Kenny Anderson Is Available; Ainge Baffled About Where To Find Veteran Point Guard

Try Florida, You Nitwit

Kenny Anderson commented in the Boston Globe on Sunday that he's prepared to get signed by an NBA team.

``I just need that opportunity. I'm in shape. I haven't had any major injuries. I'm young, only 35. I didn't want to retire at 34 or 35. I've still got that hunger. I want to be 100 percent sure that I can't help a team when I finish, and I'm not there yet...I don't know why I'm not getting a harder look. I think everybody knows I know how to run a team. I'm not going to be a cancer on a team. I've always been a good leader. Why doesn't somebody say, `Hey, why not bring Kenny into camp?' "

EXCELLENT QUESTION. Since Danny puts such a premium on point guard play, and talks all the time about needing a "veteran" point guard, you'd have to wonder why he didn't think about bringing Kenny back to Boston.

To make sure he is ready if a call comes, Anderson trains four days a week near his home in Fort Lauderdale. Occasionally, Penny Hardaway joins him for workouts.

Ok, fine, that's not the best way to advertise yourself. If I was in his position, I wouldn't be name-dropping Penny Hardaway. Still, this information pisses me off.

If Kenny Anderson was playing overseas last year, why why WHY didn't Danny Ainge sign him to a couple 10-day contracts when we had no point guards? Remember when Tony Allen was bringing the ball up the floor? Remember all that crap about needing a "veteran" point to tutor Delonte? Don't you think that Paul Pierce would have appreciated someone else on the team that could provide some leadership and experience?

Kenny was a solid NBA point guard that was a starter for a Celtics team that overachieved like crazy and made it to the Eastern Conference Finals-and last year he was playing overseas and ready to go in the NBA while the Celtics waffled between mediocrity and "suck". There would have been no bidding war for Kenny's services. He would have been cheap, he would have been effective, and he would have added a veteran presence to a team with EIGHT players under the age of 24 and NO experienced point guards.

Instead of signing a useful veteran, Danny leaves roster spots for dead weight like Pittsnogle, Dwayne Jones, Scalabrine, and now BRIAN GRANT. Why not stick some veterans that have proven themselves to be clutch performers FOR THE CELTICS at the end of the bench instead of players that have no business even playing in the NBA? How can you expect to get solid contributions from "role" players off the bench if they are too young to even know what their "role" is? Sure, Scalabrine has many rolls, but they're the fat ones all over his body.

Yamma hamma. I don't like the fact that the more I read about the Celtics the more irritated I get.