[外電] Where we ponder Grant Hill (again)

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http://www.redsarmy.com/home/2011/07/your-morning-dump-where-we-ponder-grant-hill-again.html
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Posted by Red's Army


    Depending on his price and desire to come off the bench, Hill could be a
target of the Celtics. He has a strong relationship with Doc Rivers, who
wanted Hill to sign with Boston before he opted for Phoenix. Perhaps if Hill
had remained healthy, Rivers’s coaching stint in Orlando would have been
more successful.

    “He was great, still is, he’s a friend,’’ Hill said of Rivers. “He
was so supportive. It’s woulda, coulda, shoulda, we might have done some
pretty good things together but it didn’t happen. I think I’m a better
person going through all of that. And he’s a better coach. I think he will
tell you that. It’s prepared him probably even more so what he’s doing now
in Boston. It hasn’t hurt the friendship or relationship, at least I don’t
think so, but it was an unfortunate set of circumstances.’’

Globe: If granted opportunity, Hill wants to keep going

That actually appeared in the Globe on Sunday, but we didn't want to drop a
player debate ove the holiday weekend where it might get missed.

This isn't the first time we've made an argument for Grant Hill.  In fact, it
was almost exactly three years ago when I laid out the case for bringing him
on.  So, because I'm lazy, I'm just going to cut and paste this next
paragraph with a few edits:

Grant Hill is hungry for a ring.  Starving for one.  Desperate for one.  He
has also made plenty of money.  He's a respected guy who can still play 20+
minutes of good basketball in every game.  He just finished a season with the
Phoenix Suns in which he played 70 80 games, at 31.8 30.1 minutes per, and
averaged 13.1 13.2 ppg.  He'll be 36 39, but he was productive and pretty
healthy last year.  And he'll be asked to play reserve minutes... not starter
minutes.

So he's coming off an even better season at 38 than he was at 36.  Who knows
what the new deal will bring, but the veteran minimum last season for a
player with Grant's experience was $1.4 million.  We can assume there will be
some sort of minimum wage in the next deal and it can't be THAT far off.

I specifically excerpted the portion where Grant calls Doc a friend.  That's
what I'm hoping will get him to leave sunny, beautiful, warm Phoenix Arizona
for a year to come to Boston.  Hill fits the Ainge approach of ring-less vets
on the verge of retirement who can still be productive.  I'm not sure if Hill
is as maniacal about his fitness as Ray Allen, but he's got to be close if
he's still getting up and down the court for 30 minute a game at 38 years
old.  I can't even run in the back yard for 10 minutes with the dogs without
needing a rub-down, ice, and a fist full of ibuprofen.

And maybe most importantly, Hill takes some pressure off Jeff Green.  Hill
will be another professional voice in Green's ear, helping him grow and
learn.  And with Hill coming in and learning the system too, he can show the
kid how to help a team while still learning.

I like the idea of Grant Hill in Boston.  Yes, the Celtics need to get
younger, but they also need to get better, and they need to get cheap players
in that can help the team.  With only six guys officially under contract for
next season (it will get to eight with the two draft picks... nine if we keep
Jeff Green) and the Celtics already over the cap no matter what the number is
next season, the C's have almost no flexibility.  They're worse than Chuck,
who can't even bend over to touch his knees, never mind his toes.  A guy like
HIll could really help give the team some good depth, as well as another
teacher and great character guy.


簡而言之,若是Hill能來的話,對於Green來講(他也留下的話),無疑是個良師也是競爭者

帶來壓力的同時,也能讓他更加成長~對於我們板凳戰力的穩定度也是有所提升~

當然,我知道我們也需要年輕化,但是我們也更需要堪用的戰力~

在GAP依然繼續打拼的日子裡~


當然啦,八字沒一撇,但是我還是很認真的說,Hill要是願意到來,絕對利多於弊~

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