We as fans tend to look at the team as if there was no tomorrow, that's ok because we are fans.
The moves Danny made in the 2007 offseason brought a championship, and if the refs had called it right in the Orlando and LA series, we would be counting another one. The refs allowed Orlando to beat our players like if they were sparrings, and don't forget Artest injuring Ray and Co-b taking Perk out of the series. We can forget the bad calls in ticky-tacky fouls, but the way the refs disrespected the C's can not be forgotten. That's not a bad outcome for DA's trades. As some of you have pointed out in another thread, the Celtics didn't give that much, unfortunately for our former players.
But look at a bigger picture: in 2006 draft. Danny drafted the next Bob Cousy, and the original Cousy had to play a bunch of years for the C's before he got Russell and Tommy. That started the biggest dinasty.
I think Danny is working to get the next Russell, so you can consider the 17th banner a bonus, not an onus. I still don't get what can Harangody bring back in 2-3 years, and that's what confuses me the most. I don't see him as a future Celtic, nor a trade asset. But who knows... Avery Bradley has been drafted to see if he can be the next Darren Collison, so we have another good/great asset to get the Next Bill Russell, who can bring a big dinasty to the Celtics.
Hopefully some of the undrafted kids (Parakhouski, Zoubek and Radjulica for bigs, Torrance and Shved for guards) with good size, can be had for peanuts. The Rasheed retirement makes size a really big question for today, and I, as a fan, can't see a tomorrow. Get some size, Danny!!!
