I like Ray overall and see the switch with Terry as a lateral move.  Ray had started to become more one dimensional certainly, but he also performs that one dimension better than any player in NBA history and it is an important dimension.  I see Ray for Terry as an even swap.

Danny gets plenty of kudos from me for adding Courtney Lee, Jeff Green, Jared Sullinger, and Chris Wilcox to a team that made the Conference Finals with limited flexibility, while of course bringing back Kevin Garnett and Brandon Bass.  The only losses were Stiemsma and Pietrus (forgettable) and Hollins (horrible).

Sounds like an A offseason to me.

I like Ray overall and see the switch with Terry as a lateral move.  Ray had started to become more one dimensional certainly, but he also performs that one dimension better than any player in NBA history and it is an important dimension.  I see Ray for Terry as an even swap.

Danny gets plenty of kudos from me for adding Courtney Lee, Jeff Green, Jared Sullinger, and Chris Wilcox to a team that made the Conference Finals with limited flexibility, while of course bringing back Kevin Garnett and Brandon Bass.  The only losses were Stiemsma and Pietrus (forgettable) and Hollins (horrible).

Sounds like an A offseason to me.

But there are plenty of great 3pt shooters out there. Guys like Korver, Novak and many more. I'll concede Ray is better historically than them all, and he has a flare for the dramatic, but even if he shoots 45% vs. a 40% shooter, that's 5 more makes per hundred, which is like one every 3 games. How many wins that actually corresponds to I don't know.

And I don't believe his numbers in the crunch are as outstanding as it seems.




It's an A for me. We got bigger, younger, deeper, more athletic, more shooters, better defenders, and kept our three best players together. As close to a perfect offseason for Ainge as it gets, given the circumstances.

Maybe an A+.

Not being able to S&T Bass for an upgrade is a full letter grade knock in my books.

Otherwise, solid A+, so I'd give a B+.

Not being able to S&T Bass for an upgrade is a full letter grade knock in my books.

Otherwise, solid A+, so I'd give a B+.

Who would you have signed and traded Bass for? You must mean Josh Smith, I'm not so sure anyone else was close to feasible.

Allen's a better offensive and defensive player than Terry.

Debatable and I'll leave it at that.

Celtics had a nice offseason, but points in the paint will make life VERY difficult come playoff time. KG has NEVER been particularly good / consistent w/ pts in the paint.

I guess Sullinger can try to get some but he's a bit shorter. I really agree that we needed 1 more inside guy with post skills and height.

I am not sure how they could get much less than an A.

They signed one 4 of arguably the top 20, and almost certainly top 30 free agents in KG, Bass, Green, and Terry.  Even Lee has a case for the top 30 as well.

They filled basically every hole they have. 

And in the draft, they got a major slider in Sullinger. 

On paper, I am not sure how the summer could have been much better, given what they had to work with.

Yeah, they could have gotten they guys they did sign cheaper, but that's about it if we weren't going to "blow it up".