I'm still kinda mad the Celts made the playoffs that year and missed out on Winslow / Turner / Booker.
I liked Portis, Dekker, Anderson, and RHJ more than Rozier. So far none of them looks better than a backup. Neither does Terry.
TP....this exactly.
A Pyrrhic victory, at best, making those playoffs.
Wyc had to to have his two measly playoff games in Boston. Wyc and CBS outvoted Danny that year.....very shortsighted.
And forget all that crap about "playoff experience" and all the other rationalizations, like"we wouldn't have had Thomas". He could've been sat as could've Sully and Smart as they all had injuries.
If you took a poll now and asked people to choose between either having Winslow/Turner or that sweep by the Cavs, I know how I'd vote.
So they shouldn't have trade for Thomas?
No, we should have trade for him and then made him sit out the season after his injury, since IT would totally have been okay with that. Sully and especially Smart would have agreed to it, too, obviously
People like to way over-simplify that whole season. It wasn't just a decision between getting a higher pick or getting swept by the Cavs. IT's comfort level with Brad and the rest of the team (and vise verse) would have been impacted, Crowder wouldn't have improved as much, Smart not playing would have impacted his development, and forcing IT to sit would have been a poor introduction to Boston (and IT's love of Boston was an important factor in Horford signing with us). All of those things and the fact that the Celtics were a young playoff team helped lead to Amir signing with us, which snowballed with those factors into us being an even better playoff team this year, which further snowballed into us signing Horford this offseason and nearly getting Durant. Sitting players to miss the playoffs could have made us miss out on much more than just playoff experience
Was it worth it to make the playoffs and have the 16th pick over missing the playoffs and getting the 11th pick? I don't know, but there's a lot more to consider than just whether or not we gained playoff experience against the Cavs