Eddie House???

[Steve Ouellette]

I kind of like Eddie House. I'd rather have Brevin Knight, but House is a pretty decent player. Instant offense and he plays pretty hard -- he's what Allan Ray hopes to grow up to be. He's definitely not a point guard -- a shooting guard in a PG body -- but he can dribble the ball upcourt and hand it to Garnett (more than I'm confident saying Tony Allen can do), and he knows his role.

Don't know why anyone would want Troy Hudson. His skills are eroding and he's as brittle as they get -- topping 36 games played once in the last four years. There's a reason the T'Wolves paid him to leave.

Steve O

---- Peter Delevett <pdelevett at yahoo.com> wrote: 
> OK, he's a better-than-average three-point shooter.
> But his career FG percentage is under 41%, he's
> averaged well under 2 apg, AND he's a freakin' midget.
> This guy's really gonna be our backup PG?? How is he a
> better choice than Brevin Knight, or even Troy Hudson?
> You can't tell me Hudson wouldn't have signed for $1.2
> million.
> 
> Meanwhile, the C's also have reportedly signed some
> guy named Jackie Manuel, a 6'5 guard out of North
> Carolina. Here's some bio:
> 
> "Manuel was a tri-captain on the 2005 NCAA Champion
> North Carolina Tar Heels, and proved himself to be a
> hustling defensive player with unselfish passing
> abilities." 
> 
> I watch a fair amount of college ball and can't say
> I've ever heard of this kid. Apparently he was on the
> ACC All-Defensive Team his junior and senior years,
> which is nice. He played in the D-League last year but
> didn't crack the top 50 in points or assists, although
> he did average a steal a game. Whoo.
> 
> DraftExpress calls him a poor man's Tony Allen, which
> might be OK as long as we're waiting for the real Tony
> Allen to come back. It's a heckuva step up from the
> D-League to the NBA, though. (Just found his college
> stats and they are very modest: 6 pts, 3 rebs, 2 ast,
> 1 steal as a senior, while shooting 56% from the
> floor. Does not appear to be a three-point shooter at
> all. Did he play in the frontcourt at UNC?)
> 
> Looks like Ainge is trying to piece together our needs
> one specialist at a time. If I were Gabe Pruitt, I'd
> be packing my bags.
> 
> http://www.nba.com/dleague/players/jackie_manuel.html 
> 
> 
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