Sorry I try to deal in reality. Reality is there is almost zero chance Boston gets both Paul and Howard.
Are you guys also going to criticize Ainge when he doesn't live up to your pipe dreams?
You need assets to build a great team. Ainge has shown that once. He accumulated various assets and turned them into gold. Right now I don't believe the Celtics have the kind of assets that will eventually land Chris Paul and Dwight Howard in other cities.
If Ainge can get an extension I am all for trading Rondo for Paul and quite a few others but not for a one and done. I wouldn't do it with out assurances that you're not trading your only young asset for a guy who may or may not make you better short term and wont be here more then one year.
Competent organizations play the percentages. The percentages are stacked pretty high against either Howard or Paul landing in Boston in the near future.
You're right. The chances of us getting Howard and Paul are extremely small. Anyone who thinks that they aren't is kidding themselves.
However, I also think you're kidding yourself if you think that the chances of us winning a title anytime soon any other way are any better. In fact, they're probably worse.
The simple fact of the matter is that the NBA is a league dominated by who has the best superstars. That's why over the past 30 years, it's essentially been Magic, Bird, Isaiah, Jordan, Shaq, Kobe, and Duncan who've won the bulk of the championships. This isn't like baseball or football where you can simply build a team of good players, coach it well, and expect to be a contender. Talent wins out.
So what would you suggest we do? A team led by Rondo and Pierce is going to be too good to get in the lottery and have us hit it big there. Could we potentially draft a stud in the teens or early 20s? Maybe, but that's a very long shot too. The C's need to find a way to get new top, top notch talent on this team.
And that's where Paul comes in. Now, I do think it's a long shot he comes here, and an even longer shot he stays here. But assuming the C's actually overcome that longshot, I think he improves the chances of us landing Howard.
Now, say what you like about Rondo vs. Paul, but Paul is the bigger name that someone like Howard will consider coming Boston to play with.
Again, it's a very long shot. But the chances of us building another contender anytime soon is a long shot in general. The Knicks haven't won a title in 40 years and they got lucky with the draft with Ewing and had a big payroll. We need to find some way to get top tier talent here, and I don't know a better gamble than Paul and Howard other praying we get the next Kobe/LeBron/Durant at the 20th pick.
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