Right now there's a lot of emotion which is the way it should be- we just lost our best player and franchise guy.
Looking at this long term though, we'd have to assume that Green and Bass are goners too. That will leave us with a line up of:
Smart, Nelson
Bradley, Thornton, Young
Turner, Wallace,
Olynyk, Sully, Crowder
Wright, Zeller
That squad is 4 wins ahead of Detroit right now. If we deal Bass and Green now before this easy stretch of games continues, we don't get more than 6 wins ahead of Detroit or New York and by the end of the season we are below them.
Once Bass and Green are gone we are worse than the Knicks. Far worse. We are also worse than the Pistons and arguably worse than the Wolves.
Mark my words we will be competing for a top 3 pick. It's the entire reason Ainge has moved Rondo now. He could've waited till the trade deadline and gotten the same deal- but he has his sights set on one or two guys in this draft at positions of need.