No way is this a blessing in disguise. And... just because KG is gone doesn't mean we can just "sign another big". It's not that easy.
I'm pretty sure we were going to sign another big anyway...
TP 4 u Scoobydoo. It might be a little early to think about blessings in disguise, but there's certainly nothing wrong with trying to see the upshot in what we've got. I'm pretty sure the Celtics aren't moping around and thinking their season's over.
It's times like these that more or less forces the coaches to explore options they wouldn't under normal circumstances. And sometimes, you find things that work. Why did Scal start when KG was down with the flu, having only played spot minutes? One of the most obvious reasons that i can think of was that it worked last year, when we had to do it.
We'll probably lose a few more games now that KG is out, but season over? Hardly. If we lost every game from here on out, we'd still make the playoffs!
Home court advantage? If we lose it, so be it. You can't just write them off, though. We're not the young team that has to play way above their level/potential to succeed. We are already a championship-level team. If we play up to that, there's no reason why we couldn't take anyone on their home court. Have we proven it this season? No, not really, but come playoff time, there's no way i'm picking the other team just because it's on their court. And so herein lies the "blessing in disguise" of being forced to put our lesser foot forward and still finding ways to win. That can only help us for the stretch run.