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Are We Completely Sold on Glen Davis?

 
Maybe I'm just trying to direct the focus away from Rajon Rondo for the first time in what seems like months. Perhaps I'm just in a Glen Davis-type of mood lately. Or maybe, I'm not entirely convinced that he's the player we need to sign in order to win a championship next season. Call me a pundit, a blogger, a reporter, or whatever, but it's essentially my job to raise these questions and answer them in my own way as best I can. The more I thought about this one earlier, the more I began to question it. Is Glen Davis the ideal free agent for the Boston Celtics? Is he the guy we really, really want? Is he worth us shelling out a hefty portion of our mid-level exception in order to re-obtain his services? Let's try and look into the future a little bit here. If we do sign Davis, he will, without a doubt, be pushed back to the pine next season. While we wouldn't consider it a demotion, simply because of Kevin Garnett's return to health and the starting lineup, would we consider it the best place ... (link)

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