Just for fun...

[slamtheking]

I had wondered the same thing myself and posted a forum on it a number of months ago. 

There's a couple of things in your assumptions I disagree with:

1. We would not have BBD.  He was part of the trade for Ray.  Danny picked Pruitt with the C's 2nd rounder.   I considered whether they'd have drafted Pruitt if they planned to keep Telfair.  Since they still had Telfair at the time of the draft, I'm inclined to believe Danny would have still drafted Pruitt.

2. It's very unlikely we would have Green.  Danny has openly stated he was looking to pick Yi if he kept the pick. 

From earlier
Starters:
-Rajon Rondo
-Paul Pierce
-Yi ---> not Jeff Green
-Al Jefferson
-Kendrick Perkins
------------
Bench:
Delonte West / Vet FA or Pruitt--> Sebastian Telfair wouldn't have been kept around in all likelihood
Tony Allen / J.R. Giddens  --> would have had someone much higher in the first round instead of Giddens
Ryan Gomes --->would earn minutes over Yi/ Bill Walker
Leon Powe / Brian Scalabrine
Glen Davis --> not on team probably would be filled by vet FA/ Shelden Williams --> not likely---Williams probably would have signed with a better team.  Replaced by the 1st round pick they'd have had this year by not trading it for KG.

With this roster, PP starts at SF and either Delonte or TA starts at SG.  There's no other SF on the team good enough to move PP to the SG. 
Rondo would be more of a scorer by necessity.  BBD and Powe (assuming that the injury wouldn't have happened since different circumstances would have existed at the time he was injured) would be the backup frontcourt.

This would be a .500 team.  Pierce would be enough to carry them over the bottom teams but these guys wouldn't be able to beat the top level teams.  The other starters would provide help for PP but not enough.

[PosImpos]

I had wondered the same thing myself and posted a forum on it a number of months ago. 

There's a couple of things in your assumptions I disagree with:

1. We would not have BBD.  He was part of the trade for Ray.  Danny picked Pruitt with the C's 2nd rounder.   I considered whether they'd have drafted Pruitt if they planned to keep Telfair.  Since they still had Telfair at the time of the draft, I'm inclined to believe Danny would have still drafted Pruitt.

2. It's very unlikely we would have Green.  Danny has openly stated he was looking to pick Yi if he kept the pick. 

From earlier
Starters:
-Rajon Rondo
-Paul Pierce
-Yi ---> not Jeff Green
-Al Jefferson
-Kendrick Perkins
------------
Bench:
Delonte West / Vet FA or Pruitt--> Sebastian Telfair wouldn't have been kept around in all likelihood
Tony Allen / J.R. Giddens  --> would have had someone much higher in the first round instead of Giddens
Ryan Gomes --->would earn minutes over Yi/ Bill Walker
Leon Powe / Brian Scalabrine
Glen Davis --> not on team probably would be filled by vet FA/ Shelden Williams --> not likely---Williams probably would have signed with a better team.  Replaced by the 1st round pick they'd have had this year by not trading it for KG.

With this roster, PP starts at SF and either Delonte or TA starts at SG.  There's no other SF on the team good enough to move PP to the SG. 
Rondo would be more of a scorer by necessity.  BBD and Powe (assuming that the injury wouldn't have happened since different circumstances would have existed at the time he was injured) would be the backup frontcourt.

This would be a .500 team.  Pierce would be enough to carry them over the bottom teams but these guys wouldn't be able to beat the top level teams.  The other starters would provide help for PP but not enough.

Hrm, very interesting.  that just makes me even more glad we did the trade.  Yi...sheesh.  What an awful outcome that would have been.

[Rondo_is_better]

I had wondered the same thing myself and posted a forum on it a number of months ago. 

There's a couple of things in your assumptions I disagree with:

1. We would not have BBD.  He was part of the trade for Ray.  Danny picked Pruitt with the C's 2nd rounder.   I considered whether they'd have drafted Pruitt if they planned to keep Telfair.  Since they still had Telfair at the time of the draft, I'm inclined to believe Danny would have still drafted Pruitt.

2. It's very unlikely we would have Green.  Danny has openly stated he was looking to pick Yi if he kept the pick. 

From earlier
Starters:
-Rajon Rondo
-Paul Pierce
-Yi ---> not Jeff Green
-Al Jefferson
-Kendrick Perkins
------------
Bench:
Delonte West / Vet FA or Pruitt--> Sebastian Telfair wouldn't have been kept around in all likelihood
Tony Allen / J.R. Giddens  --> would have had someone much higher in the first round instead of Giddens
Ryan Gomes --->would earn minutes over Yi/ Bill Walker
Leon Powe / Brian Scalabrine
Glen Davis --> not on team probably would be filled by vet FA/ Shelden Williams --> not likely---Williams probably would have signed with a better team.  Replaced by the 1st round pick they'd have had this year by not trading it for KG.

With this roster, PP starts at SF and either Delonte or TA starts at SG.  There's no other SF on the team good enough to move PP to the SG. 
Rondo would be more of a scorer by necessity.  BBD and Powe (assuming that the injury wouldn't have happened since different circumstances would have existed at the time he was injured) would be the backup frontcourt.

