So we are not contenders anymore,right?

[Vermont Green]

First, I am going to define "contender" as a team projected win their division and win no less than 2 rounds in the playoffs.

Based on that, I think to be a contender, we will need to trade Rondo and get back value including (or otherwise acquire) a PG with more scoring.  We could not score at the end of close games.  We are too easy to defend in that situation with Rondo on the court and West is a back-up, not a crunch time contributor.

Two other solutions would be Rondo comes back next year able to shoot or Bradley experiences off the chart development pace.  I don't put the likelihood of either of these very high.

  Better offense from the center spot would accomplish the same thing, or possibly just having Rondo look for his own offense a little more.

Yes, better offense from the Center is an option but I prefer to have the better Defender at Center and the better Offender   at PG.  Besides, as it looks right now our centers next year are JO and Nenad.  If that isn't offensive enough for you, what is.

[Q_FBE]

We would benefit from a lockout shortened season to be sure. I would bring everyone back except Glen Davis and have Troy Murphy and Nenad Krstic take his minutes. Jermaine O'Neal becomes the starting Center and Shaquille O'Neal goes into the background. I like the idea of bringing in a Reggie Evans and a another good winger that isn't a budget buster. Any deals that get done I would think have to on draft night before the CBA expires June 30. After that, I think the rules of trading and FA signings change drastically. 

[ManUp]

Pretender, in the same vein as Orlando the last 3 years. Pretender as I see it is a great regular season performer a flawed team thats eventually exposed in the playoffs. our flaw is a lack of a go to guy. We dont have a guy who can take over games. when the team offense is in trouble we dont have a fall back. As much as we look down on Hero ball it can really save your butt come playoff time.