Boris Diaw bought out

[Birdman]

Charlotte just bought out Boris Diaw contract.

[Birdman]

Think the Celtics will go after him? They have not got a big yet and may be waiting on him.

[Roy H.]

A couple of folks in the media have already started to talk about Diaw to the Celtics like it's a done deal.  I can see him signing in Miami, though; he'd be a good fit for them.

[rondohondo]

John Hollinger- "Have a feeling Boston will roll out the red buffet tablecloth for Boris."

[rondohondo]

A couple of folks in the media have already started to talk about Diaw to the Celtics like it's a done deal.  I can see him signing in Miami, though; he'd be a good fit for them.

nah he wants to team up with fellow frenchman  

[Fafnir]

A couple of folks in the media have already started to talk about Diaw to the Celtics like it's a done deal.  I can see him signing in Miami, though; he'd be a good fit for them.

Yeah he'd give them another option to plug in the Joel Anthony role if they needed an offensive player in that spot.

Hopefully the C's get him, he's been pretty bad this year but I'd rather have a flexible big man like him than 7 foot plodders like Hollins/Kryl. Though getting two of the three is probably our best case scenario no matter which ones.

[Roy H.]

Hopefully the C's get him, he's been pretty bad this year but I'd rather have a flexible big man like him than 7 foot plodders like Hollins/Kryl. Though getting two of the three is probably our best case scenario no matter which ones.

Yeah, I know a lot of fans are rooting for Reggie Evans, but I like the Diaw / Hollins combo.

[jgod213]

Hopefully the C's get him, he's been pretty bad this year but I'd rather have a flexible big man like him than 7 foot plodders like Hollins/Kryl. Though getting two of the three is probably our best case scenario no matter which ones.

Yeah, I know a lot of fans are rooting for Reggie Evans, but I like the Diaw / Hollins combo.

I'd still prefer Evans to Diaw, but Diaw is certainly a decent backup opotion

[jarufu]

Didn't Diaw plug the gap at center for Phoenix for half a season or something?

Pietrus, Diaw, Turiaf?  have they all played together on the French national team together and Danny is hoping they'll fit?

[Roy H.]

Hopefully the C's get him, he's been pretty bad this year but I'd rather have a flexible big man like him than 7 foot plodders like Hollins/Kryl. Though getting two of the three is probably our best case scenario no matter which ones.

Yeah, I know a lot of fans are rooting for Reggie Evans, but I like the Diaw / Hollins combo.

I'd still prefer Evans to Diaw, but Diaw is certainly a decent backup opotion

Evans is clearly a better rebounder, but he's much worse on offense, much worse at passing, and much worse on defense.

I haven't read up on it, but why is a playoff contender cutting a rotation player like Evans, anyway?  The Clips must not be terribly enamored by his contributions.

[Geo123]

Hopefully the C's get him, he's been pretty bad this year but I'd rather have a flexible big man like him than 7 foot plodders like Hollins/Kryl. Though getting two of the three is probably our best case scenario no matter which ones.

Yeah, I know a lot of fans are rooting for Reggie Evans, but I like the Diaw / Hollins combo.

I'd still prefer Evans to Diaw, but Diaw is certainly a decent backup opotion

Evans is clearly a better rebounder, but he's much worse on offense, much worse at passing, and much worse on defense.

I haven't read up on it, but why is a playoff contender cutting a rotation player like Evans, anyway?  The Clips must not be terribly enamored by his contributions.

But our biggest weakness without question is rebounding....

[MVP]

Getting Diaw would be great. Wouldn't really solve our rebounding problems, but we would be able to run some of the offense through him with the second unit which would really help given that Bradley isn't really a point guard.

Not really excited about Hollins though, his rebounding numbers are awful. Turiaf isn't much better, but at least he provides more of a shot blocking presence and better passing which again would help our second unit that's playing without a true pg. Plus having the French trio of Pietrus/Diaw/Turiaf off the bench would be interesting.

Don't see Evans getting bought out, he played 14 minutes for them last night off the bench and they don't really have another big besides KMart coming off the bench. But if somehow does get released, I would love for us to get him along with Diaw or Turiaf.

[BballTim]

Hopefully the C's get him, he's been pretty bad this year but I'd rather have a flexible big man like him than 7 foot plodders like Hollins/Kryl. Though getting two of the three is probably our best case scenario no matter which ones.

Yeah, I know a lot of fans are rooting for Reggie Evans, but I like the Diaw / Hollins combo.

I'd still prefer Evans to Diaw, but Diaw is certainly a decent backup opotion

Evans is clearly a better rebounder, but he's much worse on offense, much worse at passing, and much worse on defense.

I haven't read up on it, but why is a playoff contender cutting a rotation player like Evans, anyway?  The Clips must not be terribly enamored by his contributions.

  I had the same question, I wonder if he asked for a buyout because most of his minutes are probably going to Kevin Martin.

[chambers]

Is there a maximum we can offer him?
If we cut Wilcox/JO how much can we offer him compared to other teams?
Would be great if we could get him and have him drop 30 pounds before the playoffs.

GO GET DIAW AND FESENKO NOW!

All though from what I'm reading he is leaning toward San Antonio  (he was Tony Parker's best man). I wonder if he's tight with Pietrus?

[Fafnir]

Hopefully the C's get him, he's been pretty bad this year but I'd rather have a flexible big man like him than 7 foot plodders like Hollins/Kryl. Though getting two of the three is probably our best case scenario no matter which ones.

Yeah, I know a lot of fans are rooting for Reggie Evans, but I like the Diaw / Hollins combo.

Everytime buyout season comes around I think of the old sketch from MadTV:

"Lowered Expectations"