It also seems like teams look at Boston's assets and demand a higher price for their players than they do of other teams, assuming Boston will overpay just because they have to asset. Good on Ainge for being patient and waiting for a good deal.
TP .....I wondered the same thing .....seems like they ask twice of Boston as of other teams. i thought maybe it was just me...LOL
I've wondered this too. There may be something to that, not necessarily because it is boston, but because if a team has the 7th pick and 2 young guys, and that team says "we will give you our 7th pick and our 2 young guys" that sounds more "fair" than a team with the 3rd pick, 2-3 youngish guys and some solid youngish vets on good contracts and a boatload of future picks saying "we'll give you 1-2 guys and 1 pick" even if the packages are "equivalent." I also, however, do acknowledge that it "feels" this way as a Boston fan because we (I) can overrate our own assets and look down on other teams' assets.
I mean, to be fair, I would have still found intrigue with pick #7 in this draft. And to be fair, if we had a guy that had played just 3 seasons, was 22, and came off back to back seasons of >.450 FG%, >.380 3pt %, >.79 FT%, and threw up a 19/3/3.4, we'd be pretty excited about that guy.
And, of course, we don't know what Ainge and CBS know about Griffin, Hayward.