Thomas won't be moved. He's the face of the franchise.
I would move any of the others in the appropriate deal, including Crowder, and including the results of what looks more and more like a very questionable draft last summer.
It will be absolutely inexcusable for Ainge to fail to add proven professional scorers to this roster. Absolutely inexcusable.
I'm sorry. But didn't you want us to blow this team up? That would include Thomas...
You do realize, right, that major changes don't include moving every single player - which has never been said in this tortured semantic discussion with you. You just arrived at that conclusion on your own.
To wit: The New York Football Giants are said to have "blown their team up" yet Eli Manning remains. I guess someone at the NFL Network understands the term, even if you don't. Perhaps I should have this discussion with them.
Any reasonable, basketball-knowledgable person would consider moving a half-dozen players as "blowing a team up." We certainly have that many we can spare in the off-season.
But don't let me interrupt your fantasies.
In my opinion, the point of blowing up a team would be to rebuild around young talent.
Isaiah isn't exactly young, he's, what, gonna be 28 soon? He's at peak value right now. Probably won't be an all star again next season or ever again. If one was to blow up a team, you'd likely cash in on Isaiah while you could.
Which is why I wouldn't move smart or other young guys if I was gonna blow up my team.
But, I see we have differing opinions on practically everything Celtics related. And since there can be no right answer when it comes to opinions, I will not interrupt your fantasies (just as you don't wanna interrupt mine).
(FYI: my fantasies don't include blowing up this team).
Sigh.
This team is plenty young enough. Youth has nothing to do with what this team needs, despite the bizarre obsession of some on this board with the draft and constantly getting younger. If anything, it's a problem.
And - again - this team needs shooters. In quantity. It has plenty of bricklayers. In quantity. Including Marcus Smart, who I would not hesitate to move to acquire a proven professional scorer. Smart is simply never going to adequately score the basketball, and I can find adequate defenders to patch the gap he leaves there, especially those who haven't earned the wrath of officials with their hotheaded play.
As pointed out in other threads, this team has a small core - Thomas, because he is the face of the franchise; and perhaps Crowder, although I cringe if the rumors are true about including him in a Jimmy Butler deal at the deadline. Others would include Smart; I vehemently disagree with that.
Beyond that, every single player on this roster should be on the table going into the summer.
Doesn't mean you move all of them. Means you acknowledge the failure of the 2014 and 2015 drafts by admitting the volume of players you move would be large.
This team has been exposed in six quarters of putrid offensive basketball in the playoffs against a team that frankly isn't that good.
Ainge has to affect substantial change this summer. Failing to do so sends a message to your customers, the ticket holders, that you're OK with the current level of play. That can and should weigh heavily on any decisions whether to spend money with the Boston Celtics.
It is time.
This is my last word on the subject. This discussion bores me.
I will close with this: Your definition of "blowing a team up" is inconsistent with every person I've coached with, coached under or known in the game of basketball. You now know mine, whether you accept it or not is no further concern.
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