After announcing that Jeff Green will miss the entire 2011-12 season after undergoing surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm, the Boston Celtics have a crater on their bench and only veteran’s minimum contracts to throw at potential replacements. And they will certainly need replacements. If the regular season began today, the Celtics would begin the year with and injured Paul Pierce and two backup small forwards: Marquis Daniels (coming off spinal surgery) and Sasha Pavlovic (coming off a vomitacious four-year stretch during which he was literally one of the NBA’s worst offensive players).
The pickings will be slim and whoever the Celtics sign (assuming they do sign somebody) will likely be a marginal role player. Comcast’s A. Sherrod Blakely reports the Celtics will look at Al Thornton, DeShawn Stevenson and James Posey, but the Celtics will be hard-pressed to find legitimate help available for the veteran’s minimum.
With only the veteran’s minimum to off...
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PLAYERS:
DeShawn Stevenson,
Jeff Green,
Paul Pierce,
Marquis Daniels,
Sasha Pavlovic,
James Posey,
Peja Stojakovic,
Michael Redd,
Jamario Moon
TEAMS: Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers
TEAMS: Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers, Milwaukee Bucks, Los Angeles Clippers
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