OK. I am far from a trading expert but I have been thinking that the only possible way our team can get to and win in the promised land this year is the following:
1. Rondo, Oneal and 1st pick to Lakers for Gasol- Why for Celtics, Rebounding, Scoring and inside presence..why for Lakers- Point Guard of future that would feed Kobe until he got blue in the face
2. Kaman gets released and we pick him up-
3. We give the reins to Avery for PG duty. I don't think he would do as bad as you think and the drop off in assists would be decent but PP and RA would pick up slack.
Suddenly, our team now has height, additional scoring and rebounding power- Not too mention FT shooting improves overall
Can you imagine on the floor at same time, Gasol, Kaman, KG, PP and RA with Avery intermingled among them.
We could cause match up problems galore vs. the Heat and even the Bulls. I think it would automatically put us in top 3 in our conference and I believe we could win with that.
I know we lose a draft pick, I know we go into short term mode once more..but I have a feeling that squad could contend and win a title this year.
This post is my anti blow it up post and today I woke up thinking..how could we win it all this year..this is the way I think we could- Call me an optimist, call me crazy..but my green blood is dreaming of squeezing one more title out of our core this year and this is how we can do it!
Go Celtics