NBA Trade Talk: Nate Robinson to Boston
The Boston Celtics and New York Knicks have rekindled talks and are on the verge of making a deal landing Nate Robinson in Boston. According to the Boston Herald, the deal will likely be for Eddie House, whom has played for Mike D’Antoni previously in Phoenix.
Nate will bring Celtics fans excitement and bench scoring. (Credit: picapp.com)
Robinson has the chance to play a meaningful role for a title contender, rather than settling for life as a slam dunk champion on a horrible New York Knicks team.
“Krypto Nate” represents a significant acquisition for Boston and will reinforce glaring needs for the Celtics: youth, athleticism, speed, and quickness. Also included, electrifying offense. Nate has a career average of 12.5 points in 24.8 minutes, which is the type of productivity Boston sorely needs.
Nate has a reputation for being detrimental to his team, evidenced by his rift with D’Antoni involving the infamous “shoot the ball at the opponents basket” incident earlier this year:
If Robinson does something like that in Boston, odds are good Rasheed picks up a technical for fighting his own teammate.
Playing for a team like the Celtics, and with the support and comradeship Kevin Garnett instills in his teammates, Robinson will have the environment and opportunity to mature into a well rounded player. (On that note, J.R. Smith is probably the only player in the NBA who could come to the Celtics and ending up worse, just had to get that out.)
Nate does have a clause in his contract allowing him to veto a deal if he dislikes the destination, but it’s doubtful he’ll exercise it with a trade destination like Boston.
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Wed, Feb 17, 2010 by Adam Sedie
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