DJ White

[Geo123]

2. A guard that can attack the basket.  He does not necessarily need to be a great shooter from the outside.  Think Aaron Brooks.  He is now the third-string pg in Sactown.  Hopefully, he gets bought out.

Hello, my name is Jordan Crawford.

exactly, that's why he was picked up.  He can create his own shot and make something happen offesively...  Now we will see if he has an attitude adjustment playing with PP and KG...

[Boston Garden Leprechaun]

One thing to keep in mind with D.J. White is he's a slightly worse rebounder than Bass.

So he's not going to help us much there.

bass only averages 4.4 for his career. So this guy will give us 2 or 3 boards?

DJ White has a career 12.2 rebounding percentage, including 10.9% last season.  Bass is 12.4% for his career, including 11.2% this season.  If you believe that players usually see their rebounding rates decrease when they join the Celtics, due to a lower emphasis on rebounding, then White will probably rebound slightly worse than Bass.

i am talking actual rebounds per game. not percentages. Kmart averaged 7.1 over his career. much better than bass. KG is only averaging 7.6 RPG this year although he has a career average of 10.5

You realize that what you call "actual rebounds" is highly dependent on the minutes you spend on the floor, right?

of course.....my point is if the guy has some great rebounding average per minutes played and he is not playing many minutes i call it fools gold. Why? because if he was really that good he should be getting more minutes showing his rebounding worth throughout a whole game. unless his team is really stacked with great rebounders ahead of him. which i would find highly unlikely.

[LooseCannon]

DJ White is like Bass without the athleticism.

well then this seems like a big waste of time. we need guys who can board and protect the rim right now.

What the Celtics need most is a big who will play defense with the intelligence and energy that Doc wants so as to make a smallball lineup less attractive.  I don't want a truly horrible rebounder, but I don't think the team absolutely needs someone who is more than average on the boards.

[kozlodoev]

of course.....my point is if the guy has some great rebounding average per minutes played and he is not playing many minutes i call it fools gold. Why? because if he was really that good he should be getting more minutes showing his rebounding worth throughout a whole game. unless his team is really stacked with great rebounders ahead of him. which i would find highly unlikely.

Or maybe the teams just had better players. Not everything in the game is rebounding.

[BIGTIME_CELTICS]

He played for my home team in Shanghai Sharks, who did not make the playoff cuz of the injury to their supposedly star player Gilbert Arenas. He is much better than he was in Charlotte. He avgs 21.6+9.7+1.3blocks.

A very reliable pick-n-pop player. High percentage jump shooter, and his ability to finish around the rim has surprised me. Sure it is not same level of competition, but almost every team has an American player to anchor the paint. Good Worker, hustle back on D, and rebounds fairly well given his size 6-7/8. Would love this addition if Doc/Ainge gives a shot