Boston Celtics Close To Adding David West

The Boston Celtics are out here making moves! It all started with constant trade rumors floating around that Boston was working on a trade with New Orleans to bring in Chris Paul for the year — although they had hopes of him signing a long-term deal — which, eventually fell apart after the Lakers hopped aboard with the Houston Rockets to bring Cp3 to L.A., while the Rockets received Pau Gasol and Lamar Odom went to New Orleans (lucky break for Bean-Town if you ask me).

On Friday, Boston worked a deal with the Orlando Magic that would send PF/C Glen “Big Baby” David down south in exchange for Brandon Bass (not sure exactly what either team gets out of this because one is better defender while the other is a better scorer), but I must admit that Davis’ skills depleted after he was given more minutes and Bass is more athletic and little bit tougher in the paint. There were also reports of the Celtics being extremely close to signing All-Star forward David West, which would ultimately land him a 3-year deal worth around $29 million — another undisclosed player — and would send Jermaine O’Neal to the Hornets. With the recent re-signing of Jeff Green (1-year deal), Boston looks to be right up there in competition with the Knicks and Heat (Chicago hasn’t made any kind of moves for another SG).

They now have a bunch of young scorers coming off the bench at nearly every position (fellow Purdue teammates JaJuan Johnson and E’Twaun Moore now have big opportunities to earned playing time in a shortened season), but the really need to address the situation at center. A longer off season will certainly help keeps the Celtics older players fresh, especially since they have one of the hardest road schedules in the league, and I’m sure Rondo is going to play lights out after the rumors have diminished and he’s finally gotten over the Kendrick Perkins trade.

Boston Celtics: The Association – Episode 5

Shouts to Jose3030 for ripping the final episode (5/5) of ESPN’s The Association of the Boston Celtics. Watch as Gang Green gets adjusted to the Kendrick Perkins / Jeff Green trade, their new players, and focusing on finishing up the regular season strong before the 2011 NBA Playoffs roll around. Who should ESPN focus on next year? I say Derrick Rose and the Chicago Bulls or the Oklahoma City Thunder.

The Top 10 Dunks From The 2010-11 NBA Preseason

Before the 2010-11 NBA season officially kicks off tomorrow evening (Amen!) let’s take a look back at the top 10 dunks from this year’s preseason.  Vicious slams come courtesy of Shannon Brown, LeBron James, Rudy Gay, Blake Griffin, Chase Budinger, Jeff Green, Andray Blatche, and Jrue Holiday.

Team USA Intrasquad Scrimmage Highlights

Team USA held their official intrasquad scrimmage this past Saturday night to give the public their first view of this year’s World Basketball Championship competing national team.  The roster will be trimmed down to 12 players today and so far the only locks are Kevin Durant, Chauncey Billups, and Derrick Rose.  Find my final roster picks below:

• PG – Billups / Rose / Rajon Rondo
• SG – Iguodala / Stephen Curry
• SF – Durant / Rudy Gay /
• PF – Kevin Love / Lamar Odom / Jeff Green
• C – Tyson Chandler / Brook Lopez

Top 10 Dunks of The 09-10 NBA Season

NBA.com compiled a video of their top 10 dunks of the season but the following dunks could have EASILY been included in their list.

• Marcus Thornton on Gerald Wallace
• Josh Smith’s Buzzer Beating Tip-In Beat The Magic
• J.R. Smith’s Incredible 360 Alley-Oop
• Tony Allen Banging One On Corey Brewer
• Trevor Ariza Throwing It down On Mehmet Okur
• Amare Stoudemire On Richard Jefferson
• J.R. Smith’s Reverse Dunk Over Omri Caspi
• J.J. Hickson Letting D-Wade Know How It Feels To Get Dunked On
• Damien Wilkins Doing His Best Uncle Dominique Impersonation Over Nenad Krstic
• Jeff Green’s Game Winning Dunk Over Josh Smith

Jeff Green’s Dunk Over Josh Smith

Don’t get it confused, Josh Smith isn’t Shelden Williams.  Smith has one of the highest verts in the league which makes this Jeff Green dunk (plus the foul) over him all that more impressive!