Saturday, August 20, 2005

Ainge On Cusp Of Big Move?

According to today's Boston Herald, the Celtics are on the verge of signing point guard Dan Dickau to a contract. For those of you keeping score at home, that would bring the total point guards on Boston's roster to five (Delonte West, Marcus Banks, Orien Greene, Will Bynum and Dickau). If Dickau is signed the total number of players on the roster would be 17 (with the NBA maximum being 15). What this leads TheBostonInsider to believe is that Danny Ainge may be on the verge of a major move that would completely change the C's personnel. With there being five point guards on the roster, one of them -- Marcus Banks? -- is a logical candidate to be moved. The Celts would also love to move Mark Blount and his Jon Konkac-like contract. And the captain, Paul Pierce, could also be on the trading block. This has been a fairly low-key summer for Ainge and the Celtics. Other than the Antoine Walker sign-and trade to Miami (which really wasn't a blockbuster move on the part of the Celtics) there has not been any major changes to a team that is more than a few moves away from being a true title contender. Maybe this is Ainge's time to strike a big deal, one that may sink the 2005-06 Celtics but one that could put them on track to be in the running by 2007-08 when the likes of Al Jefferson, Kendrick Perkins, West and Gerald Green have matured into seasoned NBA stars. Keep those eyes and ears open.

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