I feel the grace period for banner 17 is over. The ownership should start to think about moving on from Danny Ainge. Recently his draft record has not yielded any all star level talent. There has not been any major free agent signings, and of course the reputation of always shopping players has to hurt recruiting. The trading of Rondo has to be that last straw. The goal is to add stars and hopefully have three. When you have one it is much easier to get two then to start all over again. I feel its time to start over again in the front office for the good of the franchise?
You lost me on a number of points
"Recently his draft record has not yielded any all star level talent"
how many teams drafting where the Cs have in the past 5 years have landed stars?
"There has not been any major free agent signings"
The post big 3 era has yet to yield the cap space to sign anyone of note, Ainge can't just clear the cap without selling on current assets which makes little sense.
"of course the reputation of always shopping players has to hurt recruiting"
How can this be true if he hasnt really recruited anyone? D West is the only player I can think of who was activly recruited and missed out on and this was due to window of contention not player movement.
"he trading of Rondo has to be that last straw."
Rondo was reportedly looking else where (says Perk). Him staying would have come down to the celtics over paying him. Im glad he did not.
I agree with you that it is easier to land a star if you have a star but that is not all that it takes. The Cs tried for love and it didn't happen. There are no other obvious option on the horizon that warrant keeping Rondo to recruit.