Surprised J.Holmes went undrafted. Looked liked a good bet to make it in the league as a scrappy combo forward off the bench. I would be happy to sign him here if Gerald Wallace is moved on. If Wallace stays, I see no point in having both of them.
Whether Wallace is on the roster or not seems very very irrelevant to me.
Agreed, moreover they're not even the same type of player.
I like him too but there are only so many roster spots to go around
PG: Smart, Thomas, (Pressey or Thorton)
SG: Bradley, Rozier, Hunter
SF: (Crowder), J.Young, G.Wallace
PF: Sully, Olynyk, (Jerebko or Bass)
C: Zeller, (free agent), Mickey
That is a 15 man roster right there. It's not going to be so easy to find him a roster spot.
So that is with one free agent (center), keeping Crowder and one of the backup PFs & keep a 3rd string PG. They could go without a 3rd string PG. Bradley and Rozier can play PG so a 3rd string PG is not a necessity. Or let both the free agent PFs go. Let Mickey be both the 3rd string PF and 3rd string C although I think that would leave the team short of big man depth.
If Ainge manages to sign one of those high priced SFs (Middleton, T.Harris), that will make it even harder to find a roster spot for Holmes.
I think Holmes should be pegged as a 3rd string SF/PF which is G.Wallace's role on this Celtics team. I am not wild about using two spots on a pair of a 3rd string combo forwards. Surely one is enough.
(edit: I suppose you could have both of them and let Jerebko + Bass leave. The use G-Wallace and/or J-Holmes be the third string PF. Both guys can give minutes there)Whole situation seems kinda awkward.