Honestly, it might be best for us to get bounced in the first round this year. That way at least Danny knows that we're nowhere near close to where we need to be, and we need to keep our assets.
The display of basketball that we've put on the court lately is just putrid.
getting bounced in the first round would not be best... at all.
Eh, obviously it's not the most ideal option, but it at least gives Danny a clear route to head in.
I just don't think this team has the makeup or essential composition to be a true contender. We're too small, too soft (inexplicably), and too limited.
i dont think ainge is sitting there right now, not understanding the problems of this team.
Are you sure?
Because this guy also said we didn't need a rebounder that wasn't a skilled player during the All-Star Break. How exactly are our skilled bigs working out for us right now? Horford has 0 pts and 1 rebound; KO has 2 pts (on 5 shots) and 4 rebounds, but he's been atrocious pretty much everywhere else.
But that's not what I'm saying anyways. Danny has been torn between working towards the future and making us better right now. A first round loss again would at least pretty much move us solely towards building for the future rather than getting better right now and marginally improving an inherently flawed team.
if Ainge wanted to marginally improve the team he would have added the big man you constantly **** about him not adding.
If Ainge even felt we were that close to a title he would have gone in and overpaid for Butler or George.
Instead Ainge concluded that we were far enough away that adding a big or a swing at the deadline was pointless because we werent competing anyway. He also clearly felt the risk-reward of trading away the future for a star to chase a title this year was unwise.
wanting the team to lose in the first round is an emotional reaction to an emarassing stretch of 6 quarters.
This seems more like an emotional overreaction post than what I said.
But, no, I think you're wrong about Butler and George. It was more about it not being a fair deal or price than him not thinking we were close enough. He absolutely would've pulled the trigger on a deal to improve this team now if he thought it was a fair deal.
I don't think it's wrong to suggest that a first round loss might be best for us in the long run. I certainly don't want that. I want us to pick up our defense and offense, increase our intensity, make it to the ECF and give the Cavs hell. Then we could sign someone like Griffin this summer to go along with a Fultz or Jackson in the draft.
But if this is the type of effort that we can expect to see in the playoffs when it matters most, then, no, perhaps a first round loss to give us clarity and not trade our 2017 pick/not max out someone like IT is in our best interests.
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