Veal Isn’t Going Anywhere
Scal. Photo. CelticsBlogTo follow up on Andrew Katz’s post on who the Celtics should cut to get their roster down to 15, it looks like Veal Scalabrine’s job (amazingly) is safe. This morning CelticsBlog has a post quoting Danny Ainge in the Boston Herald as saying, “I have no intention of cutting Scal.”
Thankfully, the decision has nothing to do with the shape of Scal’s brain, but instead has everything to do with using Scalabrine’s salary in potential trades. From CelticsBlog:
Barring some kind of trade, Scal is going to be somewhere on the roster this year.
As Bulpett explains in the column, it isn’t so much a matter of the team being unwilling to cut a guy making $6M over the next two years. They simply want to have him on the roster in case they come up with a trade where they’ll need to match salaries. Keep in mind that if you combine Scal, Eddie House, and Tony Allen, you get $8.7M in expiring salaries in 2010 without having to ship out Ray Allen. I’m just sayin….
Source: CelticsBlog
October 15th, 2008 at 12:12 pm
Rainy Daze says:
1st!
Not really anything to get excited about though. Slow news day I guess…
October 15th, 2008 at 12:15 pm
RENO says:
Let the hate on Scal begin…
wait for it……. wait for it…… NOW!
October 15th, 2008 at 12:28 pm
Tyrone says:
Scal is a abomination y’all – the dude can barely hoop. Cat’s got the worst contract eva y’all and he ain’t go no talent.
True thugs never lie.
Tyrone
October 15th, 2008 at 12:29 pm
Thats my boy Blue says:
Article in the boston globe today saying that if the Scal, Tony Allen, Ray Ray and House are let go (highly possible) Celtics could be in on the D-Wade/LeBron stakes.
Would an old Pierce, old Garnett, Rondo be good enough supporting cast for Lebron or is it even possible that he would consider the celtics? Pierce could move to the 2.
October 15th, 2008 at 12:41 pm
Dj RyB says:
This is probably the most useful Scal has been in his entire Celtics career! I would love to see a trade where he is involved but I’m not sure one will be necessary this year unless someone gets injured.
Anyone see the new dunk from Bill Walker? It was off a bricked layup by Scal, of course…
October 15th, 2008 at 1:09 pm
Kobeef says:
Think of Scal as a Mascot and you’ll hate him less.
He’s not really on the team to play – just to be a token red-headed irishman in a celtics uni. top o’ the morning to ya!
October 15th, 2008 at 1:49 pm
it ain't easy being green says:
if that panned out in 2010, he’d probably tell hid grandkids “HE was traded 4 lebron james.” Just like he “started in the finals”
That being said. Hhmmmmm, lebron in green…
October 15th, 2008 at 2:11 pm
Daily boy says:
I could beat this fool 1-on-1 i’ll put $1000 on it
October 15th, 2008 at 3:14 pm
me says:
He caught Doc hittin Danny from the back. that’s why he ain’t going anywhere.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:34 pm
Dave says:
Scal did a good job for the Celtics when he started in KG’s absence in the middle of the season last year. Good utility player to have at the end of your bench. Good choice to keep him around.
Plus his contract will be useful in trade negotiations – matching salaries when packaging some youth.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:47 pm
weezy f says:
tyrone be killin me!!!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:57 pm
doc says:
Just call him Token.
November 19th, 2008 at 2:25 am
Nora says:
Daily boy, then why aren’t you in the NBA making millions like Scal?