KG reups with Boston for 3 years...

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

What a terrible deal for Boston. Next year, Garnett **may** be okay. But the wheels are going to come off at some point. And I bet it will happen a lot closer to the start of the contract than to the end of the contract.

[NoGunzJustSkillz]

Wow, thats a lot. Garnett has made almost 300 million during his career, why not give some money up so the team could get better?

I'm thinking maybe he'd prefer to retire. You don't know his situation, maybe it's a money grab. I wonder if they could use KG as trade bait a year or 2 into the deal?

[bagelred]

And people thought KG would retire. Cha-Ching!

Why did Ainge do that? Guess figures the KG/Pierce/Allen trifecta is best option. Nothing better out there.

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

celtics were a game away from the finals.....they're contenders. if allen stays you can't just dismiss them as done. they're all a year older but they also just got 2 young big guys to help shoulder the load

Ugh.. They played the Hawks and the 76ers to make it to the ECFs. And in the ECFs they got too play against a Heat squad that was missing one of their Big 3 for most of the series.

They aren't contenders.

[dbugz]

I love KG but damn didn't like this deal.

[AlonzoGOAT]

Ugh.. They played the Hawks and the 76ers to make it to the ECFs. And in the ECFs they got too play against a Heat squad that was missing one of their Big 3 for most of the series.

They aren't contenders.

This lol

[pegasus]

Ugh.. They played the Hawks and the 76ers to make it to the ECFs. And in the ECFs they got too play against a Heat squad that was missing one of their Big 3 for most of the series.

They aren't contenders.

Ant the Celtics were perfectly healthy and not missing any key players.

[b1imtf]

Ant the Celtics were perfectly healthy and not missing any key players.

[kurt_rambis]

Ugh.. They played the Hawks and the 76ers to make it to the ECFs. And in the ECFs they got too play against a Heat squad that was missing one of their Big 3 for most of the series.

They aren't contenders.

they still came close to beating a team with the greatest player in the world on it. and who else is there in the east? the bulls are a huge question mark, new york isn't close to being contenders....pacers, hawks, sixers? the celtics are better than them. all that leaves is the heat. if you're favored to go to the conference finals you're a legit contender

[Locked_Up_Tonight]

they still came close to beating a team with the greatest player in the world on it. and who else is there in the east? the bulls are a huge question mark, new york aren't close to being contenders....pacers, hawks, sixers? the celtics are better than them. all that leaves is the heat. if you're favored to go to the conference finals you're a legit contender.

Celtics may be better than the other crap in the East but it doesn't make them a contender. Uh, look... dog sh*t smell is not as bad as cat sh*t. So? It's still sh*t. And the East besides Miami is crap.

Every playoff tesm in the West could have been in the ECFs as well last year with the draw that Boston got.

On top of that, their 3 out of their 4 best players are declining rapidly. And have no "young" talent to really replace them.

[nbarumorz]

Ant the Celtics were perfectly healthy and not missing any key players.

+1. Healthy Bradley would've put them in the Finals no doubt in my mind.

As for KG, this deal is just too long...the money is accurate for next -- he deserves around 10M for next year but for the next THREE years? Ugh...

Devil's Advocate time though, seeing most people are looking at this as a lose-lose deal:

1.) KG plays b-ball. He doesn't do anything else. Not interested in fame or acting in movies, or announcing. Nope. Just loves to ball and that's all he does.

2.) He will be a fantastic 2nd coach for Sullinger and Melo. Both of them could benefit from extra motivation and KG will certainly provide that.

3.) If his minutes are kept down he can be productive all three years. That means he can't average 31MPG next year. 22-26 MPG seems like a good, reachable number. Also lets Sullinger play a lot without the Celtics needing him to perform right away.

[nbarumorz]

On top of that, their 3 out of their 4 best players are declining rapidly. And have no "young" talent to really replace them.

Rondo, Bradley, Sullinger, Melo, and Jeff Green are all young talent.

Statistically, KG and Pierce actually have improved from year-to-year the last 3 years in an upward trend so to say they are rapidly declining is beyond brash.

EDIT: Also if you think Allen is a better player than Bradley you clearly haven't watched a lot of Celtics basketball. So I wouldn't call Allen one of their "4 best players"

[Kevin_Garnett_5]

Ugh.. They played the Hawks and the 76ers to make it to the ECFs. And in the ECFs they got too play against a Heat squad that was missing one of their Big 3 for most of the series.

They aren't contenders.

The Celtics had 4 rotation players out for the season and two of their top 4 players playing hurt (actually three, since KG is always playing hurt).

[Kevin_Garnett_5]

Celtics may be better than the other crap in the East but it doesn't make them a contender. Uh, look... dog sh*t smell is not as bad as cat sh*t. So? It's still sh*t. And the East besides Miami is crap.

Every playoff tesm in the West could have been in the ECFs as well last year with the draw that Boston got.

On top of that, their 3 out of their 4 best players are declining rapidly. And have no "young" talent to really replace them.

Yet the Celtics without a huge part of their rotation fared much better against the Heat than the team that came out of the "mighty West".

[El Kabong]

You'd hope they put a team option or a cheap buyout or something on the last year so he'll expire at the same time as Pierce.