Relevent? Experience? Contracts are up IN THREE YEARS? My god dude how long have you followed the Celtics? I started in the 80's when they were unreal, and perenial contenders. In sports, you're either terrible, or competing for a championship. What are we now? Niether. This trade ensures anotehr 10 years of mediocrity. What we've done now, is we've traded away a piece (#5) that would grow with Rondo, Green, and Jefferson and propel us toward beng a contender. Now, we're 40+ wins for 3 years, and then starting over. Only, at that point, we'll need 4-5 years more time to be good again. 3 + 5 = 8, which means Jefferson will be 30, and we'll be right where we are now with Pierce. GROSS!
A 32 year old Shooting Guard. HAHAHAHA!!!
I'm fed up with being a Celtics fan. :enranged:
Get a hold of yourself!
What year do you think that Rondo, Green, Jefferson group was going to contend in? At best, let's call it 2010.
Is one more piece to the puzzle, let's say it's Green or Brewer, really worth being irrelevant for three more seasons? Is that piece that unattainable through other means, such as trade, free agency or ensuing drafts? Is that piece such an incredible upgrade over what other pieces we have, whether we're talking a defensive swingman, (Tony Allen), or a rebounding, defense-oriented big (Kendrick Perkins)?
No, No, and No.
If no more big trades are made - and I think we will add some more pieces, but am not sure of the cost - Rondo, Green and Jefferson are still going to be there at the end of this run with Allen.
And in those three years, those guys will have been to the playoffs three times, and had that important experience. How many young guys win the championship on their first go? They don't.
If anything, this trade ensures we do NOT become the Washington Bullets who were mediocre for eternity. If we had drafted #5, then yes, we would have been stuck in that mediocrity indefinitely.
You're advocating us becoming the Chicago Bulls, who have been taking lottery picks since Jordan retired. The C's just started this rebuilding stuff in earnest the past few years, and it's never been true rebuilding. You, and other fans like you, act like we've sucked all along. We haven't, we've been mediocre, we have not truly been rebuilding. Off the top of my head, the only two lottery picks I can think of on this team right now are Paul Pierce and Ray Allen. Green, Jefferson, Rondo all were selected mid to late first round. WE HAVE NOT BEEN "REBUILDING" because we never blew it up. Danny's skilled drafting has given that illusion.
If you want to tear it up and rebuild and spend years and years making lottery picks like the Bulls have, fine, so be it. But I don't think you truly understand what rebuilding is, I don't think C's fans really get it.
This gives us a chance to get out of the mediocre cycle, and if we fail, we're in no worse shape than we were had we not taking a chance.