trading isaiah and early season effect-doubly effective for us

[rollie mass]

 If isaiah missed a portion of season for the celts, we would not have been nearly as effective and with all the new players losses could have mounted up.
Now we have an all star at point guard from the beginning of pre season working with new guys and youth.
That alone may add to our win total while the Cavs have to adjust without their elite point guard scorer and management in disarray
When isaiah does come back and while getting in game shape with his new squad, This is going to hurt the Cavs record and/ or force more pressure on lebron.
If he gets sulky and plays out the season just waiting for playoffs that is to celts benefit

Now the trade is done and the Nets pick is gettinh attention they seem to be getting stronger with no reason to tank.

A 2nd rounder in 2020 is tolerable and loss of Crowder opens up minutes for young guys and heads off any potential bad blood with Hayward.

Red used to say Danny was lucky-my father used to say the harder you work the luckier you get.Danny could not have scripted this situation getting Tatum
Irving and Hayward--bet nobody saw this coming
-Danny got lucky but he certainly put in the work-

[hwangjini_1]

good post rollie, and my condolences on the recent passing of your namesake. it is a real loss for basketball and the world.

next, this is from SoSH, but i think addresses your final point on Ainge and his ability to work hard and change a team for the better. when i looked at the roster below from before, and what the celtics have now, it is amazing the job he has done.

FROM SoSH's HOMERUNBAKER:

My real purpose for posting in this thread is to recognize the job that Ainge has done in his second full rebuild of this organization. It was just over 2 1/2 years ago prior to the trade deadline when our starting lineup in a game was.......

1- Jameer Nelson
2- Avery Bradley
3- Jeff Green
4 - Jared Sullinger
5 - Tyler Zeller

Also included in our 11-man rotation that night were Brandan Wright, Phil Pressey, and Brandon Bass.