NO
..........and when did the Celtics missing the playoffs and having a lottery pick come off the table ??
if the winning continues, you trade Jeff Green, who is a real nice player and a great story and I really like Jeff and all - but he ain't leading us to a title ever - it's not in his DNA - and even if we hit the draft jackpot and get a top 3 pick this year to play alongside Green, he would still have to be one of the main cogs in a future Celtic title team given his talent and the makeup of our roster - and it's just not in him. if he had the competitive tenacity needed to win a title, he would be a starting version of James Posey, but think about the difference in those two players' mental outlook - Posey was a tough SOB who would slit your throat and do it in the 4th quarter of a playoff game. Jeff is sometimes spectacular, sometimes even steady, but often disappears and does he impress you as a player who will thrive in the 4th quarter of an important playoff game ??
Celts also can trade Bass, Lee, even Rajon, who I have always wanted to see retire a Celtic because when it really matters his heart is exactly where it needs to be and Rondo will lead a team to a title and kill himself and the opponent to do it - but does he have the mentality to hang in there thru a couple of rebuilding seasons before we contend again without making himself and the team around him crazy ?
and again, to the Gasol trade, NO, if for none of the other obvious reasons, he is a Laker. have you lost your hate for them that quickly ? I haven't. let them swim in the cesspool that's been created with Kobe's and Jimmy Buss's huge egos.
