well, I don't have a 'must' but I think he should be moving Bass and Bogans as expiring deals for future picks or an underperformed on a rookie deal that could be expected to improve in new surroundings.  I'd like to see them shipped out for Asik but wouldn't use more assets than them (except maybe a Philly second rounder -- protected in the event they make the playoffs and it becomes a first rounder)

Bass would be a solid backup on a playoff team like Houston.

After next year is when I think the 'must' situations start kicking in like moving Green's and Wallace's expiring deals for a disgruntled player looking to move on or more picks

NUMBER ONE THING:

Make a decision on Rondo.  Is the plan to keep him?  If so, gotta start upgrading the roster this summer so its ready to compete.  If the plan is to let him go, find a trade for him ASAP so that it's not a huge, yearlong distraction.


Runner up goals:

- Find a center.  That could be going for a defensive guy like Asik or Sanders, or making a trade and taking a chance on a young guy with more upside like Monroe.  Or even getting an unproven player like O'Quinn or Biyombo.

- Clear the deck of veterans with no upside.  Get rid of Bass.  Let Humphries / Bayless go.  Shop Green really hard.

I think one "must" is exploring every option for using our pool of nonguaranteed contracts ($7.8m) and the Pierce trade exception.

My thinking is along two lines. First, these are assets that expire this summer, so if we don't use them, we lose them.

Second, I don't think we should care too much about taking salary back, particularly on a one-year (expiring summer 2015) deal. We'll still have room in 2015 if we take back a one-year deal, and we can offer a team significant cap relief now while picking up an asset or two.

I'm not sure what deals are out there, but I think that something along those lines might help us in the long run without sacrificing too much now.

Possibly totally unrelated, but I wonder what options there are out there this summer for doing what Houston did with Lin and Asik (i.e. snatching up some underrated UFA by giving them backloaded offers).

Maybe work out a S+T with the TE / non-guaranteed contracts in that vein.

leverage his creepy Mormon influence to make Jabari Parker declare for the draft and then immediately say "I intend to go on a 2 year mission to Africa".... so that he can slip to us at #6 ... to which he will then clarify, "... after I retire from the NBA"

- I would trade Rondo. He doesn't fit the system. Too much of a ball hog. Will be a challenge as every team will want him to commit to an extension, so that probably rules out most of the bad teams.

- Let Avery Bradley go, unless you can get him back for one year only. He's too undersized and  inefficient as a scorer - shouldn't be the future at SG.

- Basically bottom out (again) with the hopes of landing 2 big free agents in 2015. I'd like to see them go after M Gasol and Love.

Honestly im sick of the omer asik wantings. Id take larry sanders cause hes an athletic defensive center, asik isnt athletuic at all and would be like having another perkinds. I dont want a even more unathletic perkins on a rebuilding team.

My wants

Draft Caulie Stein, or an athletic defensive center in this years draft with one of our 4 darn picks. Trade bass , humphries, bogans, bayless or evengreen if we have to , to move uop and get one of these players.

I like WCS, that center from louisville, and a couple other guys.   No tweeners either, i dont want patric young from florida as strong as he is, kid is at best a kenneth faried. We have sullinger.

2nd, Get something for those guys I mentioned up top.  Bass , humphries, bogans, bayless or even green. Young players or even draft picks. Hoenstly I would take a 2nd round pick for bass and an expiring 2015 deal for bass. Green, I would want a first for, or a future first or a young player with more upside than green that isnt performing right now. If not then keep green and let his contract expire with gerald wallace.

3rd, Think of what we are doing with rondo, I love rodno and I thinkw e can rebuild with him and have a good team by the time hes 30 and by then hopefully just hopefully he has a consistent jumper, His passing skills are good enough that I really think all he needs is a jumper at a later age in his career.

Those are the main three.

Change the general structure and makeup of the players and the talent at the positions.

It was painful this year seeing a borderline NBA talent like Faverani be the only true center on this team while we had 5 power forwards and a SF who can play a stretch PF position. It was just as painful seeing the team have every member of their back court be undersized SGs that aren't good three point shooters or undersized PGs that can't shoot at all.

Time to get a real center or two, make a decision on which PFs you are going to keep and trade away the others, and add and subtract in the backcourt so that there is some size at the SG position and there are some 3 point threats back there as well.