Be Honest: Celtics make the playoffs - Good or Bad Thing?

[DarkAzcura]

Nevermind.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

I don't really care about the 6ers and what they are doing but they can have enough cap space to take on 4 max contracts... who is going there? What do they have that would even entice those players?

[Surferdad]

I don't really care about the 6ers and what they are doing but they can have enough cap space to take on 4 max contracts... who is going there? What do they have that would even entice those players?

Um, cheesesteaks?   

These days, players can pull together their own team (witness Lebron). It is technically illegal but it happens anyway.

[tazzmaniac]

I don't really care about the 6ers and what they are doing but they can have enough cap space to take on 4 max contracts... who is going there? What do they have that would even entice those players?

They can overpay for free agents just like us.  They can continue to use that all that cap space in trades to take on contracts in exchange for draft picks. 

[D.o.s.]

I don't really care about the 6ers and what they are doing but they can have enough cap space to take on 4 max contracts... who is going there? What do they have that would even entice those players?

they can have enough cap space to take on 4 max contracts... who is going there? What do they have that would even entice those players?

they can have enough cap space to take on 4 max contracts...What do they have that would even entice those players?

What do they have that would even entice those players?

max contracts

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

I don't really care about the 6ers and what they are doing but they can have enough cap space to take on 4 max contracts... who is going there? What do they have that would even entice those players?

Um, cheesesteaks?   

These days, players can pull together their own team (witness Lebron). It is technically illegal but it happens anyway.

They can do that but why go to Philly? They would have to find the first that would bring a buddy with him. Just because they have space doesn't mean the players want to go there. Name one star you think would choose Philly.

Maybe if they get a big name coach I could see it but right now all they have is space. Good young pieces but I still think they are a few seasons out from attracting big names. They will probably wait for Noel and Embiid to blossom before cashing in on real help.

We will see. Maybe you are right. I just don't see it as a place I would go unless I had no other choices.

[DesertDweller]

Because the C' s have been doing well of late I see it seems okay to change the language from tanking or not tanking to Celtics in playoffs, good thing or bad thing??? how white of you!!!

for the record here's the difference between tanking and not tanking....tanking takes no brains, no skills, no energy, just go out there, play sloppy basketball, and lose.  for this you are rewarded with the possibility of gaining nothing at all.
 on the other hand not tanking makes men out of boys because it makes you learn how to play hard when all the odds are against you it makes winning one game the best feeling in your life. a feeling you will find out you cannot do without. if, by giving it your best, you make the playoffs, you will learn even more important things by players; that do it the best!!!

tanking is all about the luck of the draw, it's a gamble that doesn't even favor you and teaches you nothing but bad work habits.  but putting in the work and winning is a whole different ball game that teaches you how to be a man.

I think this is what he meant.

Per Urban Dictionary:

mighty white of you
Used to describe someone who thinks they've done a great deed, charitable action or sacrifice, but in reality they've done very little to help the human condition.
Earl: I gave that homeless man my half eaten apple.
Roger: Wow, thats mighty white of you.

Yeah, but it's been traditionally used in a racist way, though it technically didn't originate as a racist notion.

Still, probably a saying that shouldn't be used in modern-day language lol

For a moment there I forgot how politically correct we are suppose to be and how easily some try to drag us down the slippery slope of racism. if people would lighten up it might be an easier world to live in.

[GreenGoggles]

Because the C' s have been doing well of late I see it seems okay to change the language from tanking or not tanking to Celtics in playoffs, good thing or bad thing??? how white of you!!!

for the record here's the difference between tanking and not tanking....tanking takes no brains, no skills, no energy, just go out there, play sloppy basketball, and lose.  for this you are rewarded with the possibility of gaining nothing at all.
 on the other hand not tanking makes men out of boys because it makes you learn how to play hard when all the odds are against you it makes winning one game the best feeling in your life. a feeling you will find out you cannot do without. if, by giving it your best, you make the playoffs, you will learn even more important things by players; that do it the best!!!

tanking is all about the luck of the draw, it's a gamble that doesn't even favor you and teaches you nothing but bad work habits.  but putting in the work and winning is a whole different ball game that teaches you how to be a man.

I think this is what he meant.

