Joel Anthony opting in with Celtics

[crownontherocks]

Boston Celtics forward/center Joel Anthony will exercise his player option for the 2014-15 season and return to the C’s, a league source informed CSNNW.com.

Although Anthony isn’t too thrilled with the current rebuilding phase of the organization, passing up a sizable guaranteed salary is not something he’s willing to do, the source explained.

[saltlover]

No surprise there.

[Lucky17]

Saw that. A no-brainer for him.

I wonder when, exactly, Anthony is going to opt in. If he can do so before Draft Night, he can be traded.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

He couldn't just take one for the team, UGH! LOL of course he would take it but I wish he would not have.

[bballdog384]

He's due to make 3.8mil next season. Could be a good expiring contract at the trade deadline..

[dasani]

Ugh, but saw it coming.

[sed522002]

And water is wet  If no one else was returning to the team I knew HE was..lol.

[Celtics18]

Shocker!!

[furball]

This is a good thing.  It's another 3.8 million they can trow in a trade. 

[JBcat]

He's due to make 3.8mil next season. Could be a good expiring contract at the trade deadline..

Or this summer.  Throw in Bass's expiring contract, the non guarenteed deals of Bogans, Babb, Pressey, and Johnson, and all of sudden you can throw north of 15 mil you put together in a deal.

[Roy H.]

I wonder if he'd be willing to take a buyout.  You've got to think that he could latch on to some team for the minimum, which is a bit more than $1.2 million. 

If the Celts offered him, say, $2.75 million, would it be in his best interests to take it?

Would it be in the Celtics best interest to do so?  I know he's an "expiring contract", but more often than not, expiring contracts do just that:  expire.  They're not always the trading chip that people think they are.

[pokeKingCurtis]

I wonder if he'd be willing to take a buyout.  You've got to think that he could latch on to some team for the minimum, which is a bit more than $1.2 million. 

If the Celts offered him, say, $2.75 million, would it be in his best interests to take it?

Would it be in the Celtics best interest to do so?  I know he's an "expiring contract", but more often than not, expiring contracts do just that:  expire.  They're not always the trading chip that people think they are.

Especially with the new CBA, as Grantland's(?) Lowe(?) points out.

The bad contracts can only get so bad in terms of years now. So expirings aren't worth that much now.

[GreenWarrior]

Joel Anthony opting in with Celtics

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[saltlover]

I wonder if he'd be willing to take a buyout.  You've got to think that he could latch on to some team for the minimum, which is a bit more than $1.2 million. 

If the Celts offered him, say, $2.75 million, would it be in his best interests to take it?

Would it be in the Celtics best interest to do so?  I know he's an "expiring contract", but more often than not, expiring contracts do just that:  expire.  They're not always the trading chip that people think they are.

I'm not convinced he could get a fully guaranteed deal for the year entire year.  Not sure what he offers that's really different from Jason Collins.

Also, I'm not sure how much that $1 million would offer in terms of flexibility anyway.  We don't really have cap room, and willingly gave that up to acquire the picks with Anthony.  He's good tanking filler for Minny in a Love trade, for example, and is cheaper than Bass.  Sully-Anthony-Bogans-Johnson-Babb creates the salary to take back Love's contract this offseason (obviously picks are added), and requires them to take on less salary than a deal with Bass.

[Roy H.]

I wonder if he'd be willing to take a buyout.  You've got to think that he could latch on to some team for the minimum, which is a bit more than $1.2 million. 

If the Celts offered him, say, $2.75 million, would it be in his best interests to take it?

Would it be in the Celtics best interest to do so?  I know he's an "expiring contract", but more often than not, expiring contracts do just that:  expire.  They're not always the trading chip that people think they are.

I'm not convinced he could get a fully guaranteed deal for the year entire year.  Not sure what he offers that's really different from Jason Collins.

Also, I'm not sure how much that $1 million would offer in terms of flexibility anyway.  We don't really have cap room, and willingly gave that up to acquire the picks with Anthony.  He's good tanking filler for Minny in a Love trade, for example, and is cheaper than Bass.  Sully-Anthony-Bogans-Johnson-Babb creates the salary to take back Love's contract this offseason (obviously picks are added), and requires them to take on less salary than a deal with Bass.

While a lot of what you say is true, I wouldn't downplay what $1 million in flexibility can get you.  Maybe it's the difference in taking a flyer on a player like Greg Smith when he goes through waivers.

My guess is that Joel Anthony vs. Brandon Bass won't be the decider in any Love trade this off-season.  If it is, it will likely be because the Wolves prefer Bass, and hope to flip him for an actual asset.