaningful mins from the start of the season until March and then prep for the playoffs with a shorter rotation. Bottom-line is, I think we are much better right now than anytime in the last 5 yrs and that includes the 2008 title team. Give everyone camp and then playing time and we are going to be f’in tough to beat. Go Cs…
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Sure Uncle J, we’s on the upside now. We know that for the past two years the Cs could have been better without wasting talent like Doc has done. Think back to last year when Doc had no option but to use AB only because Ray had an ongoing injury. Then all of a sudden AB gets minutes that he wouldn’t have and produces numbers. I suppose Doc can take the credit for AB’s sudden impact, syke. Had Ray been healthy AB would still be languishing on the bench with the rest of the kids who “weren’t ready” according to Coach Rivers. Running the starting 5 into the ground. We’ve been here before about 30 times.The likes of SW,RH,JJ,EM,GS,MD are gone not because they suck but because another team saw promise in a trade offered which in these players time in Boston the powers that be didn’t. Quote Doc from 2008 Finals. ” Trust your guys but most of all trust in yourself”. Great motto, if only Doc would practice what he preach. So without getting too excited about the new bunch before they’ve even played a reg seas game, there’s one thing every CT blogga needs to realize, the buck stops with the Doc.
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