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Celtics will patiently fill in the gaps
WALTHAM Training camp opens in a week, the season kicks off 16 days later, and right now the Celtics have just enough players to run a layup line.
There are roster spots to fill, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge has a list of names he like to fill them with, and since being allowed by the league to talk to player agents as of Wednesday, he has been on the phones.
we be close on Dec. 9, but there may be some straggling players, Ainge said. hopefully when we start training camp, we at least have 10.
have a lot of needs, Ainge said. got our whole bench. We have the point guard position, wing position, and big guys to fill.
The Celtics are already over the salary cap, so Ainge will have to construct this team with little wiggle room, likely doing some bargain shopping to fill the eight roster spots.
year a challenge and brings different challenges, Ainge said. few years back we had a target and went after Rasheed [Wallace] and it was easy that way. We don have the same flexibility [this year] to do some of those things.
we just in the game. We have a list of players that we like to get. Right now there a lot of money out there, a lot of teams with cap space. So players are waiting for the big paydays. So we have to be patient in this process.
Ainge and coach Doc Rivers still can talk to players, although the Celtics practice facility in Waltham was open yesterday for players to work out. No one stopped by HealthPoint yesterday, but Rivers expects them to start trickling in.
think we have a really professional group at least the guys we have and they be in the gym, Rivers said. think they been in the gym, quite honestly. Every time I go to dinner in Boston, I hear a story about one of them playing at some YMCA or something, and that a good thing. They going to work on their craft.
had conversations with their representatives, along with many other representatives, said Ainge. that would indicate that we have some interest.
One of the most talkedabout wrinkles in the new collective bargaining agreement is the amnesty clause that will allow teams to waive one player before the season and wash his salary from the books. It not an option the Celtics will use this season, Ainge said.
But because of the new provision, bigname players with large contracts will become the NBA equivalent of foreclosed homes, available at a discount for teams like the Celtics looking for a deal.
Ainge said it is unlikely that the Celtics will take advantage of those deals, but added, keep an eye on it.
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