This would be a .500 team.  Pierce would be enough to carry them over the bottom teams but these guys wouldn't be able to beat the top level teams.  The other starters would provide help for PP but not enough.

Hrm, very interesting.  that just makes me even more glad we did the trade.  Yi...sheesh.  What an awful outcome that would have been.

haha yeah thats like the main thing I took away from skimming that huge post....

Yi......guh

[PosImpos]

I had wondered the same thing myself and posted a forum on it a number of months ago. 

There's a couple of things in your assumptions I disagree with:

1. We would not have BBD.  He was part of the trade for Ray.  Danny picked Pruitt with the C's 2nd rounder.   I considered whether they'd have drafted Pruitt if they planned to keep Telfair.  Since they still had Telfair at the time of the draft, I'm inclined to believe Danny would have still drafted Pruitt.

2. It's very unlikely we would have Green.  Danny has openly stated he was looking to pick Yi if he kept the pick. 

From earlier
Starters:
-Rajon Rondo
-Paul Pierce
-Yi ---> not Jeff Green
-Al Jefferson
-Kendrick Perkins
------------
Bench:
Delonte West / Vet FA or Pruitt--> Sebastian Telfair wouldn't have been kept around in all likelihood
Tony Allen / J.R. Giddens  --> would have had someone much higher in the first round instead of Giddens
Ryan Gomes --->would earn minutes over Yi/ Bill Walker
Leon Powe / Brian Scalabrine
Glen Davis --> not on team probably would be filled by vet FA/ Shelden Williams --> not likely---Williams probably would have signed with a better team.  Replaced by the 1st round pick they'd have had this year by not trading it for KG.

With this roster, PP starts at SF and either Delonte or TA starts at SG.  There's no other SF on the team good enough to move PP to the SG. 
Rondo would be more of a scorer by necessity.  BBD and Powe (assuming that the injury wouldn't have happened since different circumstances would have existed at the time he was injured) would be the backup frontcourt.

This would be a .500 team.  Pierce would be enough to carry them over the bottom teams but these guys wouldn't be able to beat the top level teams.  The other starters would provide help for PP but not enough.

Hrm, very interesting.  that just makes me even more glad we did the trade.  Yi...sheesh.  What an awful outcome that would have been.

haha yeah thats like the main thing I took away from skimming that huge post....

Yi......guh

Really makes you hope we're never in a position where our rebuilding team is tanking to get a high lottery pick if Danny's idea of a good prospect is a big thin stiff like Yi...on the other hand, who knows, maybe Yi would've turned out to be something special if he had come into our system instead of the Nets.

[slamtheking]

I had wondered the same thing myself and posted a forum on it a number of months ago. 

There's a couple of things in your assumptions I disagree with:

1. We would not have BBD.  He was part of the trade for Ray.  Danny picked Pruitt with the C's 2nd rounder.   I considered whether they'd have drafted Pruitt if they planned to keep Telfair.  Since they still had Telfair at the time of the draft, I'm inclined to believe Danny would have still drafted Pruitt.

2. It's very unlikely we would have Green.  Danny has openly stated he was looking to pick Yi if he kept the pick. 

From earlier
Starters:
-Rajon Rondo
-Paul Pierce
-Yi ---> not Jeff Green
-Al Jefferson
-Kendrick Perkins
------------
Bench:
Delonte West / Vet FA or Pruitt--> Sebastian Telfair wouldn't have been kept around in all likelihood
Tony Allen / J.R. Giddens  --> would have had someone much higher in the first round instead of Giddens
Ryan Gomes --->would earn minutes over Yi/ Bill Walker
Leon Powe / Brian Scalabrine
Glen Davis --> not on team probably would be filled by vet FA/ Shelden Williams --> not likely---Williams probably would have signed with a better team.  Replaced by the 1st round pick they'd have had this year by not trading it for KG.

With this roster, PP starts at SF and either Delonte or TA starts at SG.  There's no other SF on the team good enough to move PP to the SG. 
Rondo would be more of a scorer by necessity.  BBD and Powe (assuming that the injury wouldn't have happened since different circumstances would have existed at the time he was injured) would be the backup frontcourt.

This would be a .500 team.  Pierce would be enough to carry them over the bottom teams but these guys wouldn't be able to beat the top level teams.  The other starters would provide help for PP but not enough.

Hrm, very interesting.  that just makes me even more glad we did the trade.  Yi...sheesh.  What an awful outcome that would have been.

haha yeah thats like the main thing I took away from skimming that huge post....

Yi......guh

Really makes you hope we're never in a position where our rebuilding team is tanking to get a high lottery pick if Danny's idea of a good prospect is a big thin stiff like Yi...on the other hand, who knows, maybe Yi would've turned out to be something special if he had come into our system instead of the Nets.

The Yi draft is what makes the case for me that Danny really did the right thing with the trades instead of rebuilding.  If he had said he had a deal for Horford or was drafting Green/Noah, then there may have been a minimal basis for second guessing the possibility for building a long-time contender.

In terms of when the big 3 era has ended, I trust Danny will do well with his picks.  The picks he actually makes have turned out very well for the most part.  Banks and GG excluded.