say it ain’t so
June 30th, 2010
Paul Pierce opting out of his contract seemed like a slam-dunk in theory a few months ago: he’d opt out, sign back with the team for less money per year (so we could tap into the rich free agent pool of 2010) but over a longer period of time, and retire a Celtic.
suddenly, the reality of the free market has hit me. if Doc doesn’t return and the team doesn’t re-up Ray’s contract, they might start re-building around Rondo now, and we might be Pierce-less. *gulp*
i realize that I’m being more sentimental than practical — if i were GM, i’d be letting Pierce walk unless he re-signed for much less money so we could start building for the future. barring a miracle, the current aging core is not going to bring us another championship. i’m not the GM, though. i’m a long-time, hard-core fan. so i’m now devoting my remaining mental energies to thinking about anything and everything but this.
more info from around the web:
Celtics Blog reports and has some nice analysis
Boston.com rolls out a photo montage of Paul’s time in Boston (ease up. he’s not gone until he signs elsewhere, guys.)
Mazz represents the non-sentimental approach i’ll probably talk myself into if Pierce walks away
July 1st, 2010 at 12:04
some good news today:
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2010/07/01/rivers_to_return_for_another_chance_at_title/
http://www.celticsblog.com/2010/6/30/1545752/youre-got-to-be-tweeting-me
July 5th, 2010 at 16:03
first, the word was that Pierce re-signed: http://www.celticsblog.com/2010/7/2/1549050/pierce-re-signs
then, it came out that he and the team were still negotiating over the 4th year of the contract: http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2010/07/03/pierce_celtics_have_yet_to_seal_the_deal/
and now, finally, we can breathe a sigh of relief:
http://www.celticsblog.com/2010/7/4/1551839/pierce-celtics-finalize-deal
http://www.boston.com/sports/basketball/celtics/articles/2010/07/04/pierces_deal_gets_done_with_celtics/