James Young makes roster, RJ Hunter cut

[jayk009]

Will miss you RJ

[chilidawg]

Too bad for RJ, liked him as a player, but the right move imo.

[Atzar]

This is the correct choice IMO.  James Young clearly put in offseason work and showed up to camp better.  RJ looked the same as he did last year. 

Young isn't in the clear, so hopefully he keeps working and improving.  He's on the roster.  Now he needs to earn playing time and a second contract.

[saltlover]

This is the correct choice IMO.  James Young clearly put in offseason work and showed up to camp better.  RJ looked the same as he did last year. 

Young isn't in the clear, so hopefully he keeps working and improving.  He's on the roster.  Now he needs to earn playing time and a second contract.

Second contract? You're ahead of yourself.  He needs to hope his option gets picked up next Monday.

[BudweiserCeltic]

Among the 2, I think this is the correct choice.

[hpantazo]

Does it matter much? Does anyone expect Young to play real minutes this season for us? I think they just kept the guy they got more trade inquiries on, hoping he has more value down the line as a trade piece.

[colincb]

nm

[hodgy03038]

I don't really think the choice matters. Neither player would make an impact on this team any time soon. I personally like RJ better and a terrible way to celebrate your birthday but it's business. The fact that RJ shoots the ball from the hip is astonishing to me and the brass probably feels that if anyone actually played defense on him that he can be shut down easier. I mean Mugsy Bogues could block hip shots which also is probably the reason that RJ took shots so deep just to be able to get the shot off. Now if James could actually play with passion and like every game was his last maybe a player could evolve. I will say that I have seen a little life and passion in his game during the preseason. Good luck to both and good luck that the Celts made the right choice.

[hpantazo]

Young showed more improvement this season and was actually rebounding quite well which was a pleasant surprise

[Rosco917]

Choosing Young was the better move, this pre season he showed better defensive awareness, he rebounded a bit, shot better, began to get to the rim off the dribble more.

Jimmy never should have left college at such a young age, it really stunted his growth. Hopefully he keeps growing.

[bdm860]

You all have to look at the bigger picture, remember Danny's playing chess here.

James Young and Kevin Durant have the same agent (Rich Kleiman).

While RJ Hunter shares an agent (Mark Bartelstein) with Lester Hudson (waived by Danny), David Lee (waived by Danny), Dahntay Jones (waived by Danny), Will Bynum (waived by Danny), Greg Stiemsma (let walk by Danny), and E'Twaun Moore (traded away by Danny).  Bartelstein also represents Gordon Hayward.

I think it's clear, all eggs out of the sign-Gordon-Hayward-in-2017 bucket and back in the sign-Kevin-Durant-when-he-opts-out-in-2017 bucket. Also Danny apparently has some kind of strange vendetta against Barelstein with none of his clients making it past a full season with the C's!   Or of course the less plausible scenario, they just liked James Young better

[alldaboston]

You all have to look at the bigger picture, remember Danny's playing chess here.

James Young and Kevin Durant have the same agent (Rich Kleiman).

While RJ Hunter shares an agent (Mark Bartelstein) with Lester Hudson (waived by Danny), David Lee (waived by Danny), Dahntay Jones (waived by Danny), Will Bynum (waived by Danny), Greg Stiemsma (let walk by Danny), and E'Twaun Moore (traded away by Danny).  Bartelstein also represents Gordon Hayward.

I think it's clear, all eggs out of the sign-Gordon-Hayward-in-2017 bucket and back in the sign-Kevin-Durant-when-he-opts-out-in-2017 bucket. Also Danny apparently has some kind of strange vendetta against Barelstein with none of his clients making it past a full season with the C's!   Or of course the less plausible scenario, they just liked James Young better

TP

[Monkhouse]

You all have to look at the bigger picture, remember Danny's playing chess here.

James Young and Kevin Durant have the same agent (Rich Kleiman).

While RJ Hunter shares an agent (Mark Bartelstein) with Lester Hudson (waived by Danny), David Lee (waived by Danny), Dahntay Jones (waived by Danny), Will Bynum (waived by Danny), Greg Stiemsma (let walk by Danny), and E'Twaun Moore (traded away by Danny).  Bartelstein also represents Gordon Hayward.

I think it's clear, all eggs out of the sign-Gordon-Hayward-in-2017 bucket and back in the sign-Kevin-Durant-when-he-opts-out-in-2017 bucket. Also Danny apparently has some kind of strange vendetta against Barelstein with none of his clients making it past a full season with the C's!   Or of course the less plausible scenario, they just liked James Young better

Interesting theory.

TP too.

[Tr1boy]

What a crappy birthday gift

 Raptors i can see grabbing hunter

[Big333223]

I gotta think this came down to age. Neither guy lit up the preseason (except for that one game from Hunter). I think it came down to who the team thought has a better chance of improving going forward.