I say, "let 'em compete."

[Fafnir]

If Rondo is Riggs I hope he hasn't completely forgotten that he was a martial arts champ in the service and thus gets his but kicked via simple arm bars and such in the fourth movie. Because we're clearly in the fourth movie at this point.....

[Eddie20]

Not going to get Kaman for nothing, but exploring Pierce + O'Neal for Kaman, Ariza, and picks may be interesting.

Isn't NO already on the rebuild path?  What would they make this trade?

Well, when you consider that they were getting back Scola, Martin, and Odom, in their initial CP3 trade, then you have to figure that Pierce would work with that strategy. He could be the veteran presence that helps guide Gordon, Aminu, etc. along. Plus, for a team that just traded away Paul it would probably provide the team with a boost in ticket sales.

[BballTim]

I still have this overwhelming feeling that in the end, they are going to make us proud and the beginning of this season will seem like a far away distant memory. There is just too much good here to go out like bums. I honestly believe they will not let it happen in the end.

I'm with ya on that.

You know how Murtaugh gets the ever-loving crap beaten out of him in the beginning, middle, and end of every Lethal Weapon movie by some younger, faster guy? 

And he's got that moment when he's covered in blood in a wet beater that's dirty as can be, and he looks like hot garbage?

Well, what happens next? He gets up, pulls himself together, and kicks the crap out of the bad guys while his mentally unbalanced, physically gifted sidekick loses his mind and kicks the crap out of people too.

The Big-3 are Robert Murtaugh. Rondo is Riggs.

  Haha. Maybe Bass gets to be the Rene Russo character? We could bring back Rasheed "Leo Getz" Wallace?

Just think how useful Nate Robinson would be in this analogy.

  Yeah, no Glen Davis either! darn.

[ManUp]

Rocky 4

Big 3 - Apollo Creed
Rocky - Ainge (towel = blow it up option)
Ivan Drago - Every good team we've faced so far this season or the 2012 season as a whole.


Sorry to be the one to bring the negativity, but honestly this works.

[indeedproceed]

If Rondo is Riggs I hope he hasn't completely forgotten that he was a martial arts champ in the service and thus gets his but kicked via simple arm bars and such in the fourth movie. Because we're clearly in the fourth movie at this point.....

and that's teh worst of the movies. I never really understood how Jet Li lost.

[indeedproceed]

Rocky 4

Big 3 - Apollo Creed
Rocky - Ainge (towel = blow it up option)
Ivan Drago - Every good team we've faced so far this season or the 2012 season as a whole.


Sorry to be the one to bring the negativity, but honestly this works.

Jeez that's a depressing thought.

Only redeeming value: awesome 80's soundtracks, plus Ainge's 'trading montage' (get it? instead of 'training montage') set to 'push it to the limit'. Imagine all the frustrated hang-ups on the first couple of trade proposals he makes, then a montage of him using ESPN's trade machine for a while, figuring out the new CBA, then him making good trades and fist bumping the air... awesome.

[wdleehi]

Not going to get Kaman for nothing, but exploring Pierce + O'Neal for Kaman, Ariza, and picks may be interesting.

Isn't NO already on the rebuild path?  What would they make this trade?

Well, when you consider that they were getting back Scola, Martin, and Odom, in their initial CP3 trade, then you have to figure that Pierce would work with that strategy. He could be the veteran presence that helps guide Gordon, Aminu, etc. along. Plus, for a team that just traded away Paul it would probably provide the team with a boost in ticket sales.

And that trade was killed by the owners.  (NBA)