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What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« on: August 28, 2008, 10:29:09 PM »

Offline JSD

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Welcome to dream land...

Here Danny decided not to make the trade for Telfair and Ratliff. Instead he decided to deal Paul Pierce and build for the future.

This would be our roster heading into the "09" season:

C - Perkins
PF - Jefferson
SF - Jeff Green
SG - Roy
PG - Rhondo

Bench:
"08" lottery pick
D. West (extension?)
Powe
Tony Allen
LaFrenz (expiring)
Scal
Wally (expiring)
Gomes (extension?)
G. Green (extension?)

Plus assets obtained through a Paul Pierce trade:

- Additional youth
- Expiring contract
- Couple first Round picks


What do you guys think?





Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #1 on: August 28, 2008, 10:39:10 PM »

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Maybe a playoff team but without KG their would be no defense because Cliff Ray and Tibs wouldn't have come. That's not a championship team on paper. I don't think Rajon Rondo would be as good with those players as he is now with the Big 3. Brandon Roy is a step or two below Paul and Al Jefferson doesn't have Kevin's length or nastiness on the floor. However with all these young power forwards playing on the perimeter, Al Jefferson is willing to bang with any1 in the middle. He has a sick hook shot too. And Perk without KG would be nothing. No one cared about Perk until KG came.

Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #2 on: August 28, 2008, 10:47:34 PM »

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OK, so let me get this out of the way early....PLEASE, not this again!!!

OK, now that I got that out of my system, carry on...

Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #3 on: August 28, 2008, 10:56:10 PM »

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Somebody voted for 75%?  Really?

I said less than 10%.  The vast, vast majority of teams don't win championships unless they have an elite superstar.  I'm not sure Big Al fits that category.

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Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #4 on: August 29, 2008, 12:10:12 AM »

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Maybe a playoff team but without KG their would be no defense because Cliff Ray and Tibs wouldn't have come. That's not a championship team on paper. I don't think Rajon Rondo would be as good with those players as he is now with the Big 3. Brandon Roy is a step or two below Paul and Al Jefferson doesn't have Kevin's length or nastiness on the floor. However with all these young power forwards playing on the perimeter, Al Jefferson is willing to bang with any1 in the middle. He has a sick hook shot too. And Perk without KG would be nothing. No one cared about Perk until KG came.

brandon roy will no longer be a step below any 2 guard or SF following this season.

cliff ray was already there. that's why big al was, and remains, willing to bang against other big fellas (on the offensive end, anyway - imagine what could have been with another year). if this was the roster going forward, Doc would never have been given his 1 year leash and, no, tommy t. never would have been brought on to teach Doc's Dfense.

I cared about Perk before KG came, sir. Hold your tongue. I cared about Perk when Lebron came. I even mouthed off to a boston globe reporter that all the folks at that summer league were there to see Perk and not Lebron who was running away from Perk for an ESPY.

Call me delusional, but even ESPN the Mag had Perk as the next Shaq, if you remember correctly, long before Lebron hit his tattoo covering patch stage.


Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #5 on: August 29, 2008, 03:48:37 AM »

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  I think Yi would have been the pick, not Jeff Green.

Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #6 on: August 29, 2008, 05:48:56 AM »

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I see it this way. That roster has a 10% chance at a championship. Danny's dream roster (before draft night '07) would have probably above 75%:

Oden
Jefferson
??
Roy
Paul

Scary how good that team could have been. I'm not fussed though, #17 is enough for now.

Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2008, 07:09:19 AM »

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I see it this way. That roster has a 10% chance at a championship. Danny's dream roster (before draft night '07) would have probably above 75%:

Oden
Jefferson
??
Roy
Paul

Scary how good that team could have been. I'm not fussed though, #17 is enough for now.

Wow, yes. that is interesting too. Even if you stick Durant at the 3 and Perk at the 5.

Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2008, 07:13:07 AM »

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....there would be a lot more to
discuss for the next five years.

I agree with maestro:
Number 17 is enough. For now!  ;)

Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #9 on: August 29, 2008, 09:41:53 AM »

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Year after year of about 30 wins.

Less than 10 percent is the vote - wasn't that much talent on the team two years ago, to begin with.

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Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2008, 09:52:57 AM »

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OK, so let me get this out of the way early....PLEASE, not this again!!!


agreed!!!!!

too many coulda, shoulda woulda hypotheticals. 

Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2008, 01:33:57 PM »

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OK, so let me get this out of the way early....PLEASE, not this again!!!

OK, now that I got that out of my system, carry on...

Haha..very well said.  I still do not understand this ongoing infatuation that some fans have with this "youth movement."

We did just win an NBA championship.

Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2008, 01:38:18 PM »

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What percent chance would you have seen a title within 7 Years?

Better question, what percent chance would there have been of having a repeat championship within 2 years?
Yup

Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #13 on: August 29, 2008, 02:08:56 PM »

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I voted less than 10%, the same thing I said and voted on the other six to eight times this subject has come up over the last year or so.

Re: What if the Celtics went with Youth?
« Reply #14 on: August 29, 2008, 02:27:54 PM »

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we would have looked like the wolves right now. maybe we could have enough cap space to sign a star... who knows.

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