David Lee is an old-school 80's player...would have fit well on our 2008 team also.
I've been on board with Lee since we brought him in. I didn't get why people were so negative about the move. Seemed to me, he was instantly the best player on the team.
Years ago when he was in New York I use to say, "If David Lee played in Boston, homers would be comparing him to Dave Cowens within a week"... He might be too old at this point to get that comparison, but I'm still semi expecting to see someone make it.
Wow. Alarming that you gave credit to or support anyone Celtics
It's a misconception that I'm auto-neg on everything Celtic-related. I'm admitted pessimistic and play along, but I think I slant more towards realism than pure negativity. Problem is, since about 2010 there hasn't been a ton to be super positive about around here. Team took an extended slide into irrelevance and we've yet to really acquire anyone who could possibly be considered a star. Marcus Smart is the only guy you could realistically hope to have star potential and I'm still skeptical he'll get there.
But the David Lee thing, in terms of pure talent addition, was a clear win. It's not like he lost the ability to play basketball. He's a poor man's Kevin Love and we got him for just about nothing. He'll be garbage defensively, but he'll score buckets and get some boards. I was fine with it.
I've also consistently praised Danny Ainge and Brad Stevens for for the work they are doing here. Don't misinterpret my acknowledgement of our lack of starting talent as general dislike for the Celtics. We have an elite coach and easily a top 5 org/management/ownership group. Superstars aren't falling out of the sky, but I really don't have any complaints about how Ainge is running this thing. We just need some lucky breaks either by stars becoming available or lucking out in the draft.