This team is entertaining yes but close to building a contender we are not. If we make the playoffs great, if not great. We already know the draft isn't lucky to us so there's no point in tanking. Besides there's no guarantee in the lottery. How many #1-5 picks turned out to be Superstars??
As for our current roster, there isn't much to get excited about. Not sure why everyone is so high on AB? The past 2 season people wanted him out of here because he's a deer in headlights. He still is, the only difference now is that we suck so someone needs to score. AB is too undersized to play SG and can't handle the pressure. We need a knockdown shooter who's deadly and can play tenacious defense. He is not that!! Thomas is a good backup PG, again too small to be an everyday starter. KO isn't developing and I feel is a waste of time. We have no dominant scorer, no big man and no bench. Yes we are playing better but that's mostly because Thomas needs to score a lot for us to do so.
Since I am not Ainge I know my thoughts don't matter but I figured I'd share them anyways.
Players I would keep:
Thomas as a back up PG
Smart, not sure if he would be a better SG or PG, I am in NY so I don't get to see them play
Bass, veteran leadership, bench player
Turner, back up SF
The rest I would trade away for a starting line up, lol