Marquis Daniels to Celtics

[CuervoHorn]

Interesting tidbit re:3rd team for wing player?




Marquis Daniels has agreed to come to the Celtics [team stats], and his former team, the Indiana Pacers, have agreed to sweeten the pot for the player by cooperating in a sign-and-trade deal.
The only problem is Indiana’s compensation. Two league sources confirmed yesterday the Celtics and Pacers are SEEKING A THIRD TEAM TO FACILITATE THE TRADE
The problem is believed to be Indiana’s lack of interest in guard Tony Allen, whom the Celtics offered to the Pacers. The Celtics also reportedly have attempted to include guard Gabe Pruitt and forward Bill Walker in the package.

Though in the market for another wing player, the Pacers want something the Celtics aren’t willing to offer.
The Pacers, beset by past citizenship issues, reportedly are reluctant to bring in Allen. The guard’s offcourt issues, including death threats in Chicago that required extra bench security during last spring’s playoffs, cut against the grain of Pacers president Larry Bird’s attempt to move away from the legacy of Ron Artest and Jamaal Tinsley.
“They need a third team, and that’s complicated,” one source said. “No other teams have jumped at it so far.”
Daniels has agreed to join the Celtics, though the 6-foot-6 swingman would make more by coming in a sign-and-trade deal than for the $1.9 million biannual exception the Celtics can offer in a straight free agent signing.
Though the Celts have attempted to include restricted free agent Glen Davis in several sign-and-trade deals with other teams, sources with the C’s and New Jersey shot down a rumor yesterday that both teams were attempting to make such an arrangement work.

[Kai]

Bill Walker's a punk.

[ducks]

this deal is not done yet
far from it