Boston is on pace for just under 34 wins.  Let's not act like this is a good team or even one overachieving all that much.  In fact if you look at the early win predictions on this board they are actually underachieving based on what a large number of people on here thought the team would end up with.  Now granted those win projections were based on Rondo and Green, but the team is performing essentially at the same clip as it was with those two.

Boston is on pace for just under 34 wins.  Let's not act like this is a good team or even one overachieving all that much.  In fact if you look at the early win predictions on this board they are actually underachieving based on what a large number of people on here thought the team would end up with.  Now granted those win projections were based on Rondo and Green, but the team is performing essentially at the same clip as it was with those two.

As for Rondo's next contract, I still believe in him. Whoever gets him will probably get a really good deal. Maybe I'm wrong- the stats and public opinion seem to say so- But when RR turns it on he gets to a much higher level than almost anyone else in the world is capable of.

Quote from: Hemingway on March 11, 2015, 02:16:17 AM

We may have skipped a year on the rebuild this year. Lets look back a year. We still had Rondo and Green and it looked like a shot at Love. That would have been the quickest rebuild, just sign love and any vets you can and try to win. It didn't happen. It was worth taking the chance because it would have been a really quick rebuild but it didn't work and who knows what happened behind the scenes but Danny felt he had to trade Rondo and Green.

What a mess right? After Love went to Cle and it was apparent that we sucked, the common thought was it will be a few years before we can think about being good. But somehow the team ot scraps we have now has come together and played better than the team we gutted just a few months ago.

I realize that its really a glorified bench team that is over achieving. Let's not throw them a parade. But, it really is something special. I think we just possibly skipped a year of being in the gutter.

Is it probable that we get a Gasol or Love to sign here in the summer? No. It is not. But, its not as big of a long shot as it really should be months after trading our 2 best players. At this point on our rebuild stars should laugh at the idea of signing here. But I bet they seriously consider it and in the end find a better option.

The point is we are back on track. We've hit the bottom and are rising. You don't look at our roster an say to yourself, "what a bunch of losers." And when you think about it, that is really something.

This is perfect, TP! You're right people seemed absolutely positive we were headed to a 5 year rebuild. Now here we are at the end of year two and we have some sort of relevance! I trust Danny Ainge!