Yahoo! Sports is reporting that the Boston Celtics have agreed in principle to a one year contract for Shelden Williams.

I find it interesting that Adrian Wojnarowski decided to say that the Celtics “land” Shelden Williams. Really?!? Land is the word you use? I was thinking something along the lines of “begrudgingly sign” or “throw in the towel and sign” Shelden Williams.

Two years ago the Atlanta Hawks made their second worst draft choice of this decade (not counting the Chris Paul pass-up) by drafting Shelden Williams ahead of Brandon Roy (and Rudy Gay). Shelden played sparingly and was an undersized center and timid power forward. He was shipped to the Sacramento Kings (with some other throw-aways) for Mike Bibby and Atlanta never looked back. Shelden barely cracked a young, injury-riddled rotation in Sac-town, and Bibby went on to lead the Hawks to the 4th seed in the East.

So what is in store for Shelden in Boston? Front row seats to one of the most competitive teams in the NBA. I see him getting 8-10 minutes if the Celtics are able to re-sign Big Baby, and maybe upwards of 18 minutes if the Big Baby goes elsewhere. Shelden can still rebound, but not from the C spot. He needs to play power forward and his offense is very limited.

Look, the Landlord was dominate at Duke. But in the NBA, the only property he is managing is the bench.

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