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Is Love, Pierce, and Lopez enough?
« on: June 25, 2015, 10:56:00 AM »

Offline Rosco917

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The question has to be asked, how much is in the tank of Paul? The Signing of Crowder will certainly help at the SF position.

Lopez is a blue collar center, he works hard, he's physical and long, he protects the rim and rebounds, scoring is not high on his list as far as importance.

If Love returns to close to his form in Minnesota, 22-23 pp., 9-10 rebounds, passable D. (Add a PF that is defensive minded as a backup)

Can this team challenge Cleveland?
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Re: Is Love, Pierce, and Lopez enough?
« Reply #1 on: June 25, 2015, 11:07:32 AM »

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Probably not, no.
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Re: Is Love, Pierce, and Lopez enough?
« Reply #2 on: June 25, 2015, 11:08:12 AM »

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I don't think so. 

Still question the depth & the ability to provide scoring offense.  I love Pierce to death but he's on the decline.  If you limit his minutes in the regular season, it helps but that team wouldn't have enough punch to beat CLE.
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Re: Is Love, Pierce, and Lopez enough?
« Reply #3 on: June 25, 2015, 11:08:53 AM »

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Quote from: Rosco917 on June 25, 2015, 10:56:00 AM
The question has to be asked, how much is in the tank of Paul? The Signing of Crowder will certainly help at the SF position.

Lopez is a blue collar center, he works hard, he's physical and long, he protects the rim and rebounds, scoring is not high on his list as far as importance.

If Love returns to close to his form in Minnesota, 22-23 pp., 9-10 rebounds, passable D. (Add a PF that is defensive minded as a backup)

Can this team challenge Cleveland?

No. we'd be luck to get to the 2nd round. PP is still good but he's your ideal 4th quarter player now. he's a great 4th option on a great team.
I like Lopez to start at C but we still have to consoldate the PFs and get 1-2 quality scorers to think about getting anywhere close to Cleveland.
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« Reply #4 on: June 25, 2015, 11:30:05 AM »

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I agree with the consensus: nope. In the West we wouldn't even be a playoff team.
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Re: Is Love, Pierce, and Lopez enough?
« Reply #5 on: June 25, 2015, 11:34:15 AM »

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enough for what? enough to get the celtics into the playoffs? sure.

enough to get out of the second round? probably not, depending on the matchup.

enough to get past cleveland? only if kyrie and lebron both are injured.  ;D

this trio is enough for a short, fan-driven dream. not much more.
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Re: Is Love, Pierce, and Lopez enough?
« Reply #6 on: June 25, 2015, 11:38:49 AM »

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No.  Pierce and Lopez would be useful supporting players to add alongside Love, but it's obviously not enough on its own.
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Re: Is Love, Pierce, and Lopez enough?
« Reply #7 on: June 25, 2015, 11:41:16 AM »

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We won't contend for the title, but we will be competitive and will be in a position to improve in 2016.  We'll still have cap space and tons of draft picks.
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« Reply #8 on: June 25, 2015, 11:49:47 AM »

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This team cannot challenge Cleveland, but it has the potential to do so.

If we get Lopez, Pierce, and Love all through FA signings, do you know how beneficially apt Ainge is to make another trade for a 2nd or 3rd Allstar?

Why are people acting like signing these 3 means we aren't making any more further moves? Obviously Ainge is going to convince Love, that his assets, and picks can get us another 3rd or 2nd Allstar to put next to him.

Hell, we could even convince Rondo to sign for a really cheap hometown discount with a player opt out for 2 years.
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