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What would you rather Danny do this offseason?

Blow It Up
1 (7.7%)
Keep the big 4 and build around it
12 (92.3%)

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What would you rather Danny do this offseason?
« on: June 14, 2011, 08:18:14 PM »

Offline diconzo

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Blow it up: This would involve trading/sign and trading anyone not named Rondo or Pierce. The Celtics would most likely target someone like Dwight Howard or Monta Ellis. This isn't very likely, but I don't think we're favorites to come out of the east and this would pretty much push up the rebuild a year. It would take us out of most of the 2012 off season buzz, but if we got Dwight Howard, who else would we really target in that free agency? Not Chris Paul or Deron Williams. Kevin Love would be nice from that off season but Minnesota would offer him anything to keep him there. If Ray and KG's expiring contracts were traded, they would most likely consider coming back to Boston, not a guarantee, but it would have to be on their list.

Keep the big 4 and build it around: Giving it one more go. Ray, Pierce and KG can win another championship as long as they don't play too much in the regular season. There aren't a lot of FA options to bring in, but there are some that would help the Celtics.

I ask this question because I'm not sure what to expect for next season. The Big 3's salaries combined for next season are roughly 46 million. That doesn't leave a lot of room for role players. So it left me wondering what would be a better choice.

Re: What would you rather Danny do this offseason?
« Reply #1 on: June 14, 2011, 08:21:37 PM »

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Keep it together and make one last run but keep 2012 cap flexibility. Only risk 2012 cap flexibility if a major upgrade is available. An impact player, not a role player.

That said, if free agency is a flop, I would consider a course change.

Re: What would you rather Danny do this offseason?
« Reply #2 on: June 14, 2011, 08:29:33 PM »

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Re: What would you rather Danny do this offseason?
« Reply #3 on: June 14, 2011, 08:37:45 PM »

Offline diconzo

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Keep it together and make one last run but keep 2012 cap flexibility. Only risk 2012 cap flexibility if a major upgrade is available. An impact player, not a role player.

That said, if free agency is a flop, I would consider a course change.

That's what I was thinking. Only sacrifice the cap flexibility for someone like Dwight Howard or Kevin Love. Someone of that stature. Not an Andre Iguodala or Danny Granger.

Re: What would you rather Danny do this offseason?
« Reply #4 on: June 14, 2011, 08:50:07 PM »

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Try for one more year, but be willing to blow things up mid-season and salary dump Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Jermaine O'Neal for whatever you can get that has future trade value or is actual talent with upside if the team looks unlikely to win its division.
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Re: What would you rather Danny do this offseason?
« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2011, 09:06:18 PM »

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The poll says it all.

Re: What would you rather Danny do this offseason?
« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2011, 09:23:46 PM »

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Try for one more year, but be willing to blow things up mid-season and salary dump Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen, and Jermaine O'Neal for whatever you can get that has future trade value or is actual talent with upside if the team looks unlikely to win its division.
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Re: What would you rather Danny do this offseason?
« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2011, 10:36:33 PM »

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I'll be the first to say I'd rather he blow it up. IMHO, this team has seen it's best years. Right now as it stands this team is going to have a very hard time getting to the level of last year or years before. With the way the Conference and the top of the league has improved we aren't winning unless we have a better team than last year. I don't see us having a better team than last year so I'd rather us get ready for the post big 3 era.