run it back one year later

[wiley]

I don't think the Celtics can win a title next year for a few reasons:

1.  Pierce is cooked
2. KG needs a year of rest
3. Rondo, even he comes back well, will not be able to push like usual in next year's playoffs.  Rondo also needs a year of rest as he has a TON of mileage.

I think the coming season needs to be a season of bringing back Rond very slowly, playing the young guys a lot, playing KG 18 minutes a game.  Pierce should be released or traded to play one year elsewhere.  If he enjoys his new home can stay there.  Otherwise he can come back the following year to play off the bench for the Celtics.  The team will end up in the lottery in a great draft (2014), and probably get something like the 8th pick.

Then, to begin the 2014 season, the Celtics will have a rested KG entering his final year, a rejuvenated and rested Rajon Rondo,  a seasoned Jeff Green, a healthy and heady young Jared Sullinger, Pierce off the bench for his final year of bball, an acquired stud backup PG if Twill doesn't pan out, a couple of sharpshooting wings, and most importantly, 2 new centers who can rebound and protect the paint (coming through draft or free agency or a combo).

Its a chill out and tank plan with a run it back feature tacked on....

(low minutes for 2 of the run it backers...but that's okay because Pierce and KG, especially KG, add the structure a team needs to win).

[gpap]

I personally don't like it.

I think if you go this route you are just prolonging the inevitable even more.

I think next year either the Celts go all in, deal Green/Bass/Bradley/Rondo for assets to build around Pierce/KG and go for one more run OR deal Pierce/KG and just start over.

Come 2014-15, we have no idea what kind of physical shape or frame of mind Pierce/KG will be in.

[lightspeed5]

Sell Pierce, See what to do with KG


Build around rondo, avery, green and sully.

[JSD]

Pierce is not cooked, he just has no business as a point forward anymore. He's def lost a step.