I?m still in a mode where I don?t plan on watching the Celtics next year. I?m an older guy now and I time is precious. I don?t feel the need to spend it watching a team led by a front office and / or owner sitting up there lying to me, knowing that we know they?re lying. Silly political speech like optionally. We are the fans. They exist because WE do.
I?ll probably change my mind but this is the sorts trade in history and we did it to a player who got finals mvp and who?s # will be retired. It?s one thing to trade him for equal or better return because the team comes first. But this was garbage I choose not to eat. At least for now. ? Optionality? Optionality ? Optionality .. Optionality. Stop Brad. We?re not stupid.
Agreed. I may watch them if they are on free tv, but I will not pay for league pass again. If the owners aren?t willing to spend money, why should I?
Trading a player like Brown, who not only was an all nba player, but a great community person to save some money makes my stomach hurt.
I may be biased, as Brown is one of my favorites, but getting back a 36 year old and some picks down the road makes no sense to me.
If the plan is to rebuild, why George and Conley? I just don?t understand. Seems like they are wasting some prime Tatum years
They didn?t want to pay JB a supermax extension. George will be an expiring contract next year and I?m hoping Brad moves him at the Feb trade deadline. The Celtics will need to bring in another star next year. I can?t imagine Tatum wanting to be here if they don?t. I?m giving Brad till next summer to do something before pulling the cord.
You're just repeating their spin, though. JB was under contract for 3 seasons, and played at an all-NBA level. He was replaced by a significantly worse, older, less durable player.
When a team blows up a contending team because it's worried about paying market rate for a star player, it's pretty fair for a fan to not want to pay for the product.
It does not seem like Brad thought JB was worth $60M per season going forward and he didn?t view the team as a contender. I imagine how the postseason played out did not help matters . No one is saying that George is better than JB and I don?t think anyone expects PG to be here long.
It?s too bad Brad dropped the ball with the Giannis negotiations. That would have made the Celtics contenders.
The biggest issue is that we sacrificed two years of all NBA production without replacing it during Tatum's prime. It makes no sense to tear down a contender in hopes that we can better allocate money in three years or more.
We would have been a lot better off signing Robinson, adding a veteran voice to the coaching staff, and bringing in a better player than Mike Connolly is at this stage of his career.
That would have improved us in the presence, while seeing some of the other eastern conference contenders all get worse (NYK, Detroit, Philly). Instead, we took ourselves out of contention, improved Philly, and didn't really improve our financial flexibility over the next two seasons.
I was 100% with you when you advocated for a Giannis trade. I was fine trading JB for a better fit and a better player, even if he was older and less durable. But, Brad had three options: 1) give up more than he wanted to for Giannis; 2) keep JB and add Robinson; or 3) make a bad trade.
#3 wasn't the preferred outcome for many fans. If they want to vote with their eyeballs and dollars, more power to them. This will be the first season in a long time that I haven't gone to a game. Even though I knew the team was predicted to stink last season, I still showed up. That won't happen next season.
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