Why are people so anxious for us to get young and suck? I am 41yrs old, I've been through the young and suck phase and I am in no hurry to go there again.
Because we'll have to get young and suck eventually.
Currently we're a team in transition. The supporting cast is largely young, while the essential core is old. We're straddling the fence.
As a result, we have a mediocre, middle of the road team. NBA purgatory. Might get hot and win a 1st round series. Might get killed in the first round by a top seed, or miss the playoffs entirely. The only thing that's certain is we aren't winning a title and we aren't getting a top 10 draft pick.
From that perspective, getting young and sucking sooner rather than later makes sense, unless you want to maintain the current status quo just for the sake of having a team that wins roughly half its games and has a shot at playing 4-6 games in the playoffs.
That viewpoint is valid. Though it doesn't make much sense to me because unlike many fanbases we are lucky enough to not be starved for playoff basketball. We shouldn't need the team to make the playoffs just for the sake of making the playoffs.
Unless you believe in just going down with the ship and seeing Pierce and KG play as many games as possible in Celtics uniforms before retiring, which is valid, too. But reasonable people can disagree on the importance of that.