Tyson Chandler anyone?

[Moranis]

The Suns aren't very good and it is clear that with Len, Bender, and Chriss all needing time that at some point the Tyson Chandler experiment in Phoenix will need to come to an end.  He still has 2 years left after this one and isn't the shot blocker he once was, but is still a very good rebounder and credible interior defender.  If he can be had for something like Tyler Zeller (maybe some 2nd's), is he someone worth pursuing knowing his contract takes Boston out of the max free agent race next summer?  He obviously won't cure all of Boston's problems this year, but the team sure could use some toughness and rebounding and Chandler can do both of those things very well.   

[alldaboston]

The Suns aren't very good and it is clear that with Len, Bender, and Chriss all needing time that at some point the Tyson Chandler experiment in Phoenix will need to come to an end.  He still has 2 years left after this one and isn't the shot blocker he once was, but is still a very good rebounder and credible interior defender.  If he can be had for something like Tyler Zeller (maybe some 2nd's), is he someone worth pursuing knowing his contract takes Boston out of the max free agent race next summer?  He obviously won't cure all of Boston's problems this year, but the team sure could use some toughness and rebounding and Chandler can do both of those things very well.

Nah. Some people might know that I'm not the biggest Noel fan around here, but I would much rather trade for Noel and max him out than trade for Chandler.

[Who]

Nope. Too old. Too slow. Too limited on offense. Not good enough on defense anymore.

[LooseCannon]

is he someone worth pursuing knowing his contract takes Boston out of the max free agent race next summer?

No

[green_bballers13]

Yes. He would be a great fill in for this year. Assuming we don't give him a 7 yr deal.

[Future Celtics Owner]

They would have to give us assets to take him. Look at his age, salary, years left on contract, and then you'll  see why the Suns would need to give us assets to take him and hurt our cap and ability to sign future FA's.

[BitterJim]

They would have to give us assets to take him. Look at his age, salary, years left on contract, and then you'll  see why the Suns would need to give us assets to take him and hurt our cap and ability to sign future FA's.

Yeah.  I've always liked Tyson Chandler, but with him current mobility and contract I just don't see how this would ever be a good move for us

[Moranis]

They would have to give us assets to take him. Look at his age, salary, years left on contract, and then you'll  see why the Suns would need to give us assets to take him and hurt our cap and ability to sign future FA's.

Yeah.  I've always liked Tyson Chandler, but with him current mobility and contract I just don't see how this would ever be a good move for us

Chandler is playing 29 mpg this year.  He is averaging 13.3 rpg and 7.4 ppg on 68% from the field.  His RB% is 24.2 and over 40% on the defensive end.  He nearly doubles every single Celtic in those rates.  And yeah it is 7 games and he won't finish there, but he will still finish way ahead of every single Celtic in those two categories this year and probably over the life of his contract (at least people that are currently Celtics).  In addition, he is a well respected and liked veteran with championship pedigree that just goes to work.  He is exactly the type of player that Boston needs on this finesse team.  He will do the dirty work and grab the tough rebound.  Heck I'll take a guy that will grab any rebound let alone the tough ones.

My only concern is his two years left, however I fully believe Boston will not sign any max free agents this summer, so I'm ok with him taking up cap space and Chandler fits in line with Horford's timeline as well as the current mid-tier contracts expiration dates (i.e. Crowder, Thomas, and Bradley).  In other words, he will be gone when Brown, Smart, etc. are the leaders of the team, but will fit in well with Horford, Thomas, Crowder, Bradley, etc. in the interim. 

[celticsclay]

They would have to give us assets to take him. Look at his age, salary, years left on contract, and then you'll  see why the Suns would need to give us assets to take him and hurt our cap and ability to sign future FA's.

Yeah.  I've always liked Tyson Chandler, but with him current mobility and contract I just don't see how this would ever be a good move for us

Chandler is playing 29 mpg this year.  He is averaging 13.3 rpg and 7.4 ppg on 68% from the field.  His RB% is 24.2 and over 40% on the defensive end.  He nearly doubles every single Celtic in those rates.  And yeah it is 7 games and he won't finish there, but he will still finish way ahead of every single Celtic in those two categories this year and probably over the life of his contract (at least people that are currently Celtics).  In addition, he is a well respected and liked veteran with championship pedigree that just goes to work.  He is exactly the type of player that Boston needs on this finesse team.  He will do the dirty work and grab the tough rebound.  Heck I'll take a guy that will grab any rebound let alone the tough ones.

