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Why did Celtics waive Kris Joseph, Jarvis Varnado? 01.06.13 at 9:29 pm ET
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Kris Joseph

The Celtics waived rookie forwards Kris Joseph and Jarvis Varnado on Sunday. But why?

The C’s second-round draft pick, Joseph appeared in mostly garbage time of six games for the Celtics, but he averaged 17.7 points, 2.9 rebounds and 1.7 assists in 10 games for the Red Claws in the NBA Development League, so this transaction comes as a surprise.

Meanwhile, Varnado averaged just 1.2 points in 4.0 minutes over five appearances after signing from the D-League on Christmas Eve, and Fab Melo‘s emergence may have made him expendable.

The moves give the Celtics flexibility in two arenas:

1) Both Joseph and Varnado were playing on non-guaranteed contracts, and their waivers come prior to Monday’s 5 p.m. deadline to cut such players. After signing Jason Terry to the mid-level exception, the Celtics are forced to adhere to the NBA’s $74.3 million hard cap. These moves save the Celtics a few hundred thousand dollars, which doesn’t sound like much, but it opens the possibility of adding a veteran minimum talent like Kenyon Martin down the road.

2) The departures of Joseph and Varnado free up the team’s final two roster spots. Considering Danny Ainge‘s rumored interest in just about every big on the market, including DeMarcus Cousins and Marcin Gortat, the Celtics could take on additional players or slightly more dollars in a potential trade.

Either way, those roster spots won’t remain empty until June.

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  • Francona curse

    Forget Bard the offense stunk up the joint. Gonzo has not had a key hit to date. He should be mashing the ball with all the hoopla before he arrive after his history in the big ballpark in SD.

    He has seen the AL pitchers.

    • Fab4ever

      Are we seeing Gonzo 2011 Redux?

    • Fenian

      so true about the offense…but look who was playing..Punto…MacDonald…that is two guaranteed outs..

  • moveforward

    The bottom line is that the manager and the team wanted him to have a chance to win or lose his first positive start on his own  It is all a learning experience at this point with his new role and stamina. Next time I hope they know when he has completely lost it earlier in the inning. Most notably with the number 9 hitter and another trip around the top of the batting order after the walk.

  • Sox Suk!!! Yeah BABY!!!

    Fkn BEAUTIFUL!!! !0 games in, and the season is already….O-V-E-R!!!! I Love IT!!! Oh man…I knew the hiring of Bobby the Bozo Valentine was gonna DOOM this season. Look what’s already going on with Valentine and Youk and Pedi. That’s just the begining. LMAO!!! Somewhere, one Theo Epstein is pissin his pants with laughter. Ahahhaaaaaa!!! SOX SUK SOX SUK SOX SUK!!!!

  • Curt Schilling

    This team sucks. They’re a heartless bunch of ball bags. And the manager…what a complete BAFOON. I won’t say who I am, but I told everyone Valentine was the wrong hire. In short…HE SUCKS!!!

    • Rilawman

      Why is it when they win three straight against a team that embarassed the skankees we don’t hear a thing.  Yet when they lose a great game when their #5 gives up one run we have to hear nonsense from tools like that.  I’ll try to educate you a little because as we all know most yankee fans are stupid.
      They won 3-4 from Tampa, scoring 31 runs in 3 games (not too bad).  They lost a pitching duel with #5 who pitched as well as any sox strater all year.  Not to mention it was only his second start of his caeer.
      They have a manager who will holds players accountable for their play which is something they lacked last year.  We all complained that Francona did was a major factor in last years collapse.  I was at the game and was embarassed by the booing from a bunch of pink hats who want players cottled.  Bard gave up 0 runs and Vanlentine wanted to see how he would react when he got into trouble.  He showed confidence in Bard and gave him a shot and it didn’t work.  At that point bring in the left hander (thomas who got hammered his first appearance) to face Longoria?
      As far as Epstein is concerned, the sox had to go bargain basement shopping because of all the ridiculous contracts Epstien gave out, like Lackey, Crawford, Dice K. 
      Get a clue then post, moron!!! 

      • Ralph Godiak

        There was no need to lose this game.  Bard’s mistakes aside, and Valentine’s for that matter Tampa Bay was a sitting duck for a sweep, sitting around waiting to lose but home plate umpire Vanover won it for them. 

  • otis

    vikings 0-16 in 2012-13

  • jj

    the giants should not be #3. another lucky run after not making the playoffs for 3 years. what a joke and a fix.

  • Patsox

    Doesn’t matter. As long as we are ahead in the Superbowl with 0:00 left.

  • http://profile.yahoo.com/4X3LTQYKVZJKDAS2LLKSJ7ABLQ jack theungry

    Steelers seem too high for a team that totally fizzled out last year.

  • RobDX

    As much as I love these Zarbano, I only read the top 5 because after that, pre camp power rankings are just pure conjecture.

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