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Put all those “Shaqtin A Fool” parties on hold for now.
According to Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald, big man JaVale McGee will not be coming to Boston after all. Bulpett reported Thursday afternoon that his representative and the
Celtics could not come to an agreement on a contract.
As a result, McGee remains a free agent center available for any team to scoop him up.
Earlier Thursday, Jeff Goodman of ESPN reported the
Celtics and McGee
were all but set on a deal that would land him in Boston as the
Celtics try to make a stretch run for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Danny Ainge confirmed that report on the team’s flagship station before Bulpett’s report Thursday that the deal fell through.
The 7-foot, 270-pound center started this season, his seventh in the NBA, with the Nuggets. On trade deadline day, Feb. 19, he was sent packing, along with the rights to Chukwudiebere Maduabum and a 2015 first-round pick to Philadelphia, where he was waived on March 1 after appearing in just six games.
McGee, still just 27, has shown glimpses over his career of being a dominating offensive big man. In the 2012 playoffs, which was his first playoff appearance in his career, McGee scored 21 points in Game 5 of a first-round series against the Lakers. McGee’s numbers were up and down throughout the series, including Game 7, when he scored just six points on 1-for-7 shooting in 32 minutes. But on July 18, 2012, McGee re-signed with the Nuggets on a four-year, $44 million contract, which included a $12 million salary for 2015-16.
It’s likely the McGee wanted a guaranteed option for next season after the Sixers waived him and the
Celtics would not approach the $12 million McGee was originally scheduled to make.
McGee’s 2013’14 season was ended on Feb. 20, 2014 when he underwent surgery to repair a stress fracture in his left tibia, initially injured at the start of the 2013-14 season.
