Last night's game was basically a microcosm of the season. There was poor defensive play by the front court players outside of kg, terrible perimeter defense by the guard, and core players under performing. With all that, too me the real problem is Docs coaching. I have always questioned Doc's status as an elite coach. He does not adapt to the strengths of the players on his roster. This year's bench is flawed because of the lack of a quality big man, but Doc is not getting the most of the talent he has. Green, Lee, Terry, and Barbosa are all either being misused or not used enough. They brought Terry in to be another player that could be used in the pic n roll, but they rarely use him that way. Instead, they have him running off Ray Allen screens mostly. Barbosa may be the most versatile scorer of the bench, but he either doesn't play or they force him to be the primary ball handler in an offense he doesn't know. Why not let Terry or Lee be the primary ball handlers when he is in, or play him more with Rondo.
Additionally, i think the fact that doc sticks to his minute limits so strictly that it makes the team to predictable and it often times kills momentum. Based on this, I don't know if any trade Danny makes will be effective. The team has talent now, but they are not being used properly. Another example of doc under utilizing a player was darko. Darko was flawed, but he was a talented big that should have gotten more than 1 opportunity to play. Why not try to play darko with kg instead of putting him out there with rookies and other bench players who don't know the schemes.