Ainge traded Pierce and KG as they were at the end vs just letting the process play itself out. We may have been in position to draft a guy like Porzingis or Okafor last year or even Towns if he was like Red. Instead we are in position to get Bender or Hield or make a trade. He plays both ends of the spectrum where we can make a trade or draft and sells himself short sometimes. He's not as good as Red was. The NBA is different. He's better than a lot of other GM's though.
I would make that trade every day if I could. anyone wanting that team to play another season together really isn't thinking clearly. unless i'm misunderstanding you and you're saying you think that team would've been in the lottery. if so then maybe you're right.
because if Pierce & KG had to carry this team another yr. they wouldn't have survived. we weren't going to be able to put a team around them good enough to get to the playoffs. the team needed to be blown up. in fact I think if ainge could do it over he would've traded Rondo and Green like he should have.
I think he's saying if we'd let in play out they both would have retired a year later as Celtics and we would have gone full tank mode. So our record would put us in the position to draft Towns 2 summers after they retired.
Or they choose to leave the C's and chase rings. Either way it's the same thing.
Personally I like the Brooklyn trade. The way the cap has gone has diminished Ainge's hand somewhat, he still has a lot of opportunities but other teams are being bailed out and that's hurt him a little. If we had these assets 5 years ago we would be far and away the first choice to trade with for a team looking to move a star.
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