As if the thought of Adam Morrison in green wasn’t bad enough, Celtics fans now have a long list of has-beens and never-was’es to deal with.

Trenton Hassell hasn’t been relevant for years,  Adam Morrison should have quit the game after college, Rashad McCants makes Von Wafer look like a choir-boy, and I thought Cuttino Mobley wasn’t even allowed to play basketball anymore. Ahh, the NBA offseason: where fretting about players who won’t even make a team happens.

(“More people should cry,” Morrison said. “And when I get to the NBA, more people will cry.” Yeah, like fans of the team thinking about picking Morrison up.)

No need to worry about Adam Morrison, guys. He’s been working out for the Celtics and hopes to score a training camp invite, but there’s no chance in hell he’ll actually make the team. Right? RIGHT??? (Yahoo!)

Still searching for another shooter, the Boston Celtics have Adam Morrison working out for their front-office and coaching staffs this week at the team’s practice facility, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.

Morrison worked out on Tuesday and planned to do so again on Wednesday, sources said.

The Celtics aren’t close to deciding if they’ll make any kind of make-good contract offer for training camp.

Believe me, I’m all for the token white guy who waves a towel at the end of the bench. Just not if it’s Adam Morrison. I would rather sign Diana Taurasi and see what she could do against the big boys. And that’s almost in all honesty.

P.S. – Filed under the “if you care about assistant coaches” department, the Celtics are also prepared to hire Roy Rogers to replace Clifford Ray. Rogers actually had a nine-game cup of coffee with the Celtics during the 1997-1998 campaign, averaging a whopping 0.8 points, 0.6 rebounds and 0.1 assists.

He was then a throw-in in the Chauncey Billups for Kenny Anderson trade, a trade that worked oh so well for the Celtics. Most recently, Rogers was an assistant coach for the New Jersey Nets, who obviously would have lost a lot more than 70 games last season had Rogers not been around to give wonderful advice.

Gotta love blurry-ass Scal in the background.

The Celtics have had discussions with free agent Jarvis Hayes about joining their roster. (CSNNE)

As much as the Boston Celtics need to add a perimeter defender coming off the bench, it wouldn’t hurt to add another backup shooter to the mix as well.

With most of the higher-priced shooters off the free agent board, CSNNE.com has learned that the Celtics have had some conversations about one of the best still available, Jarvis Hayes.

Go ahead and laugh at A. Sherrod Blakely calling Jarvis Hayes one of the best free agents still available. I know I got a good chuckle out of that. But the truth is, I’m kind of intrigued by a couple things Hayes IS (scorer, jump-shooter) and a couple things he ISN’T (Larry Hughes and Ime Udoka). That said, I really hope these wings we keep hearing about — Adam Morrison, Hughes, Udoka and Hayes — are the guys Ainge is looking at as 12th men. Because if any one of those four is playing significant minutes next season, the Celtics might as well forfeit the next 82 games. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about NBA basketball over the years, it’s this: You don’t win a ring with Jarvis Hayes as the primary backup small forward. You just don’t.

You've got a plan, Danny. Right?

“I’m looking at all the players signing and wish we would get on the ball a little bit. I trust in Danny to put a good team around us, but I’m sitting here watching all these good players fall to other teams.” – Paul Pierce

Amen, Pauly. Amen. I want to trust Ainge, but all these other teams are signing outside help while the Celtics sit with a bench full of holes.

Wait, wait, wait, wait, wait. That’s all we’ve been doing since the Jermaine O’Neal news, it seems. Doesn’t Danny Ainge know I’m pretty damn impatient? (Boston Globe)

“It’s a challenge, because if you have a bird in the hand, sometimes you need to take it because you’re waiting for something you see better but might not be there if you wait too long,’’ Ainge said. “There’s a lot of players still waiting for something. There’s an offer sheet for Portland and Utah. Two teams right there with a little uncertainty that’ll have some money to spend depending on which way that goes. There’s an offer sheet with Orlando and Chicago. There’s a couple more teams that are looking for wings depending on which way that goes. So yeah, there’s some waiting going on.’’

Waiting? Yes. Worrying? For me, at least. The C’s have a ton of holes to plug, so this waiting game is getting me anxious. Even if I realize Ainge is probably just waiting to see which teams go over the luxury tax and will want Rasheed’s retiring contract. Why am I still nervous, even if I know Ainge’s waiting game makes sense?Just look at the C’s depth chart right now. It needs a whole lotta work.

Point Guard – Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley, Oliver Lafayette

Shooting Guard – Ray Allen

Small Forward – Paul Pierce, Tony Gaffney

Power Forward – Kevin Garnett, Glen Davis

Center – Kendrick Perkins (injured), Jermaine O’Neal

That’s it. Those are the only players the Celtics have. Matt Janning has a camp invite too, but — last I heard – isn’t sure if he’s going to use it). And even if he does, he’s probably unlikely to make the team. So if the offseason ended today, the Celtics would head into the 2010 season with no backup center, no backup shooting guard, and Tony Gaffney as the seventh man. Sweet. I like Gaffney’s hustle as much as the next guy, but I think we can all agree that Gaffney as Paul Pierce and Ray Allen’s lone backup is not exactly what one would call ”ideal.”

So this waiting game is killing me. I just want the Celtics to make a move and make it quickly, so I can sleep easy at night. Mostly because, well, they need some serious help just about everywhere on their bench. They definitely need another big man, absolutely need a wing or two and, even though they have a few short players on the bench, could use a backup point guard, too. Meanwhile, almost every name I hear the Celtics are interested in makes approximately zero sense. Josh Howard won’t accept the minimum and can’t get traded. Shaq clogs up the middle and is a worse defender than Regular Season Sheed. (As we all know, that’s bad. Really, really bad.) Matt Barnes? Is he really ready to sign for the minimum, even though he hasn’t had a big payday once in his entire career? Ronnie Brewer? Well, maybe. It’s possible. But Adam Morrison? Kwame Brown? Gag me with a spoon. The good players Ainge is after seem to be far-fetched dreams, while the bad players are nothing short of brutal nightmares.

There are so many questions left to answer this offseason and I have no idea what’s going on. I realize Ainge is normally a good GM and probably deserves a little faith, but the Celtics have a whole lot of work left to do and — for the life of me — I can’t figure out what moves they’re going to make.

At some point, I have to believe, they’ll make improvements to the roster. Until then, we wait.

And wait.

And wait.

After watching Adam Morrison work out, the Celtics were “unable to gauge Morrison’s skills” because he did not participate in a 5-on-5 workout. (Boston Globe)

The Celtics are being very open minded when it comes to their roster next season and some team officials spent Tuesday watching a workout by former third overall pick Adam Morrison, who spent the past two seasons winning two NBA titles with the Los Angeles Lakers while on their bench.

Morrison is a free agent and looking for work, and the Celtics are seeking a shooting specialist to bring off the bench.

Rule number one of free agency: When the local newspaper has to describe a team as “being very open minded” because they went to see a certain player work out, that player is not someone you want on the roster. Even if he was a college cult hero. Even if he has one of the better porn mustaches in the world. Even if he inexplicably has two more championship rings than John Stockton.

(“When I get to the NBA, more people will cry.”)

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