Talk about being irrelevant for 20 years ... the Celts were at least semi-decent & fun in the mid-2000s. They even made the conference finals once. Yeah it was a flawed team with no hope at a title, but still better than where we are now.
I'd jump for joy to add a couple of talents like Pierce and Walker to watch for the next 8-10 years. With better management and a competent coach much earlier on in the process, who knows what they might have built with those two guys?
The biggest problem for me is that the team doesn't have anybody who I can even imagine being one of the main pieces of a fun and exciting 50+ win team. Until Ainge finds a way to get one of those guys, our team is more like a deck of cards -- constantly getting reshuffled -- than a true rebuilding project.
I believe in Marcus Smart.
But nonetheless, I get what you mean. And I hate to bring it up as an example, but if the Sixers stumbled onto a terrific piece in Okafor or Embiid (we'll see when they finally get to play), they could easily leapfrog us in terms of "rebuilding" fairly quickly. The fact that people here were discussing a "Noel for Smart" trade shows that how even our single arguably-best asset in Smart compares to the Sixers arguably 3rd best asset in Noel.
And before I attract all the hate for bringing up the Sixers and get comments how the plan has accomplished nothing... well, we haven't accomplished much either. We made the playoffs last year on a miraculous run, finishing with the 2nd best record in the league in the 2nd half of the season. I'm pretty sure though that won't translate to us having the 2nd best record in the league throughout the next season. Odds are we won't even make the playoffs next season, with the Pacers and Heat returning to full form.
To bring another example into the mix, you know who else also hasn't accomplished anything? The T'Wolves. Worst record in the league last year, but they sure do look like they're sitting pretty with Wiggins-Towns. I'd estimate that they're "ahead" of us in terms of this whole rebuilding thing.