It's Groundhog Day, Edge of Tomorrow Celtic style:
No major trades at trade deadline
Team plays inspired ball last part of season, makes playoffs
Team gets first round boot
Draft is bust, regardless of where we pick
Best free agents have no interest in Boston
trade fireworks fizzle again
C's hype whatever draft picks they made bigtime
Next season starts with high hopes of big trades at trade deadline
Rookies ride bench or rot in DLeague
No major trades at deadline
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That's some world class pessimism!
Hey, it's just the reality of what has transpired here. Like Mahonedog88 mentioned, we've heard the "fireworks" talk for two plus years now, and.........zip! When was our last "huge" trade? Our last "huge" FA signing? Our last "huge" draft pick? We keep hearing " Wait til this, wait til that, but nothing ever happens!
Danny has scared off all the GM's in the league for fear of being abused in deals. We've not really ever had a boatload of cash to sign FA's with, and now that we will, EVERBODY will cause of the new salary cap coming. And where once all draft picks were really valuable, now teams only want the top two or three in trades, and of course we now have umpteen picks that nobody really wants. Heck we couldn't even move up a few spots in the draft last year for four first round draft picks! We're just stuck in this bad loop with no way out. Call it what you want--pessimism is one, but it is what it is!