My only concern is his two years left, however I fully believe Boston will not sign any max free agents this summer, so I'm ok with him taking up cap space and Chandler fits in line with Horford's timeline as well as the current mid-tier contracts expiration dates (i.e. Crowder, Thomas, and Bradley).  In other words, he will be gone when Brown, Smart, etc. are the leaders of the team, but will fit in well with Horford, Thomas, Crowder, Bradley, etc. in the interim.

You have made a fairly compelling argument here. This kind of changes my mind to "I wouldn't be terribly upset if we got him for Zeller and filler." I do have some concern that he will stay healthy this year (and next year), but I agree he does provide some things we need and could really help our rebounding.

[BitterJim]

They would have to give us assets to take him. Look at his age, salary, years left on contract, and then you'll  see why the Suns would need to give us assets to take him and hurt our cap and ability to sign future FA's.

Yeah.  I've always liked Tyson Chandler, but with him current mobility and contract I just don't see how this would ever be a good move for us

Chandler is playing 29 mpg this year.  He is averaging 13.3 rpg and 7.4 ppg on 68% from the field.  His RB% is 24.2 and over 40% on the defensive end.  He nearly doubles every single Celtic in those rates.  And yeah it is 7 games and he won't finish there, but he will still finish way ahead of every single Celtic in those two categories this year and probably over the life of his contract (at least people that are currently Celtics).  In addition, he is a well respected and liked veteran with championship pedigree that just goes to work.  He is exactly the type of player that Boston needs on this finesse team.  He will do the dirty work and grab the tough rebound.  Heck I'll take a guy that will grab any rebound let alone the tough ones.

My only concern is his two years left, however I fully believe Boston will not sign any max free agents this summer, so I'm ok with him taking up cap space and Chandler fits in line with Horford's timeline as well as the current mid-tier contracts expiration dates (i.e. Crowder, Thomas, and Bradley).  In other words, he will be gone when Brown, Smart, etc. are the leaders of the team, but will fit in well with Horford, Thomas, Crowder, Bradley, etc. in the interim.

I think I'd be okay with getting him if Danny thought we would be able to get rid of his contract this summer if we needed the space (like GSW did with Bogut this summer).  If we can do that, then I'm all for it (and I'd probably buy his jersey, too)

Edit: That said, I'd prefer Bogut if he is available in a similar deal

[KGs Knee]

I really don't want to be stuck 'holding the bag' that is his contract when he inevitably ages over night.

And I really don't want to waste precious cap space on a player in his twilight, when it's possible we could pursue a max level FA over the next two summers.

[Moranis]

I really don't want to be stuck 'holding the bag' that is his contract when he inevitably ages over night.

And I really don't want to waste precious cap space on a player in his twilight, when it's possible we could pursue a max level FA over the next two summers.

It isn't the next two summers unless Boston lets a lot of people go, just next summer, and frankly I don't see many options out there that Boston couldn't figure out a way to acquire anyway by moving pieces assuming any max free agents actually wanted to come to Boston to begin with.

[TheSundanceKid]

If his contract didn't preclude us from getting involved in FA this year I'd say yes. But it does so no

Edit: We need to shed salary to be able to afford a max FA right now. It's not enough to just let Amir, JJ, Zeller etc walk. So if DA is serious about making a run at FAs this summer then he can't take on a contract like Chandler, that would make it impossible

[Celtics4ever]

Edit: We need to shed salary to be able to afford a max FA right now. It's not enough to just let Amir, JJ, Zeller etc walk. So if DA is serious about making a run at FAs this summer then he can't take on a contract like Chandler, that would make it impossible

Because top free agents swarm to .500 teams,   we need to tighten our record.

[moiso]

I always assume Chandler is going to get a long lingering injury, so I don't think I'd trade for him unless I'm going for a title immediately.  I do think he would help a ton though, and I think he's much better than Noel at this point.