Celtics sign Joe Johnson
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Welcome back Iso Joe! Is he actually going to see the floor?? He's 40 and hasnt been in the league since 17-18, but he's been active in the Big 3. This is fun and more likely to make me tune in, even if he never see the floor.
Joe is forever a Celtics hero for his role in the collapse of the mid-2010s Nets. Welcome back old friend.
Wish they would've just given IT a ten day and let him have his homecoming during silly season. Because this is becoming a bit silly now.
ISO Joe is 40 years old and hasn't played in the NBA since 2018 because he can't run the length of the court anymore.
Nevertheless, I am going to be tuned into tonight's game just to see him back in Celtics green!
Nevertheless, I am going to be tuned into tonight's game just to see him back in Celtics green!
Let’s be honest here. Iso Joe was brought here for one reason and one reason only…….to block Nesmith from getting minutes.
Crazy that in today’s day and age the greatest benefit Johnson brings to the team is being immediately eligible without having to first go through protocol to help ensure we have 8 players dress tonight.
I was going to make a joke that it was the Joe Johnson from 20 years ago (I assumed it was someone else). But, it's not! It's actually him!
Finally undoing the Rodney Rogers/Tony Delk trade
Hopefully, his time in the Big3 kept him in shape
Hopefully, his time in the Big3 kept him in shape
We haven't seen @reggiecleveland around here for a while. Maybe he has been working out for a look see. Good luck RC.
At least it isn’t like college where conferences are distributing Wins and Losses by who can participate in the game.
I suppose.
Deciding games by which G-leaguers and recent retirees you can get on your roster isn't much better though.
Iso Joe is 45th all time in NBA scoring with 20405 points. Everyone ahead of him on that list that is eligible is in the HOF, and the ones not yet eligible are almost all locks. Is Joe a H o F'er?
Yeah I hope he actually gets minutes. At this point I want to just enjoy the spectacle.
I mean, obviously it's ludicrious the NBA is trying to play through this.
From a Celtics persepctive given that silly choice by the league, I guess you figure with Joe you do get a guy you can use in a very specific way---ISO him and clear out when you rest Tatum/Brown (or if either is out). So, that's something?
From a Celtics persepctive given that silly choice by the league, I guess you figure with Joe you do get a guy you can use in a very specific way---ISO him and clear out when you rest Tatum/Brown (or if either is out). So, that's something?
Sorry to leave out other posts that deserve it, but this is Peak SoSH Work here.
Like Michael Corleone, when I thought i was out...
I am coaching a high school team again. One of my best friends was overwhelmed by some personal issues so I helped him out the last month or so. I had a team set up for the 20-21 team to make championship run, and season was lost. This year I went to the tryout and thought 'we may go 0-20'. I had planned to step away from coaching, and the thought of the program I built being a basement dweller was depressing, even if I was gone.
But, every school has taken a step back, and we have been 8-1 through the preseaon. My buddie is the head coach and done an exceptional job getting these guys to press, play fast. Our biggest guy is 6'1, when I have been used to half my team being +6'4. We do some mind-bending dumb things but are gettinghuge #s of transition layups, and have three guys capable of making 3s.
I am working oput a bit, toward my goal of dunking at age 60. My age 56 dunk was a covid struggle, but 57 is few weeks away and I am rocking the Casbah at the moment.
I can only speak for myself but I would much prefer to watch Reggie dunk than Joe Johnson do anything for the '21-22 C's. But I prefer watching athletes who are still near their peak versus washed players.
So you're saying he'd provide the Celtics with roughly the same value as in 2002?
3 points behind Chris Paul for 44th, so that's not gonna change. But look out George Gervin (92 ahead of JJ). And interesting note while wasting time looking this up. Among the top 50, Gervin (791) and Bob Petit (40th and 792) are the only ones with fewer than 800 games played.
He's definitely right around the borderline guys on the points list, Tom Chambers, Antwain Jaimison, Cliff Robinson, Terry Cummings... I'd have all of them as no without looking that closely.
Baby mama is probably happy that he's getting a NBA salary, even just for 10 days. https://www.yahoo.com/now/ex-nba-star-joe-johnson-074006779.html
Shouldn't we get Josh Smith before anyone else does? I would bet he can still dunk.
Per Grande, The gap between stints with the Celtics is longer than just about every player’s career.
View: https://twitter.com/seangrandepbp/status/1473720924327354389?s=21
View: https://twitter.com/seangrandepbp/status/1473720924327354389?s=21
Kareem must have been around 19, 304?
I'm sure Carter and Dirk can still play, we should sign those. Not sure about Willis. But if we do, we can have the top 6.
Looks like Kareem is at 19 years 239 days. Debuted 10/18/69 and his last game was 6/13/89.
Kareem played 20 years, I think Grande just missed him.
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/abdulka01.html
Oh, he was doing calendar days. I guess....
https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/a/abdulka01.html
Oh, he was doing calendar days. I guess....
That's quite a roster that Obrien got to the semis.