Unless we trade Rondo, Green, Bradley, and Sully, we will be in no position to get wiggins.
I do think we should blow the rest of the team up though
Trade Green and Rondo then.
Try to get expiring contracts and draft picks for them (higher the better)
Build around cap space, youth and draft picks (top 5 picks... not late lotto picks).
See my post here for my full realistic blueprint on building a dynasty: http://forums.celticsblog.com/index.php?topic=64634.msg1463478#msg1463478
You seem to have found a realistic way to get to the bottom, that's the easy part. If that's all it took to build a dynasty then the Clips and the Kings and the Wizards would be perennial contenders.
I'm not a short-sighted fan. You don't build a contender by perpetually making the playoffs with the 7th or 8th seed.
Fact: Drafting in the Top 5 gives you by far a better opportunity to land a franchise player. Regardless of what happens next season, if KG retires... this team is going to miss the playoffs. The thing is, we might be a late lotto team if we hang onto Rondo and Green. Yes, you can luck into allstars picking in the late lotto... but if you want a franchise player, you're gon need to be picking in the top 5.
List of the most productive players in the league this year:
LeBron - #1 pick
Kevin Love - #5 pick
Kevin Durant - #1 pick
Dwight Howard - #1 pick
Dwayne Wade - #5 pick
James Harden - #3 pick
Russel Westbrook - #4 pick
Tim Duncan - #1 pick
Al Horford - #3 pick
Chris Paul - #4 pick
Deron Williams - #3 pick
Kyrie Irving - #1 pick
John Wall - #1 pick
Carmelo Anthony - #3 pick
Steph Curry - #7 pick *** wow
LaMarcus Aldridge - #2 pick
Kevin Garnett - #5 pick
Blake Griffin - #1 pick
Anthony Davis - #1 pick
... Are you seeing a pattern here???
Slapping together a mediocre team is fine and all, but it just prolongs your suffering. If you properly tanked to the league's worst record, your worst case scenario is pick #4. Yes, this doesn't assure you of drafting a franchise player, but it puts you in a DRAMATICALLY better position of doing so.
Yes, it's possible to draft a bust in the top 5. It's more likely you draft a bust in the late lotto, though. Top 5 picks are gold. They are your one and only shot at a superstar. 2014 draft has 1 bonified superstar in Wiggins and a couple others who may reach that level as well. You don't get this opportunity very often... and while drafting 6-30 theoretically gives you a shot at an all-star as well (see Rondo, Rajon), it's far FAR more unlikely.
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