Survivor: Celtics Island

[Kim Malo]

At 08:26 PM 10/5/2006, Peter Delevett wrote:
> >>Um, problem is that you can't go into the season
>with 18 players, so this doesn't work.
>
>Yeah, that was kinda my point. I was thinking you
>alleviate this by sending two guys to the D-League and
>cutting one. But I didn't realize sending somebody to
>the minors doesn't open up a roster spot in the bigs.
>What then is the incentive for an NBA team to send
>somebody to the Developmental League, if it means
>they're left with fewer than 15 guys on the main club?

Bingo. Told you I don't like how they set it up. The incentive is to 
develop young players in an environment where they can theoretically 
thrive amongst players at their own level vs perhaps being 
overwhelmed on the big team. And that's a valid thing, but...

>Or is the D-League, in effect, going to be the new
>disabled list? The place where you stash a player
>because your active roster can only be 12 guys?

No, because you don't have to stash them anywhere. You don't have to 
so anything. You simply declare your twelve eligibles on a game by 
game basis - same as football. THIS is a change they did do in a 
sensible fashion.

>As for Grant, yeah, I understand what the team's been
>saying, but if you're going to keep him around until
>the trade deadline, he's got to take up one of those
>15 roster spots, n'est-ce pas?

Who says he stays around until the trading deadline. He's there now 
in case Ainge can use him in a deal, but his salary isn't big enough 
to be worth keeping him for that once you have to cut the rosters 
down if you have a better use for that slot. We're not talking a 
$5-6Million salary that on its own could bring you something worth 
having in return and/or that other teams would actively want.

>  Therefore, as Ravi
>says, you're left with only three spots to accommodate
>Powe/Scabs/Pitsniffer/Kandi/Jones/Ray.
>
>Assuming they're stuck with Scalabrine

How would they not be? As I've said from the start, it's not signing 
him per se I had issues with, it's the freaking 5 year contract.

>  and want to
>keep Powe around (even for a D-League stint),

I think he's worth it. Wish he was taller, but he's a much better 
player than Brandon Hunter redux, as some might think.

>  I'd pick
>Jones as the keeper out of those remaining four. He's
>a young, live body, and his rebounding/shotblocking
>abilities are nothing to sneeze at. Maybe he blossoms
>under Theo's tutelage.

Yup, that's the way I see it.
Kim