The Rasheed Watch...

Welcome to The Yankee Zone. We hope you enjoy your visit.

You're currently viewing our forum as a guest. This means you are limited to certain areas of the board and there are some features you can't use. If you join our community, you'll be able to access member-only sections, and use many member-only features such as customizing your profile, sending personal messages, and voting in polls. Registration is simple, fast, and completely free.

Join our community!

If you're already a member please log in to your account to access all of our features:

The Rasheed Watch...
Topic Started: Jul 2 2009, 05:20 PM (48 Views)
Sori4Mvp	Jul 2 2009, 05:20 PM Post #1
The Truth Posts: 35,322 Group: VC_Moderator Member #45 Joined: April 6, 2004	Quote: An NBA source said that the Celtics offered Detroit free agent F/C Rasheed Wallace a contract using the mid-level exception today during a three-hour meeting in Detroit. Boston Globe Blog http://insidehoops.com/nba_rumors.shtml



Sori4Mvp	Jul 3 2009, 12:15 AM Post #2
The Truth Posts: 35,322 Group: VC_Moderator Member #45 Joined: April 6, 2004	Quote: BOSTON -- The Boston Celtics made their pitch to Rasheed Wallace on Thursday. And Wallace was receptive. A contingent from the Celtics organization -- including owner Wyc Grousbeck, President Danny Ainge, head coach Doc Rivers and All-Stars Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Ray Allen -- descended on Wallace's suburban Michigan home on Thursday for a three-hour meeting with the free-agent forward. "Solid, thorough, cogent and very impressive," Wallace's agent, Bill Strickland, told SI.com about Boston's recruiting trip. "[They] definitely gave Rasheed and his wife something to think about." During the course of the meeting the Celtics offered Wallace a contract using their entire mid-level exception. It is unclear how many years Boston offered Wallace, who will be 35 at the start of next season. Multiple league executives believe Wallace is deciding between Boston and San Antonio. Both the Celtics and Spurs can offer Wallace the full mid-level exception ($5.6 million). With Ron Artest agreeing to terms with the Lakers and Trevor Ariza agreeing to a deal with Houston on Thursday, league sources expect Cleveland to make a late push for Wallace's services. Orlando, should they choose not to re-sign restricted free agent Marcin Gortat, is also a possibility. However, Boston and San Antonio stand as the strongest candidates. The Celtics can offer Wallace a chance to stay in the Eastern Conference as well as the opportunity to play with Garnett, who is a close friend. San Antonio, which traded forwards Fabricio Oberto and Kurt Thomas last month in the deal for Richard Jefferson, can offer Wallace a starters role. Boston's interest in Wallace is believed to be as a backup. Wallace has given no indication as to when he will make a decision. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/writers/chris_mannix/07/02/Celtics.Wallace/index.html?eref=si_nba



Sori4Mvp	Jul 3 2009, 02:53 PM Post #3
The Truth Posts: 35,322 Group: VC_Moderator Member #45 Joined: April 6, 2004	Rasheed didn't leave his meeting with Boston agreeing to a deal, mainly because next week he will also visit San Antonio and Orlando. It is not expected that he will be visiting with Cleveland so it appears it will come down to Boston, San Antonio and Orlando with Boston being the favorites to land the veteran big man.



Venom	Jul 3 2009, 06:30 PM Post #4
The Dark Side Posts: 33,032 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 29, 2004	:snack:



Sori4Mvp	Jul 5 2009, 08:48 PM Post #5
The Truth Posts: 35,322 Group: VC_Moderator Member #45 Joined: April 6, 2004	Quote: Rasheed Wallace will sign with the Boston Celtics, possibly two year deal, reports Marc Spears (Boston Globe) Terrible news.



Sori4Mvp	Jul 5 2009, 08:57 PM Post #6
The Truth Posts: 35,322 Group: VC_Moderator Member #45 Joined: April 6, 2004	Oh yeah, they are also getting Grant Hill it looks like so he will ride the coattails of Allen, Pierce, Garnett and Wallace to an NBA Championship. This is just great!



Venom	Jul 5 2009, 09:16 PM Post #7
The Dark Side Posts: 33,032 Group: Admin Member #1 Joined: January 29, 2004	How can they do this?! My God.



Mattingly23	Jul 5 2009, 09:25 PM Post #8
Posts: 17,762 Group: Moderator Member #74 Joined: April 29, 2004	Sori4Mvp Jul 5 2009, 08:57 PM Oh yeah, they are also getting Grant Hill it looks like so he will ride the coattails of Allen, Pierce, Garnett and Wallace to an NBA Championship. This is just great! It will really hurt me to see one of my all-time favorites on the Celtics. Say it ain't so, Grant!



1 user reading this topic (1 Guest and 0 Anonymous)


« Previous Topic · NY Knicks - ORL Magic · Next Topic »