Michael Finley to sign with the Celtics

[lefty]

Sarcasm?

I don`t think he is kidding

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

Dude, Finley will miss his 3-point shot come playoff time.

[SsKSpurs21]

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http://sports.espn.go.com/boston/nba...ory?id=4966307

[HarlemHeat37]

He gives them an alternative to Tony Allen..he shouldn't play more than 5-7MPG if the Celtics are smart..they'll have Daniels guarding wings on the 2nd unit, so I guess he wouldn't be as big of a liability..

I'll give Finley the benefit of the doubt and say he's still a good NBA-level shooter, but he's no longer an NBA player in any other aspect of the game..he can no longer handle the ball, he can't make shots off the dribble anymore, he can't pass or rebound and he's a huge defensive liability..

I understand picking up a guy like that for a veteran presence(even though Boston is old as already), but Finley expects to play, so they're going to end up overplaying him IMO..

[benefactor]

man THAT team is old.. haha

Dude, Finley will miss his 3-point shot come playoff time.

[bostonguy]

Sarcasm?

Was it that obvious?

[bostonguy]

He gives them an alternative to Tony Allen..he shouldn't play more than 5-7MPG if the Celtics are smart..they'll have Daniels guarding wings on the 2nd unit, so I guess he wouldn't be as big of a liability..

I'll give Finley the benefit of the doubt and say he's still a good NBA-level shooter, but he's no longer an NBA player in any other aspect of the game..he can no longer handle the ball, he can't make shots off the dribble anymore, he can't pass or rebound and he's a huge defensive liability..

I understand picking up a guy like that for a veteran presence(even though Boston is old as already), but Finley expects to play, so they're going to end up overplaying him IMO..

I hope Finley guards Lebron for long stretches to prove people wrong about his defense.

[slick'81]

all aboard the gravy train choo choo

[Stringer_Bell]

So Finley thinks he has a better chance of winning a ring on an equally old team, AND cracking the a 10 man rotation, AND getting decent minutes?

Findawg should have saved everyone the trouble and just not picked up his option...didn't Pop start him at the beginning of the season? Ingrate.

[TFloss32]

I am excited. Finley just wasn't being used right with the Spurs. In Boston, he will be rejuvenated and prove he has plenty left in the tank. He can still slash to the basket and shoot.

I don't think Fin has dunked since the 2006 Playoffs.

[mountainballer]

I am excited. Finley just wasn't being used right with the Spurs. In Boston, he will be rejuvenated and prove he has plenty left in the tank. He can still slash to the basket and shoot. He just wasn't used right in Pop's system.

slash to the basket? yeah sure. and what do you expect him to do once he is there? unpack his pocket trampoline?
btw. he in fact wasn't used right. because he was used.

[Blackjack]

Apparently SA's got an abundance of pornstar exports; Boston would have been better off going that route.

[anonoftheinternets]

slash to the basket? yeah sure. and what do you expect him to do once he is there? unpack his pocket trampoline?
btw. he in fact wasn't used right. because he was used.

sarcasm meter ... broke ..

[mountainballer]

Apparently SA's got an abundance of pornstar exports; Boston would have been better off going that route.

???George Hill??

[tmtcsc]

The spurs will miss his 3-point shot come playoff time.

Not as much as Roger Mason will miss his. /rimshot

[Bruno]

Finley is a good fit for Celtics. Their backup wings (Tony Allen and Marquis Daniels) are really bad shooters.
I don't expect something great but he could be useful as a spot ut shooter playing limited minutes.

[AussieFanKurt]

if he can't get minutes on spurs, how does he expect minutes on a contender like the C's

[spursbird]

[TD 21]

Clearly, this wasn't about more playing time at all (since Finley is likely to be in the same role with the Celtics he was in with the Spurs, which is the eleventh man), this was solely about Finley sensing the ship was sinking and wanting to go to a team he deemed a le contender. Only he's apparently not up on what's happened in the league this season because if he was, he wouldn't consider the Celtics much more (any more?) likely than the Spurs to win a championship. That team is fading by the game.

Classic example of a player being the last one to find out that he's finished. The Spurs having Finley in the role he was in last season (in addition to what he used to be in the league in his prime) contribute heavily to this mindset.

Finley's a good fit with the Celtics because he's their only (save for the minimal and unproven Landry) SF sized player not named Pierce and he's a better shooter than Daniels and Allen, but he's a bad fit because he's yet another old man who can't move, provide any energy (which an old team like that desperately needs) and is completely one dimensional.

[baseline bum]

Finley will make a good PF for them when KG's knee goes out again.

[HarlemHeat37]

Apparently the plan is for Finley to take a lot of Tony Allen's minutes, so he might actually get the PT he wants..

It really does look like the Spurs were going to be done with him anyways..Sean Elliott said that Pop wants to play Hairston down the stretch and that was part of the reason they didn't want to cooperate with Finley's request for more PT..so it kind of makes sense..

[4down]

nah. Spurs to Celtics is the first lateral movement that Finley has done all season...

[024]

finley will hit the game winning three against the cavs during game five of the ECF. i will bump this thread when it happens.

[G-Nob]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6hActNw_F4

[mavsluva]

If Finley doesn't hit his first few shots, then you have to take him out of the game. Because what else are you going to get from him?