Welcome Brandan Wright - 6'10, 35.5 vertical leap, 7'5 wingspan

[greece66]

Will Wright start at center?

That's the paradox of the supporters of the RR deal:
-The new players are bad--> good, it will help us tank + give time to our young players
-The new players are good--> good, it will make us a better team
I do not see any logic in this, just a collection of ad hoc arguments, to retrospectively justify a deal.  TBH, the players we got are bad. I would not like to see any of them as a starter.
The deal might be justified as 'the best possible scenario' assuming RR was going to leave anyway in the summer. What we got: Below average players whose names will be erased from our memory in a couple of years, MORE drafts picks, and a trade exception.
I would rather have kept RR until the end of the season and try to make it to the playoffs. At least the fans would have some fun.

[SHAQATTACK]

I need a drink after this.  Anybody wants to join me?

I need an Aspirin.

This really gave me a headache due to possibly high blood pressure.

I'm with you.....I got a headache as well.....anxiety .....ugh

I

[SHAQATTACK]

Will Wright start at center?

That's the paradox of the supporters of the RR deal:
-The new players are bad--> good, it will help us tank + give time to our young players
-The new players are good--> good, it will make us a better team
I do not see any logic in this, just a collection of ad hoc arguments, to retrospectively justify a deal.  TBH, the players we got are bad. I would not like to see any of them as a starter.
The deal might be justified as 'the best possible scenario' assuming RR was going to leave anyway in the summer. What we got: Below average players whose names will be erased from our memory in a couple of years, MORE drafts picks, and a trade exception.
I would rather have kept RR until the end of the season and try to make it to the playoffs. At least the fans would have some fun.

That's summed it up pretty good .....

A lot of excuses on both sides ...for taking a awful deal.

 

[Yoki_IsTheName]

I hope we resign him at the end of the year.
Love this trade.

NO!

He's a bench dude. You love this trade because you hate Rondo. You and triboy. Everybody who's sane thinks this is a stupid trade and a stupid return.

Wright is nothing more than an energy guy off the bench. And we two players who's practically useless and a pick which is also practically useless.

I can hardly wait to see us play.
We are going to be a better team.

How? by adding another PF in the mix. We will be the same team. But with less star power.

We are a better team without Rondo and with a rim protector.

A rim protector? A RIM PROTECTOR!? Are you serious?

You do realize that Brandan Wright plays against 2nd units right? 1.6 blocks and he's a RIM PROTECTOR?

He's thin, lanky and can't play Center. Just because he averages 1.6 blocks doesnt make him a rim protector.

do you have to be like this?? 

Go to the "fire Danny" thread and rant there. 

We needed a rim protector and Danny finally got  a guy that can provide that

Danny provided energy off the bench. Wright is NOT a rim protector. Calling him a rim protector is like calling Kosta Koufos a rim protector.

I'm not going to the Fire Danny thread, I need to see how Marcus Smart turns out first. Im riled up at the fact that people (like you) are pumping up Brandan Wright as a great return when really, he isnt.

We could have traded #9 for the corpse of Walter Brown, and Rondo haters would have found a way to call it an upgrade.

just calm down and enjoy Wright's dunk on Griffin below

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPCv8RkVE2Q

Sure.

In the meantime, I'll enjoy what we could have had with Rondo if Danny used our assets and surrounded him with better players than giving him away for a guy who NEVER played 20+ minutes a game in his career.

I think I'll have a much better experience thinking about it than accepting that all we get for Rajon Rondo is a bench player.

Your not being realistic. YOU ARE NOT BEING REALISTIC.  I posted before that no team is going to trade Davis, Thompson to us. We could give these teams 3 1st round picks, Sully, KO etc. They will just laugh. FA's like Durant and Aldrige are not coming here also.

So how are you going to surround Rondo with talent to mask his deficiencies??  Or become a contender?

2008 magic only happens like once in a lifetime

We have so many assets, we may not get AD or Klay, but we could get a combination of Monroe Taj Gibson and/or some starter quality players and they will help us to be close, if not, to contention WITH Rondo.

And you're the one who saying Brandan Wright is a rim protector when in his ENTIRE CAREER he wasn't. Who's being unrealistic here?

can you check out his stats . He has multiple 3 shot block games this season. Almost every game he has at least 1 or 2.    He will alter your shot , which is something that doesn't come up in the stats department.   Guys like Harden can try driving in but will meet the "helicopter" now. Not sully or KO

Also getting a guy like Gibson does nothing for the Celts.   

