Next season is going to be a sequel to last season. Probably not quite as fun. The shine will come off the scrappy team of role players. But it'll feel like more of the same.
A revolving door of role players getting 20-25 minutes a night. Nobody you can get too excited about. But a respectable team that plays some good basketball now and then.
Danny will try to make something happen at the deadline.
Then we'll be right back here a year from now trying to turn multiple lower picks into a higher pick and attempting to cajole free agents into coming here, or hoping that a star player decides he wants out and the Celts can convince that team to take a platter of assets for him.
ha, ha...agreed, but i also have a fair degree of uncertainty on how the team will fair next season. think back to the day after rondo and green were out the door. if someone had asked (and they did) how are the celtics going to do for the rest of the season, i know MY answer would be something along the lines of "sucky suckitude."
they were a bad team that had just jettisoned their only quality players and purchased tickets for the lottery express, coach class. the season was over.
i.
was.
wrong.
never in a million years would have i predicted the season finish that happened. every point of analysis i deploy was shot to pieces. (how did yours do?) thank you CBS for exposing my limits as a basketball expert.
so, long ramble short, i understand your viewpoint and intellectually find myself agreeing with it. BUT, because of that [dang]ed CBS-factor i honestly have NO idea how this team will do this season.
it may take a step back and lose more games, no surprise.
it may make it to the third round of the playoffs after winning the division, no surprise either.
with johnson on board, youngsters getting better, rozier maybe making an impact, and potential improvements through trades i really cannot predict for this team....which is sort of fun.