We play every game close, down to the wire, lose by small margins.
This will accomplish 3 important attributes.
1) Increase the drive of our players to grow each's inidvidual game. Improvements in each's individual game will get us over that hump and next future years, our guys will be winning the small margin games, not losing them. (All season long, we have been losing leads and losing close games, but that will change.)
2) With competative losses and each player honing his talents & craft, all will improve attention from other teams for potential trades.
3) The losses will improve our draft positioning. With improved draft positioning, this is another part for Ainge to use in future trades if and when one occurs.