Tony Allen is just salary fill. Bill Walker could very well be an NBA starter in the coming years -- no doubt he's a very intreguing prospect for any rebuilding team.
I'm hopeful that Bill Walker can contribute to our team in the next few years based on the few and brief flashes he's shown, but the idea that he has trade value is laughable. He hasn't done anything to show he's better than a mid-second round pick (which is what he was), and he has a longer history of knee injuries than of playing competitive basketball.
The biggest shortcoming of Celtics fans (and I certainly fall into it as well) is that anything green in uniform and age is viewed as "a very intriguing prospect." It's the same reason someone recently said they wouldn't give up Rondo for Deron Williams or Brandon Roy.
it's not laughable. he hasn't "built" trade value because he hasn't played. but if you think GMs around the league wouldn't like to their hands on him at his price / contract with his upside, you're not really paying much attention to the game of basketball.
Yes, it is. It's laughable. I'm not disparaging your ability to watch basketball in what I'm saying, I'm just saying that you, like me and many others often do, are placing too much stock in a player simply because he's young and in Boston.
I'm paying plenty of attention to the game of basketball (anybody on this message board is paying plenty of, and probably too much, attention). Bill Walker showed very little last season. When this season starts, he'll be a 22-year old small forward with decent size and good strength, no discernible ballhandling skills, frequent mental lapses on both ends of the court, no apparent outside shot, and great athleticism but a history of major knee injuries longer than his on-court resume.
He has some potential, that is certainly true, based mostly on his athleticism. But he had the same potential last season and lasted until the 47th pick in the draft. Any team - any team whatsoever - could have had him for the same Boston paid for him. And nothing's changed since then. Like I said, I hope he can contribute as an 8th or 9th man to this team in the next two seasons, and I have the optimistic hope that he can become a very good bench contributor with athleticism and defense next season. And if his shot develops, he becomes much better defensively and his knees stay healthy he could be a solid starting SF post-Pierce. But those are big ifs, and it is absolutely unrealistic to think he's enough of a trade chip to get you a 27 year old All-NBA caliber big man (and I don't even like Amare).
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