For those who think the Celtics aren't trying hard enough to return to title contention, I am curious to know what you think they should have done this past year, and what they should be doing right now to get there faster.
Right now the griping sounds like unfocused noise. Returning to title contention in the NBA takes a ton of luck, patience, and smart management by a team.
I understand it is frustrating to watch a 28 win team, especially on the heals of an excellent era under the big three and Doc Rivers. And perhaps that's all this is is frustration, from a fanbase spoiled by winning, and spoiled by the all time trade for Kevin Garnett 7 years ago. But, we are probably in for a lot more losing, especially if the Celtics lose Rondo and the opportunity for a quick rebuild by adding a veteran all star to this team.
I am satisfied with what the Celtics are doing. They have 10 draft picks in the next 2 years for crying out loud. Chances are one of those players is gonna be really nice. Plus they have additional picks coming the next 2 years after that. Significant cap room is just a season or 2 away for the first time ever (depending on Rondo). Marcus Smart, Jared Sullinger, and Avery Bradley have the talent to be 4th or 5th men on a contender someday.
Meanwhile the Celtics are letting the overpaid vets go when their contracts are up, and they are not making silly bandaid signings like they did in the past (Barros, Ellison, Knight, Scalabrine, ancient Wilkins, etc.)
They have the right coach in place for a team mostly made up of young 20-somethings.
The only move i can think of is trading Rondo. But what are we really going to get back for him right now when he is still damaged goods and playing the most well stocked position in the NBA? I think the right move is to see if his value can rise by the trade deadline, and all the while see if he really is a fit with this coach, roster, etc.
Go Celtics!
Perfectly put. The acquisitions of Ray Allen and Kevin Garnett were a once-in-a-lifetime move that we will likely never see again (around here, anyway). It also doesn't hurt to have had McHale as the GM in Minnesota, although, iirc, he didn't want to trade KG but was forced to by Glen Taylor.
As for the rest, I think that Ainge could have done a much better job in rebuilding on the fly in addition to what he's done since 2013, but there's nothing we can do about that now. He just doesn't seem to grasp the idea of sustained excellence by continually adding good/great young players to a veteran core to prolong their success, opting for a build-it-up, tear-it-down, build-it-up, tear-it-down philosophy, which is quite frustrating, but this is going to take a long time. We all know that he will trade Rondo at some point, so I really have no idea where he's going, tbh.
Personally, I'd feel a lot better about our club moving forward if we had the Greek Freak instead of KO, somehow parted ways with Jeff Green, and moved Sully for Julius Randle (sorry, but I want Sullinger off the team bc of his domestic violence incident. That's not something that you should ever forget, gloss over, or look past, but that's just me), but we are where we are.
I mean, come on, guys, who wouldn't want a core of Rondo, Bradley, Smart, Young, Giannis, and Randle? I also wish that we could have gotten another 1st rounder this year so that we could get McGary and another guy or two, but again, we are where we are - for better or worse. If it had taken parting ways on draft night with Jeff Green, Bass, Anthony, Bogans, etc. where do I sign?
We'll get there, but this is going to be another crap season, imo. Hopefully, we'll get a big guy in next year's draft, but, in the meantime, and my uncle told me this one today, maybe we should look into signing bigfoot to be our starting center (sarcasm). Talk about a, "rim protector,"
He might be slow, but he can't be any worse than what we didn't have last year lol.
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