Please explain to me how Blog members can simply (theoretically) shop our players around like they mean nothing - just means to an end.
A lot of our current players strike me as being very happy about being a member of the Boston Celtics. They speak well of the organization and seem to embrace the tradition. Reference Marcus Smart's comments about KG's remote pre-game 3 pep-talk about what it means to be a Celtic. Avery Bradley has done nothing but work hard and improve since he was drafted - yet his name comes up regularly in Forum trade discussions.
I love the chemistry and pride of our core players - Bradley, Thomas, Smart, Crowder, Horford, Brown, Rozier. Add the '17 & '18 Nets picks plus the two Euro Bigs we have stashed. Anyone else I can let go of in a trade + one or two FA and we keep our core happy and loyal and continue to build a long-term title contender.
One other thing - concentrate additions to the team on big, bigger and biggest. Mean, snarly post guys who rebound like wild dogs, play interior defense and do some scoring - that and one solid spot-up shooter. For all our 3-point attempts, we really don't have a reliable perimeter guy to, uh, rely on.