Sure, let's fire Ainge. And Stevens, and all the players who dared to think they were being paid vast sums of money to win a few games. Okay then.
The danger of the uber-tank strategy that Philadelphia are going through is that they inherit a losing and demoralised culture which inhibits the development of their young talent. They don't have veterans on their team to have a quiet word in their ear at the necessary time or to provide insight to the youngsters.
My initial response when I heard we were getting Humphries was a mixture of f-bombs, with the occasional 'Kardashian' thrown in for good measure, but it can only have done Olynyk (and to a lesser extent, Sullinger) good to have his experience around, as well as providing competition for minutes. Him and Wallace will be mere footnotes in Celtics' history, but making use of their experience was a wise strategy IMO.
Finally, intentionally sinking to the bottom of the pile is no guarantee of first pick anyway. And the first pick, as the Cavaliers hilariously demonstrated last year, is no guarantee of success. I'm quite happy with 6th and 17th this year in a draft that has a lot of very good players but very few, if any, stars to be. Ainge has a whole bunch of future picks in his pocket which bodes well for the future.
I'd take our steadily rebuilding and improving position over the 76ers (a team with a lot of potential talent and experience in losing, collectively barely old enough to shave) any day of the week.
