Boston Celtics 8/9    Sign Eddie House and Scot Pollard The Celtics now turn to adding some degree of depth to the roster.  House should help as a shooter off the bench.  As an aside, I'm not quite sure why the Celtics are toying with an older Reggie Miller when he highly unlikely to be better than House at this point.  I suppose Miller can't hurt but this is much ado about very little. As for Pollard,  I don't expect too much.  Pollard was once a very nice backup center but … [Read more...] about NBA Transactions 7/28-8/17

Boston Celtics 7/31    Acquire Kevin Garnett from Minnesota in exchange for Ryan Gomes, Gerald Green, Al Jefferson, Theo Ratliff, Sebastian Telfair, a 2009 first round draft pick (top three protected), a return of Minnesota's conditional first round draft pick previously obtained in the Ricky Davis-Wally Szczerbiak and cash considerations Well that was surprising.  We had completely panned the Ray Allen trade as an attempt to make a 30-win team a 40-win team but it appears there … [Read more...] about Transactions 7/28-7/31 (KG Edition)

Charlotte Bobcats 7/17    Re-sign Matt Carroll 7/19    Re-sign Gerald Wallace Both returnees got six years contracts, Carroll for about $27 million and Wallace at $57 million.  I guess Bobcat fans can't complaint about failing to spend but, to me, the returns are mixed.  Carroll is a pretty good player but do you need to have him through age 33?  The team is already committed to Jason Richardson, and Wallace at two guard and small forward and Carroll is not a point guard (1.9 … [Read more...] about Transactions 7/13-7/27