NBA / Jan 8, 2009 / 5:53 pm
Celtics call up J.R. Giddens and Bill Walker from the D-League
J.R. GiddensLooking for some kind of spark after losing six of their last eight games, the Celtics brought rookies J.R. Giddens and Bill Walker up from the D-League today. Giddens was averaging 17 points a game with the C’s minor league affiliate, the Utah Flash, while Walker put up 18 points a night. Both were in the D-League’s Top-20 in scoring and Top-15 in field goal percentage.
The dual call-up also coincides with Tony Allen’s recent injury. TA’s ankle sprain will force him to miss at least the next two games, including Friday’s tip with the Cavs.
Source: Boston Globe
January 8th, 2009 at 6:38 pm
Drink the Haterade (KB24 Chip 09) says:
Yes, the Atrocious will not be suiting up for a while
January 8th, 2009 at 6:43 pm
Kobeef says:
If KG didn’t contribute to TA’s sprained ankle I bet he was wishing he did. It will be interesting to see if Giddens and Walker get PT. I think Giddens is a legit NBA scorer.
January 8th, 2009 at 6:48 pm
Big Sia says:
Bill Walker is a G
January 8th, 2009 at 6:57 pm
Ric Hardwood says:
it’s about time…
January 8th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
Chaos says:
i like this move. giddens and walker have potential (actually anyone) to be a better contributer than TA. Garnett should just show up in a ski mask and smack Ta in the ankle with a crowbar tokeep him off the court
January 8th, 2009 at 8:30 pm
bruce says:
j.r. giddens is a pro and walker will b the new james posey without tha 3 pointer..
January 8th, 2009 at 11:14 pm
mules says:
put Walker in the dunk contest
January 8th, 2009 at 11:56 pm
¢ says:
walken got his young goonie walk sent up. guards are in danger
January 8th, 2009 at 11:57 pm
¢ says:
garnett* lol
January 9th, 2009 at 12:37 am
Celts Fan says:
bout fuckin time. praise jebus. hopefully they get some PT before TA gets back and can prove they belong and put Tony back at the end of the rotation where he belongs.
January 9th, 2009 at 12:50 am
solomon says:
oh my… keep the towels out of reach… LOL
the one person they need to call to address their needs is not bill walker… nor jr giddy…
call kevin mchale!!!
maybe he’d trade back al jeff for patrick o’bie and their 2040, 2041 & 2042 1st round pick…
PROBLEM SOLVED!
January 9th, 2009 at 1:22 am
freshouttatime says:
a friend of a friend made a fun little graph depicting the decline of celtics swag since the last few weeks
http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/9029/imagerp9.jpg
novanation i gave credit where credits due!
January 9th, 2009 at 2:17 am
Squall Lee says:
Wow J.R. Giddens is still doing it. I thought he got hurt real bad. A lot of people might not remember, but Giddens was in the same McDonald’s All American High School dunk contest as LeBron. I remember Giddens as the kid who got up like no ones business, but couldn’t finish the competition because he had a little injury.
2003 actually was a pretty good All American class that included:
LeBron
Chris Paul
Travis Outlaw
Aaron Brooks
along with Kendrick Perkins, Leon Powe, and J.R. Giddens who are now Celtics.
January 9th, 2009 at 7:17 am
Celts Fan says:
@Soloman - so Big Al (a possible All Star, 20/10 guy, franchise center), 2 #1s, over $14M in cap space, a solid rotation guy in Gomes and 2 complete wastes (1, G. Green, who wasn’t regarded as a complete bum at the time) still doesn’t do it for you? You do realize that you almost never get back equal value when trading a superstar right? You do realize Toronto got literally nothing for Vince, right? How about what Memphis got for Pau or what LA was looking for from Chicago (Deng, Gordon, and draft picks) for Kobe?
If you still don’t get thta this is as close as you;re ever going to get to fair value for a superstar that EVERYONE KNOWS is going to be traded that’s OVER 30, then you just don’t know what you’re talking about.
January 9th, 2009 at 9:31 am
L.S. says:
Freshouttatime: That graph is amazing…
January 9th, 2009 at 10:09 am
Celts Fan says:
ya that graph’s pretty funny.
January 9th, 2009 at 10:25 am
Imperial Mel says:
lol feed me too!!
January 9th, 2009 at 10:50 am
J says:
Doc needs to give Walker some burn
January 9th, 2009 at 12:13 pm
rell says:
About time ainge call them up. I hope that doc atleast let them play some. And please doc don’t try to use T.Allen injury as a excuse to give Scalabrine more PT.