Getting rid of KO, Sully our 1st for Gibson + pair him with Rondo to get where??  Then if Rondo walks, then what?

Think long term

And Brandan Wright and a pick in the mid 20's will do what for us in long term? Brandan Wright plays with the second unit. If he's that good, they wouldnt need Tyson Chandler.

Also, Chris Kaman and Kosta Koufos also had multiple games with 2-3 blocks, guess they're rim protectors too. Heck, I'd take them over Wright because they have legitimate size.

Gibson could just be a start. We have tons of picks and expirings. A core of Rondo, Gibson, Monroe, Green and Smart would be a Playoff team. A few more tinker and that would contend.

What do you get for Brandan Wright and a late first pick?  Tell me?

evidently rajon rondo.

guess we finally know rondo's market value now.

I meant that looking in the long term, like triboy sais. Long term, what does Wright and a late first give us?

(English is my second language, sometimes I fail to construct a meaningful sentence)

[Tr1boy]

Anybody else remember this block?   Clutch

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nv_5c0-Spk

[Chris22]

Good job, Danny!

This deal will make us a better team in the long run.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Good job, Danny!

This deal will make us a better team in the long run.

Please tell me how?

[Eja117]

Good job, Danny!

This deal will make us a better team in the long run.

How on Earth will this deal ever make us better?

[jpotter33]

Will Wright start at center?

That's the paradox of the supporters of the RR deal:
-The new players are bad--> good, it will help us tank + give time to our young players
-The new players are good--> good, it will make us a better team
I do not see any logic in this, just a collection of ad hoc arguments, to retrospectively justify a deal.  TBH, the players we got are bad. I would not like to see any of them as a starter.
The deal might be justified as 'the best possible scenario' assuming RR was going to leave anyway in the summer. What we got: Below average players whose names will be erased from our memory in a couple of years, MORE drafts picks, and a trade exception.
I would rather have kept RR until the end of the season and try to make it to the playoffs. At least the fans would have some fun.

That's what you get when objectivity isn't a priority 

[Chris22]

Good job, Danny!

This deal will make us a better team in the long run.

Please tell me how?

$12.9 million dollar trade exception.
Athletic big man.
First round draft pick.
No money wasted on washed up Rondo.

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Good job, Danny!

This deal will make us a better team in the long run.

How on Earth will this deal ever make us better?

That's two people asking you now.

I'm really eager to see this. I need to know how this makes us better. I need to know, that way I can move on from what me and a lot of people think is a horrendous deal.

You gotta help me, man. Tell me how?

[Eja117]

Good job, Danny!

This deal will make us a better team in the long run.

Please tell me how?

$12.9 million dollar trade exception.
Athletic big man.
First round draft pick.
No money wasted on washed up Rondo.

Did you just call one of the "players" we got in this trade "athletic"? Did you just call a string bean (Wright) "big"?
Did you just call the leading assist man and best rebounding pg in the game "washed up"?
Do you value picks in the 20s?

[Yoki_IsTheName]

Good job, Danny!

This deal will make us a better team in the long run.

Please tell me how?

$12.9 million dollar trade exception.
Athletic big man.
First round draft pick.
No money wasted on washed up Rondo.

1.) Who do we get on that trade exception?
2.) Athletic big man? We could have signed an athletic big man in the D-League without giving up Rondo.
3.) Which would be close to 25-30 range. Pretty much a second rounder.
4.) Leading the league in assists on a team with mediocre talent. Is that how you describe washed up?

[Chris22]

Good job, Danny!

This deal will make us a better team in the long run.

Please tell me how?

$12.9 million dollar trade exception.
Athletic big man.
First round draft pick.
No money wasted on washed up Rondo.

Did you just call one of the "players" we got in this trade "athletic"? Did you just call a string bean (Wright) "big"?
Did you just call the leading assist man and best rebounding pg in the game "washed up"?
Do you value picks in the 20s?

Yes.
Rondo sucks....especially in the fourth quarter.

[Mazingerz]

Good job, Danny!

This deal will make us a better team in the long run.

Please tell me how?

$12.9 million dollar trade exception.
Athletic big man.
First round draft pick.
No money wasted on washed up Rondo.

Did you just call one of the "players" we got in this trade "athletic"? Did you just call a string bean (Wright) "big"?
Did you just call the leading assist man and best rebounding pg in the game "washed up"?
Do you value picks in the 20s?

Chris22 really has been a trade-rondo fanatic eversince he came to the board; He must be soiling his pants right now in glee now that his fantasies came true;