|
hpantazo
|
 |
« Reply #30 on: February 10, 2013, 02:23:06 PM » |
|
They're two totally different players. Barbosa is good on offense and Pietrus is good on defense.
Pietrus was invaluable when he got those offensive rebounds in game 4 vs Miami and then the daggers in game 5.
Let's wait to see if Barbosa can give us something like that in the playoffs.
Pietrus also came up empty on offense pretty often in the playoffs. His defense was also not what it used to be before his knee issues.
Those are two big reasons we didn't pay to get him back, and no other teams were knocking the door down to grab him either.
But how about Barbosa for next year/beyond?
I think what he does in the 2nd half of this year and the playoffs will determine his next contract. If he looks healthy enough and comes up with some big contributions, some team will throw money at him and he will leave. If not, we could possibly re-sign him for cheap and keep him as a backup, but we may not want to. I think unlike Pietrus, Barbosa is fully healthy this year. |
|
|
|
|
 Nothing to see here
|
|
|
|
|
CelticConcourse
|
|
« Reply #31 on: February 10, 2013, 02:24:25 PM » |
|
They're two totally different players. Barbosa is good on offense and Pietrus is good on defense.
Pietrus was invaluable when he got those offensive rebounds in game 4 vs Miami and then the daggers in game 5.
Let's wait to see if Barbosa can give us something like that in the playoffs.
Pietrus also came up empty on offense pretty often in the playoffs. His defense was also not what it used to be before his knee issues.
Those are two big reasons we didn't pay to get him back, and no other teams were knocking the door down to grab him either.
But how about Barbosa for next year/beyond?
I think what he does in the 2nd half of this year and the playoffs will determine his next contract. If he looks healthy enough and comes up with some big contributions, some team will throw money at him and he will leave. If not, we could possibly re-sign him for cheap and keep him as a backup, but we may not want to. I think unlike Pietrus, Barbosa is fully healthy this year.
Pietrus was OK until that concussion/surgery threw his career all over the place... Barbosa can be a good pickup for next year.... I wanna keep him |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
Jeff Green - Top 5 SF[Kevin Garnett]
"I've always said J. Green is going to be one of the best players to ever play this game"
|
|
|
|
hpantazo
|
|
« Reply #32 on: February 10, 2013, 02:24:42 PM » |
|
I think Pietrus played severely below our expectations of him. That award should go to Courtney Lee.
True. Pietrus was, and still has not, recovered from his knee issues though. He may never recover and be the player he was in orlando again. |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
|
|
|
|
CelticConcourse
|
|
« Reply #33 on: February 10, 2013, 02:25:42 PM » |
|
I think Pietrus played severely below our expectations of him. That award should go to Courtney Lee.
True. Pietrus was, and still has not, recovered from his knee issues though. He may never recover and be the player he was in orlando again.
He was a benchwarmer in Orlando!! check out the orlando forums and he'll be regarded as a collins-type player >_> he was way better in boston than in orlando |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
Jeff Green - Top 5 SF[Kevin Garnett]
"I've always said J. Green is going to be one of the best players to ever play this game"
|
|
|
CelticsFan9
Paul Pierce 
Tommy Points: 94
 OfflinePosts: 1263
Can Sully has cheeseburgers?
|
|
« Reply #34 on: February 10, 2013, 02:29:33 PM » |
|
I think Pietrus played severely below our expectations of him. That award should go to Courtney Lee.
True. Pietrus was, and still has not, recovered from his knee issues though. He may never recover and be the player he was in orlando again.
He was a benchwarmer in Orlando!! check out the orlando forums and he'll be regarded as a collins-type player >_>
he was way better in boston than in orlando
Are you kidding me? Pietrus played a big role in Orlando making the Finals. He hits daggers vs. us, and played solid defense on LeBron. He was a major role player in Orlando. |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
|
|
|
|
hpantazo
|
|
« Reply #35 on: February 10, 2013, 02:29:41 PM » |
|
I think Pietrus played severely below our expectations of him. That award should go to Courtney Lee.
True. Pietrus was, and still has not, recovered from his knee issues though. He may never recover and be the player he was in orlando again.
He was a benchwarmer in Orlando!! check out the orlando forums and he'll be regarded as a collins-type player >_>
he was way better in boston than in orlando
He had some great playoff series in orlando. He was a celtics killer and played fantastic defense. He definitely lost a few steps since then. |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
|
|
|
|
CelticConcourse
|
|
« Reply #36 on: February 10, 2013, 02:31:25 PM » |
|
I think Pietrus played severely below our expectations of him. That award should go to Courtney Lee.
True. Pietrus was, and still has not, recovered from his knee issues though. He may never recover and be the player he was in orlando again.
He was a benchwarmer in Orlando!! check out the orlando forums and he'll be regarded as a collins-type player >_>
he was way better in boston than in orlando
He had some great playoff series in orlando. He was a celtics killer and played fantastic defense. He definitely lost a few steps since then.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pietrmi01.html2008-09 9.4 pts 2009-10 8.7 pts 2010-11 6.7 pts Went down-down-down |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
Jeff Green - Top 5 SF[Kevin Garnett]
"I've always said J. Green is going to be one of the best players to ever play this game"
|
|
|
|
hpantazo
|
|
« Reply #37 on: February 10, 2013, 02:34:26 PM » |
|
I think Pietrus played severely below our expectations of him. That award should go to Courtney Lee.
