Pruitt and Big Baby for the C’s

So with the #32 pick, we pin our hopes on Gabe Pruitt, the 6-4 guard from USC, to become a backup PG. He’s more of a shooter, but hopefully he can learn to run our offense (does Doc have an offense?) with some efficiency and give us a third scoring option with Ray Allen and Paul Pierce.

With #35, the Celtics’ brass decided Glen “Big Baby” Davis was the way to go. He’s a 6-9 PF (undersized) and has a weight problem. As Jay Bilas says, Big Baby is like Oprah when it comes to taking off weight, but is he committed to keeping it off? Probably not the direction I would have went with those picks, but looks like what I think doesn’t matter (Go figure! Maybe Danny Ainge should be taking the Basketball GM & Scouting course I’m enrolled in).

Here’s hoping that there’s a deal in the wings, but I would hate to see Al go…

Who at #32 and #35?

We now have a gaping hole at backup PG. I’ve said for a while that I would like Taurean Green, but not if we had Rondo and West. That isn’t the case, so taking Green at #35 would be great for me. Also, the Celtics brought in the 6-9 PG Sun Yue from China for not one, but two workouts. Maybe he’s a selection, but not the one I would like.

For the #32 pick, but wish list goes:

1. Kyrylo Fasenko
2. Marc Gasol
3. Glen Davis

Let’s just wait and see what happens.

Fire Danny Ainge!

That’s the final straw with me. If Ainge does not make a big move by the end of the night, he should be fired. Here’s the deal that just went down:

Seattle gets:

• Jeff Green
• Delonte West
• Wally Szczerbiak
• #35

Boston gets:

• Ray Allen

Quick Edit: Just found out we will be receiving the #35 pick in this draft as well. Nice addition, still not a deal I would have made.

Why would you bring in a player that is already 32, on his decline, injured all last season, plays the same position as your franchise player and doesn’t allow Gerald Green to see any floor time? Yeah, I don’t know either.

Is this really what the franchise needed?

Jesus Shuttlesworth?

There were reports going around the the Sonics were shopping and trying to gauge Ray Allen’s value. Frank Hughes reports:

Meanwhile, two league sources said the Sonics are calling around the league to gauge interest in guard Ray Allen.

KJR-AM radio reported that the Sonics offered Allen to the Boston Celtics for the fifth pick and Theo Ratliff.

As interesting as it would be to add a player like Ray Allen for just Theo and #5, I don’t think we should pull the trigger. Allen and Pierce don’t seem to be a duo to mesh and Allen is oft injured and only getting older. If this were a deal three years ago, I pull the trigger. Today, I won’t give it a second thought. Perhaps Ainge goes out and gets Amare if the Suns are willing to part with him for KG…