Recently in a John Hollinger Chat On ESPN he answered a couple of questions regarding the Celtics, however, one question and answer stuck out in my mind.
Q. Who should the celts sign as back up PG?
JH: They already have a deal with their guy, Marquis Daniels, they just haven’t inked yet because they’re desperately trying to make it a sign and trade. Daniels will play with House in the backcourt with the second unit and they’ll trade assignments on D.
I don’t know if Daniels is best used as a 1, rather than a back-up to Pierce. Daniels has the handling of a one, but he isn’t a true point guard. Plus I would hate to waste his height there. There isn’t much difference mentally between him and Eddie House when it comes to playing the 1. He would be a shoot first, pass second player. So what is the solution? Either we sign some scrub point guard to waste a roster space, or we go internally and keep Eddie House at point or see what Lester Hudson can do. I don’t have a reason to really have this much faith in this kid, but I really think he can hold down the back-up point roll. Either way, I really think this is a situation that people are looking to deep into. When the Celtics won it all Eddie did just fine as the back-up, sure we tinkered with Sam Cassell (and that experiment failed miserably), but at the end of the day the Celtics won the chip with Eddie as the back-up.
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