True. Pietrus was, and still has not, recovered from his knee issues though. He may never recover and be the player he was in orlando again.
He was a benchwarmer in Orlando!! check out the orlando forums and he'll be regarded as a collins-type player >_>
he was way better in boston than in orlando
He had some great playoff series in orlando. He was a celtics killer and played fantastic defense. He definitely lost a few steps since then.
http://www.basketball-reference.com/players/p/pietrmi01.html
2008-09 9.4 pts
2009-10 8.7 pts
2010-11 6.7 pts
Went down-down-down
Not to mention his stats in phoenix. He was having a nice career until his knee issues. |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
|
|
|
scaryjerry
Paul Pierce
Tommy Points: 68
OfflinePosts: 1504
|
|
« Reply #38 on: February 10, 2013, 02:39:13 PM » |
|
Pietrus was the most likable Celtic ever that was absolutely atrocious
|
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
|
|
|
|
hpantazo
|
|
« Reply #39 on: February 10, 2013, 02:40:59 PM » |
|
Pietrus was the most likable Celtic ever that was absolutely atrocious
he wanted so much to remain a celtic that I felt bad for him to see him not re-signed. Still, I fully understand Ainge's decision considering Pietrus' play. |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
|
|
|
scaryjerry
Paul Pierce
Tommy Points: 68
OfflinePosts: 1504
|
|
« Reply #40 on: February 10, 2013, 02:42:53 PM » |
|
I think Pietrus played severely below our expectations of him. That award should go to Courtney Lee.
True. Pietrus was, and still has not, recovered from his knee issues though. He may never recover and be the player he was in orlando again.
He was a benchwarmer in Orlando!! check out the orlando forums and he'll be regarded as a collins-type player >_>
he was way better in boston than in orlando
Um yeah this couldn't be further from the truth...he was huge in the series against us and the Cavaliers that got the magic to the finals...yeah his play suffered in the coming years and even worse when with us as far as I'm concerned |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
|
|
|
scaryjerry
Paul Pierce
Tommy Points: 68
OfflinePosts: 1504
|
|
« Reply #41 on: February 10, 2013, 02:44:14 PM » |
|
Pietrus was the most likable Celtic ever that was absolutely atrocious
he wanted so much to remain a celtic that I felt bad for him to see him not re-signed. Still, I fully understand Ainge's decision considering Pietrus' play.
Agreed, I actually liked the guy and the Celtic pride he showed but man was he bad in the playoffs |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
|
|
|
|
CelticConcourse
|
|
« Reply #42 on: February 10, 2013, 02:48:16 PM » |
|
I think Pietrus played severely below our expectations of him. That award should go to Courtney Lee.
True. Pietrus was, and still has not, recovered from his knee issues though. He may never recover and be the player he was in orlando again.
He was a benchwarmer in Orlando!! check out the orlando forums and he'll be regarded as a collins-type player >_>
he was way better in boston than in orlando
Um yeah this couldn't be further from the truth...he was huge in the series against us and the Cavaliers that got the magic to the finals...yeah his play suffered in the coming years and even worse when with us as far as I'm concerned
his career was moving in the wrong direction by the time he came to us, and it started going up a little again... Pietrus was the most likable Celtic ever that was absolutely atrocious
he wanted so much to remain a celtic that I felt bad for him to see him not re-signed. Still, I fully understand Ainge's decision considering Pietrus' play.
Agreed, I actually liked the guy and the Celtic pride he showed but man was he bad in the playoffs
i guess he did suck |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
Jeff Green - Top 5 SF[Kevin Garnett]
"I've always said J. Green is going to be one of the best players to ever play this game"
|
|
|
OsirusCeltics
Paul Pierce
Tommy Points: 196
OfflinePosts: 1943
|
|
« Reply #43 on: February 10, 2013, 02:49:25 PM » |
|
Pietrus was the most likable Celtic ever that was absolutely atrocious
he wanted so much to remain a celtic that I felt bad for him to see him not re-signed. Still, I fully understand Ainge's decision considering Pietrus' play.
Agreed, I actually liked the guy and the Celtic pride he showed but man was he bad in the playoffs
Cost the Celtics Game 6 against the Heat last year, would never forget how horrible he was |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
|
|
|
|
hpantazo
|
|
« Reply #44 on: February 10, 2013, 02:51:32 PM » |
|
Pietrus was the most likable Celtic ever that was absolutely atrocious
he wanted so much to remain a celtic that I felt bad for him to see him not re-signed. Still, I fully understand Ainge's decision considering Pietrus' play.
Agreed, I actually liked the guy and the Celtic pride he showed but man was he bad in the playoffs
Cost the Celtics Game 6 against the Heat last year, would never forget how horrible he was
Let's hope then that Barbosa is not the "Pietrus of the year" |
|
|
|
|
Nothing to see here
|
|
|
|
|
Celtics Basketball
