According to Yahoo Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski, the Celtics have signed free agent guard Leandro Barbosa to a one-year deal.
Barbosa was a member of the Indiana Pacers last season, and has averaged 12.5 points per game over his 9-year career. The soon-to-be 30 year-old is a career 39.1% 3-point shooter.
Barbosa is another top-notch addition to a tremendous list of guards that the Celtics now possess. The team's guard depth looks as follows: Rajon Rondo, Avery Bradley, Jason Terry, Courtney Lee, and now Barbosa. Coach Doc Rivers said at the beginning of the preseason that he would take his guards over any combination of guards in all of basketball, and now with Barbosa on board, Doc's claim is that more legitimate.
What is everyone's thoughts?
I would rather see Derrick Fisher
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't disagree. Although he's going to be 38, Fisher brings the kind of leadership, toughness, and experience that would make him a perfect fit for the Celtics. Barbosa is more of a shooting guard, so to see Danny add another 2-guard is a bit odd. But I like the move, Barbosa is athletic, only 29 years old, and can really score, as evident by his 18.1 points per game off the bench in 2006-2007 when he won the Sixth Man of the Year award.
ReplyDeleteSo does signing Barbosa mean that there could be more problems with Bradley's health?
ReplyDeleteI don't think so. He should be back, at earliest, by mid-December, and they already have plenty of guard depth. Just a case of the rich getting richer.
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