anywhere. literally anywhere. It gets so tiring reading these boards before free agency every year because of everyone and their mother assuming we're just going to sign the biggest name available. If KD signs here clearly we'd all be thrilled but seeing a billion posts talking about how great we'll be if we sign Durant and Horford or how Durant maybe wants to play with Howard takes away the luster from what makes this place so great so often.
So let's try this: let's assume KD signs anywhere else (color me one of the ones that sees a 1 year reup w/ okc in his future; possibly before he takes any other meetings even) and Horford stays in ATL - what would you want to see as the Celtics plans B and C in free agency?
Admittedly under those circumstances Howard becomes much more palatable to me. That may seem obvious under the banner of "you're a hypocrite, he'd be the next best FA available and you're giving him to us." But 1 - it's not nearly that cut and dry to say that him being the next best is true; and 2 - I come at it from the standpoint of, at least for the next year, he'd get everything he wants from a franchise. A chance to be the monster in the middle he still believes he is or can be, and a guy that will have plenty of chances to have the offense run through.
Short of that, I'm not sure there's anyone I'd want us to fall over ourselves to get. The contracts are going to get bananas (I'll believe Noah is only going to cost $18M for the knicks when i see it). Maybe I could live with Marvin Williams on a short big money deal ($40/2 with an option for a 3rd). And with no Howard I'd like to see us throw a 1 year prove it deal to Mozgov assuming his market isn't huge.
What about you? What are your hopeful backup/realistic plans outside of SIGN BIG NAMES; PROFIT?
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