It has become apparent with the Rondo and Green trades that Danny Ainge did not receive the value he was looking for out of the Celtics two best players. Late first round and second round picks are nothing to get too excited about. Danny overplayed his cards and now he and the Celtic faithful will suffer through an even longer rebuild. Does anyone think that we currently have a franchise player on the roster. Serious doubts if Ainge can still get the job done. Here's hoping the ping pong balls are kind.
Well one thing is that teams that have nice young talent are usually in the same situation that we are in, and why would you want to give up legit prospects and picks just to move up a couple spots? So the teams that big on guys like Green,Rondo and Wright don't have much to give up. DA did a heck of a job with KG and PP, that kind of haul is few and far in between.
Here's something people don't think about. If you look at the trades we've done since KG and PP, on the most part DA has sent the better players we've had to good teams in good situations.
What DA could be doing is getting in good with agents, and other teams, getting ready for the next couple of Free Agency's and trade deadlines over the next few seasons. You start building good relations ships and showing teams you can play nice, teams are more willing to trade. During the "Summer of Love" it was rumored teams didn't like dealing with him. Now he gives some things up to teams that could use help, some where down the line some one helps us out.
Same with FA's, yeah DA has been trading, but not screwing players over and sending them to Philly, Utah, or heck even the Knicks, will get in the good graces of Agents to talk their clients into signing with Boston and if id doesn't work out, look at the track record of DA putting them in good situations.
It's a big gamble on the most part, but could pay off big as well. Plus bundle all those picks and hand them off to a team with less young talent to move up a few spots isn't bad either.
