Agent Confirms Daniels Will Play For Celtics

by spstevenson on Jul 18, 2009 6:30 PM EDT in Indiana Pacers News

It will only be a matter of days before it's officially announced that Indiana Pacers free agent Marquis Daniels will play for the Boston Celtics next season. Just how he arrives into Beantown is still up in the air.

Daniels' agent, Glenn Schwartzman, confirmed to the Associated Press today that his client has committed to play for the Celtics next season. Daniels made the verbal commitment Friday night. The story noted that both teams would prefer a sign-and-trade deal, however if a deal doesn't materialize, the Celtics will use its $1.9 million biannual exception to sign him. That deal would be considerably lower than the $7.3 million that the Pacers paid him last year.

Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald posted a story today also confirming the move. Murphy's inside source agreed there is a high potential for a sign-and-trade deal. Murphy wrote:

The source added that a sign-and-trade deal - with the Celtics able to offer a number of players with expiring contracts, including Tony Allen and Brian Scalabrine - is still a very real possibility.

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For comedy's sake we really need Scalabrine.

by SethGrandpa on Jul 18, 2009 6:50 PM EDT reply actions

See my idea yesterday about signing an all white team plus Ricky Davis?

All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!

by rollonubears on Jul 18, 2009 6:52 PM EDT up reply actions

No I did not, but I love it.

by SethGrandpa on Jul 19, 2009 10:44 AM EDT up reply actions

L.O.L.

no but seriously, how good is Allen’s game? I really think Scalebrine is a waste of a roster spot but… maybe that’s just me. His game reminds me of my own, it always makes me think “if this guy can play for a championship winning franchise…. why am I not in the NBA”, and I have NO skills.

by SHaFF87 on Jul 18, 2009 9:02 PM EDT reply actions

I think if you ever have the chance to acquire a guy with red hair to play on your NBA team, you have to go for it.

All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!

by rollonubears on Jul 18, 2009 10:26 PM EDT up reply actions

didnt allen...

blow his knee against indy after the play a few years back? trying to dunk after the whistle? explosive athlete from what i know, but i dont think he is an actual good player.

by captain flitzy on Jul 18, 2009 10:31 PM EDT reply actions

that's my impression exactly

has some athletic talent but doesn’t do a ton of productive stuff in games. They were hoping he’d fill Posey’s role after they let him go, but, he didn’t.

And yeah he blew his knee on a dunk well after a whistle as everyone was standing around watching. Not a great move…

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by psvirsky on Jul 18, 2009 11:49 PM EDT up reply actions

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Le8rMnL56w8

All aboard the Jahvid Best rickshaw!

by rollonubears on Jul 19, 2009 1:43 AM EDT up reply actions

it's not just the dunk after the whistle that makes it bad

A) he missed it
B) a light little dunk wouldn’t have been a big deal, he has to try and throw it down as hard as he can, thus throwing him off balance
C) he jumps from like 10 feet out

What an idiot

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by psvirsky on Jul 19, 2009 9:01 AM EDT up reply actions

yea...

that was allen that blew his knee, can’t remember if it was indy he blew it against though. what an idiot, plz dont trade for him, this needs to be a 3 team trade PLEASE

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by SHaFF87 on Jul 18, 2009 11:14 PM EDT reply actions

Allen is fine.

We don’t need someone to play more than 10min in this trade, we just need someone to fill in those 10min rest by our wing guys(Granger and Rush). C’mon people, this is the cheapest move i must say, but if in that 10min span Allen or Scal can be miraculously effective, I’d say Yes! Well if not, that’s fine.. _ they’ll leave the franchise after a year anyway… o_0

by IndieBald on Jul 19, 2009 3:44 AM EDT reply actions

then why even trade for them?

if they aren’t going to make a difference, then why even make a trade for them… If we aren’t going to get someone to help our team now, we should’nt even waste the cap space on them just to fill the roster. I think if we cant involve another team in this trade, we should just let Daniels go to the Celtics and pick up another FA that can help us instead of some other bench players we don’t need wasting cap space.

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by SHaFF87 on Jul 19, 2009 7:55 AM EDT up reply actions

i guess the problem might be that there aren’t FA’s out there cheap enough that the front office likes. And maybe there are okay options but they want longer contracts. The expiring contract part of it is nice. In a way they can fill in Dunleavy’s minutes for a while til he comes back.

But otherwise, yeah, there’s really no need to take someone on unless they have some potential.

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by psvirsky on Jul 19, 2009 9:03 AM EDT up reply actions

If we can get Walker and Allen

This would be a great move. Walker and Allen both have starter potential. Allen may be a lost cause because of his erratic play but if Walker can stay healthy I think he could be a good player. If nothing else they will be descent backups that can leave when their contracts expire. I just think its a low risk high reward possibility.

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by bleedinblueandgold on Jul 19, 2009 2:48 PM EDT reply actions