The team looked like a lottery squad last year.
But something happened on the way to tanksville.
Team play is a new paradigm for many to comprehend.
The Celtics are rediscovering their legacy and going retro.
This year will be better than last year.
Their "legacy" is to have a bunch of bench players barely making the playoffs in a terrible conference? You do realize that the Celtics have the most HOFers of any franchise right? That most of them were high lotto picks?
He is referring to playing hard, as a team and getting the most out of their talent.
This team is extremely young, and building. Last year they barely made the playoffs, this year they will be better than that and the year after that they will be better than that.
Where's all of the improvement coming from?
Are you expecting huge leaps forward over the next two years from Smart and Young? Are you hoping for Rozier, Hunter, or Mickey to turn into above average starters?
Um....yes.
Put down the rock brother. I have been posting on CB pretty much since Jeff uploaded it. I have posted on RealGM Celtics since Chris Wallace was our GM. Every year fans expect giant leaps from role players and rookies to become stud starters. Never happens. You either have what it takes to be a star in this league or not. Bottom line..
So you were the one running Rondo, Tony Allen, and Perkins out of town after their first year
No because no one expected them to be much more than they were. And all benefited immensely by playing next to three HOFers..
Yeah I too have been here since the site first started... RealGM in the early days. ESPN message boards before that.
Here's a little trivia for you. We have drafted about 40 players since Paul pierce in 1998. Over those 17 years, name all the players who became all-stars.
Tip 1: There is only one name
Tip 2: It's not rajon rondo.
First person to answer correctly gets a TP
Joe Johnson?
Boom. tp, my friend.
It was kind of an easy one, to be honest (I did think that Big Al might have made it a couple of years ago, but, nope, never an All Star).
And, I feel like excluding Rondo is a bit of a technicality. No, we didn't draft him, but when you acquire a guy through a rookie to rookie draft day trade, in effect, it amounts to the same as actually drafting that player.