"Celtics Core Players Are Absolutely Not Available" - Windhorst

[Celtics4ever]

Call me crazy, but I don't think Windhorst has connections in Boston.   He is right on this one, I think but even a broken clock is right twice a day.   Why would Ainge talk to the Mouth of LeBron?

[Jvalin]

We are a great team for the regular season. I'm not so sure we have what it takes to beat the elite teams come playoff time.

Kemba is at his best when playing at a fast pace. That's not the way to win in the playoffs. Not to mention, he's just 6 feet tall. I bet he'll have problems finishing over taller opponents in the clutch. Last night's game @ the Clips (an elite team) was a perfect example of that. I mean, Brad Wanamaker was more efficient than Kemba in the clutch.

Our main opponents in the East are the Bucks and the Sixers. As things stand right now, we have no one to defend Giannis, BroLo, Embiid and Horford. Call me a pessimist, but it's highly unlikely that we make a deep playoff run with Theis as our starting center.

If Danny believes that we are 1 season away, I'm perfectly happy with our current roster. There's no need to break up our 5-man core. But if he believes that this team might be ready to contend, we gotta trade for a starting caliber center.

Personally speaking, I love Smart's game. He's our best defender and our best passer. That's a pretty rare combo right there! Having said that, if I could somehow flip him for a guy like Myles Turner, I'd probably pull the trigger.

Kemba - Brown - Tatum - Hayward - Turner

That would be a far more balanced team than the one that we have now.

[slamtheking]

We are a great team for the regular season. I'm not so sure we have what it takes to beat the elite teams come playoff time.

Kemba is at his best when playing at a fast pace. That's not the way to win in the playoffs. Not to mention, he's just 6 feet tall. I bet he'll have problems finishing over taller opponents in the clutch. Last night's game @ the Clips (an elite team) was a perfect example of that. I mean, Brad Wanamaker was more efficient than Kemba in the clutch.

Our main opponents in the East are the Bucks and the Sixers. As things stand right now, we have no one to defend Giannis, BroLo, Embiid and Horford. Call me a pessimist, but it's highly unlikely that we make a deep playoff run with Theis as our starting center.

If Danny believes that we are 1 season away, I'm perfectly happy with our current roster. There's no need to break up our 5-man core. But if he believes that this team might be ready to contend, we gotta trade for a starting caliber center.

Personally speaking, I love Smart's game. He's our best defender and our best passer. That's a pretty rare combo right there! Having said that, if I could somehow flip him for a guy like Myles Turner, I'd probably pull the trigger.

Kemba - Brown - Tatum - Hayward - Turner

That would be a far more balanced team than the one that we have now.

While I'd like a better center I'm not breaking up the core 5 to get one.   I want to see how a fully healthy roster takes on the cream of the crop in the NBA before hitting any panic buttons.

[gouki88]

We are a great team for the regular season. I'm not so sure we have what it takes to beat the elite teams come playoff time.

Kemba is at his best when playing at a fast pace. That's not the way to win in the playoffs. Not to mention, he's just 6 feet tall. I bet he'll have problems finishing over taller opponents in the clutch. Last night's game @ the Clips (an elite team) was a perfect example of that. I mean, Brad Wanamaker was more efficient than Kemba in the clutch.

Our main opponents in the East are the Bucks and the Sixers. As things stand right now, we have no one to defend Giannis, BroLo, Embiid and Horford. Call me a pessimist, but it's highly unlikely that we make a deep playoff run with Theis as our starting center.

If Danny believes that we are 1 season away, I'm perfectly happy with our current roster. There's no need to break up our 5-man core. But if he believes that this team might be ready to contend, we gotta trade for a starting caliber center.

Personally speaking, I love Smart's game. He's our best defender and our best passer. That's a pretty rare combo right there! Having said that, if I could somehow flip him for a guy like Myles Turner, I'd probably pull the trigger.

Kemba - Brown - Tatum - Hayward - Turner

That would be a far more balanced team than the one that we have now.

I really don't get how you can try and draw conclusions from a game against the Clippers when we were missing arguably our best all-round offensive player (this season). Seems like a knee-jerk kind of move, given that for the most part this squad has been down a starting wing.

[Moranis]

We are a great team for the regular season. I'm not so sure we have what it takes to beat the elite teams come playoff time.

Kemba is at his best when playing at a fast pace. That's not the way to win in the playoffs. Not to mention, he's just 6 feet tall. I bet he'll have problems finishing over taller opponents in the clutch. Last night's game @ the Clips (an elite team) was a perfect example of that. I mean, Brad Wanamaker was more efficient than Kemba in the clutch.

Our main opponents in the East are the Bucks and the Sixers. As things stand right now, we have no one to defend Giannis, BroLo, Embiid and Horford. Call me a pessimist, but it's highly unlikely that we make a deep playoff run with Theis as our starting center.

If Danny believes that we are 1 season away, I'm perfectly happy with our current roster. There's no need to break up our 5-man core. But if he believes that this team might be ready to contend, we gotta trade for a starting caliber center.

Personally speaking, I love Smart's game. He's our best defender and our best passer. That's a pretty rare combo right there! Having said that, if I could somehow flip him for a guy like Myles Turner, I'd probably pull the trigger.

Kemba - Brown - Tatum - Hayward - Turner

That would be a far more balanced team than the one that we have now.

I really don't get how you can try and draw conclusions from a game against the Clippers when we were missing arguably our best all-round offensive player (this season). Seems like a knee-jerk kind of move, given that for the most part this squad has been down a starting wing.

He didn't.  He used the 1 game to support the conclusion he had already reached.  Not the same thing.

[Jvalin]

We are a great team for the regular season. I'm not so sure we have what it takes to beat the elite teams come playoff time.

Kemba is at his best when playing at a fast pace. That's not the way to win in the playoffs. Not to mention, he's just 6 feet tall. I bet he'll have problems finishing over taller opponents in the clutch. Last night's game @ the Clips (an elite team) was a perfect example of that. I mean, Brad Wanamaker was more efficient than Kemba in the clutch.

Our main opponents in the East are the Bucks and the Sixers. As things stand right now, we have no one to defend Giannis, BroLo, Embiid and Horford. Call me a pessimist, but it's highly unlikely that we make a deep playoff run with Theis as our starting center.

If Danny believes that we are 1 season away, I'm perfectly happy with our current roster. There's no need to break up our 5-man core. But if he believes that this team might be ready to contend, we gotta trade for a starting caliber center.

Personally speaking, I love Smart's game. He's our best defender and our best passer. That's a pretty rare combo right there! Having said that, if I could somehow flip him for a guy like Myles Turner, I'd probably pull the trigger.

Kemba - Brown - Tatum - Hayward - Turner

That would be a far more balanced team than the one that we have now.

I really don't get how you can try and draw conclusions from a game against the Clippers when we were missing arguably our best all-round offensive player (this season). Seems like a knee-jerk kind of move, given that for the most part this squad has been down a starting wing.

All I said with regards to the Clips game was that imo Kemba is not a closer. Do we need Hayward back in order to conclude that Kemba is undersized and he's at his best when running at full speed? Cause that's all I said about the Clips game.