Gambler/Risk Taker Poll

[rutzan]

This is 100% Subjective and 0% Objective

01 - Low Risk
10 - High Risk

Rate the Following:

1) The Trade
2) Danny as GM
3) You as GM

[sofutomygaha]

FUN I think the trade is super low risk. I give it a three. I think Ainge is a good risk taker, I give him an 8. I traded Demarcus Cousins for Kenneth Faried in the celticsblog mock, so considering how much is on the line there I'm about an eleventy.

[timobusa]

You should make an actual poll! I like this idea though

[Quetzalcoatl]

This is 100% Subjective and 0% Objective

01 - Low Risk
10 - High Risk

Rate the Following:

1) The Trade
2) Danny as GM
3) You as GM

What does risk even mean in this case?  For me, as a Celtics fan, I believe that winning a championship is the main reason to play and if you aren't doing that, then you need to do whatever it takes to get closer.

That is why I feel that the trade is like a 15% risk at most, since there is a very low risk of actually winning the title with KG and Pierce on our roster moving forward.  In my mind, the only thing to risk is that the move we just made would somehow cost us the 2014 or 2015 title. 

Even if we added Smith somehow, I still don't think we would be a threat next year and after that it would be exponentially less likely.  The low chance that we get Wiggins and one of the Nets picks ends up being a top 3 player is pretty low, but it's in play and if it happens we would be at least where OKC is, especially if we can keep Rondo and Sully.

Danny as a GM in general is like a 50%.  He swings for the fences a lot but I think he has kept his averages pretty decent.  He's gotten some nice pieces in weird places - think the move to get Rondo from the Suns or giving Green that contract he has now.  Both are great moves.

I am pretty risk averse in general, I'm probably like a 30%er.