Why not sign Greg Oden?

[SHAQATTACK]

Cause he sux

[BigDogPitbull]

I would rather see what Okafor has left in the tank.

[Nef-Oracle]

Good idea but he would have to sit out a whole year.

[hpantazo]

Good idea but he would have to sit out a whole year.

Says who? Oden says he's ready to go, so did Spoelstra for that matter.  You must have him confused with Bynum who is considering an innovative knee therapy that would require him to sit out a year.

[Surferdad]

If we can do a trades that remove four players from the roster I would love to take a flier on Oden. He has way more upside than anyone we could put at the end of the bench.

I agree with this. If he can play he has to be at least at good as Faverani. I would sign him.   If he is going to amount to anything in the NBA it will happen in the next few years. 

[moiso]

I like him and he would make the Celtics more enjoyable to watch but I wouldn't expect him to have any impact at all on the team.

[the_Bird]

no reason besides his health

Pretty much nailed it right there, didn't you?

At this point, Oden's best-case scenario is that he can be an effective, short-minutes backup.  People need to forget that he's GREG ODEN, #2 pick that was expected to be a dominant force.  He's a guy that has obviously had severe injury issues, and not just freak injuries - stuff that he's never going to recover 100% from. 

And, we've got plenty of backup centers right now.  Vitor's a backup.  KO will probably play somewhat at the 5, just to stay on the floor.  Zeller's a guy that you'd like to have coming off the bench, not be your starter.  Even Iverson might be there as a third-stringer. 

One of those guys will be a "starter," but only by default.  We don't really need another.

Although, I suppose he, Evan Turner, and Jeff Green could commiserate about their statuses as former top-5 draft picks whose careers have been stark disappointments. 

[hpantazo]

no reason besides his health

Pretty much nailed it right there, didn't you?

At this point, Oden's best-case scenario is that he can be an effective, short-minutes backup.  People need to forget that he's GREG ODEN, #2 pick that was expected to be a dominant force. He's a guy that has obviously had severe injury issues, and not just freak injuries - stuff that he's never going to recover 100% from. 

And, we've got plenty of backup centers right now.  Vitor's a backup.  KO will probably play somewhat at the 5, just to stay on the floor.  Zeller's a guy that you'd like to have coming off the bench, not be your starter.  Even Iverson might be there as a third-stringer. 

One of those guys will be a "starter," but only by default.  We don't really need another.

Although, I suppose he, Evan Turner, and Jeff Green could commiserate about their statuses as former top-5 draft picks whose careers have been stark disappointments.

He was actually the #1 pick.

[Fred Roberts]

He is meant to be a Celtic. Sign him all day all night, vet min, 15-18 minutes a game next year. There's your rim protection. Who cares about downside!?! Take him for the upside, like we're doing with other guys and see what comes of it. Buckeye beast mode.

[the_Bird]

He is meant to be a Celtic. Sign him all day all night, vet min, 15-18 minutes a game next year. There's your rim protection. Who cares about downside!?! Take him for the upside, like we're doing with other guys and see what comes of it. Buckeye beast mode.

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[footey]

Since we can't find any other rim protectors, why not sign him? We don't have one. 

[Eja117]

From the Miami Herald today, the Heat reportedly have not made an offer to him yet, are undecided about bringing him back, and can only offer the vet min. Oden's agent says a couple of teams have expressed interest and Oden just wants to be on a team where he gets to play. I think he would be a great fit for us, there is no reason besides his health for him not to get minutes on our team, and he's totally worth taking a flier on with a vet min deal.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2014/07/24/4253371/miami-heat-still-non-committal.html

For the exact same reason you don't make an offer to Rebecca Lobo (actually I'd rather make an offer to Lobo).  It's just not worth it.

[Eja117]

Since we can't find any other rim protectors, why not sign him? We don't have one.

And if we got him we still wouldn't have one

[Celtics4ever]

You can't protect the rim on the IR.

[Eja117]

Good idea but he would have to sit out a whole year.

Says who? Oden says he's ready to go, so did Spoelstra for that matter.  You must have him confused with Bynum who is considering an innovative knee therapy that would require him to sit out a year.

No. We may have confused him with a dying dolphin, but not Bynum.  That's great that Oden says he's ready to go, but I'd rather put Peter Dinklage at center.

BUT...and don't get me wrong here....even though I'd rather have Dinklage at center....I'd rather have Oden than Jeff Green at sf.

Dinklage at center and Oden backing up a dying dolphin at sf. .....I think that would be a small step forward from Jeff Green at sf.