Per Urban Dictionary:

mighty white of you
Used to describe someone who thinks they've done a great deed, charitable action or sacrifice, but in reality they've done very little to help the human condition.
Earl: I gave that homeless man my half eaten apple.
Roger: Wow, thats mighty white of you.

Yeah, but it's been traditionally used in a racist way, though it technically didn't originate as a racist notion.

Still, probably a saying that shouldn't be used in modern-day language lol

For a moment there I forgot how politically correct we are suppose to be and how easily some try to drag us down the slippery slope of racism. if people would lighten up it might be an easier world to live in.

Couldn't agree more. There's a lot of people in the world today making a living off of being a professional victim. Sad to see as it insults people who actually are victims. Everyone is just looking for something to be outraged about.

[Moranis]

I think we just saw that if Bron was on the Sixers it wouldn't make a difference. Tanking...it almost never works

Sure it does.  Oklahoma City tanked and landed Durant, Westbrook, and Harden.  San Antonio tanked and landed Duncan.  Cleveland tanked and landed James (and did it again and landed Irving).  Orlando tanked and landed Howard.  Miami tanked and landed Wade.  Houston tanked and landed Ming.  Tanking works as much as any other method of landing elite level talent and in fact probably works at a higher rate than any other method.  The appeal of tanking is you are assured of a high level draft pick, which means high level talent.  You have to draft correctly and it certainly helps if you get lucky in the drafts you tank in, but teams do it because it works, not because it fails all the time.

[Eja117]

I think we just saw that if Bron was on the Sixers it wouldn't make a difference. Tanking...it almost never works

Sure it does.  Oklahoma City tanked and landed Durant, Westbrook, and Harden.  San Antonio tanked and landed Duncan.  Cleveland tanked and landed James (and did it again and landed Irving).  Orlando tanked and landed Howard.  Miami tanked and landed Wade.  Houston tanked and landed Ming.  Tanking works as much as any other method of landing elite level talent and in fact probably works at a higher rate than any other method.  The appeal of tanking is you are assured of a high level draft pick, which means high level talent.  You have to draft correctly and it certainly helps if you get lucky in the drafts you tank in, but teams do it because it works, not because it fails all the time.

Maybe I should have said "Tanking. It almost never gets you championships".

[dreamgreen]

So hard to say, draft position, who is available, so on and so forth.

I do know this, the people here beating the playoffs drum will be the first ones saying how much this teams sucks if they get destroyed in the playoffs, mark it down!!!

[saltlover]

So hard to say, draft position, who is available, so on and so forth.

I do know this, the people here beating the playoffs drum will be the first ones saying how much this teams sucks if they get destroyed in the playoffs, mark it down!!!

Speaking for myself, that won't be the slightest bit true.  If we get obliterated (which I certainly don't think is a given) I'll say something like "we have a long way to go" but I'm fairly confident that it will be the tanking crowd saying "See, I told you we were terrible."

[Eja117]

For all their tanking look at the Sixers. They couldn't beat Oak Hill Academy. Ok. They could. But if they were told the game counted in the standings they couldn't.

For all their tanking they have Joel Embid and Noel. Whoop de doo.

We have Sully, Marcus Smart, and James Young.

When you look at who they will supposedly pick next year nbadraft.net has them taking Jahil Okafor and Trey Lyles in the first round and we're taking Willy C Stein and Tyus Jones.

Is that their big plan? That's how they're going to get so great?

They're going to have Okafor, Noel, Embid, and T Lyles and we're going to have Sully, WCS, Smart, Young, and Tyus Jones and that's their plan for getting so much better than the rest of the league?

The foundation of their team is losing. They've made it to the Timberwolves zone. Kindred spirits with the 90s Clippers

[saltlover]

I don't really care about the 6ers and what they are doing but they can have enough cap space to take on 4 max contracts... who is going there? What do they have that would even entice those players?

They don't have that space.  They could get two max players, but Javale McGee is taking up $12 million in space, and they've got cap holds for draft picks and stuff too.  But given that they were willing to let McGee take up that space only to release him, it's pretty clear that they have no intention of exploring free agency until 2016 at the earliest.

[manl_lui]

I saw this article this morning and I thought it was worth watching

http://bleacherreport.com/articles/2400211-is-brad-stevens-turning-the-boston-celtics-into-a-free-agent-destination