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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.thats a tough choice. i would have to go with Danny. its unbelievably hard to rebuild a nba franchise. you have to be good and lucky at the same time. the giants won a sb with eli freakin manning. the pats will be good even when Brady is gone as long as bb and pioli are still there.It used to be Belichick (with help from Pioli) hands down. Look at the organization they have built. But long term, once Brady goes......
Look what Theo Epstein is building.
And for one year, has any GM done a better job than Danny Ainge?????
We are very blessed indeed.
thats a tough choice. i would have to go with Danny. its unbelievably hard to rebuild a nba franchise. you have to be good and lucky at the same time. the giants won a sb with eli freakin manning. the pats will be good even when Brady is gone as long as bb and pioli are still there.
Agreed, there so many less players in basketball. Gasol to the Lakers, they win the conference. If the Cavs had gotten Gasol to go with James they likely win their conference. If you have a stud, you're one more stud and role players from having a good chance to win it all - and there's lots of salary dump situations available in basketball.I think building a football team is much much harder than either baseball (where you can buy our way to a championship, see:--> Curt Schilling) or basketball (where you can trade your entire future, as the Celts did, for a 2 year run).
Agreed, there so many less players in basketball. Gasol to the Lakers, they win the conference. If the Cavs had gotten Gasol to go with James they likely win their conference. If you have a stud, you're one more stud and role players from having a good chance to win it all - and there's lots of salary dump situations available in basketball.
I think building a football team is much much harder than either baseball (where you can buy our way to a championship, see:--> Curt Schilling) or basketball (where you can trade your entire future, as the Celts did, for a 2 year run). Garnett has another season or two at most, and then after that, the Celts will revert to last place, while the Patriots will still be contenders.
The Celts made out great in the Minny trade, but then look what Minny ended up with as well:
Al Jefferson, young, 21 points & many rebounds per game
#1 pick this year (Minny's original pick): OJ Mayo or Michael Beasley
#1 next season (likely in the 24-30 range)
2nd rounder this year first pick of the 2nd (from the G. Green/Houston trade)
A bunch of solid bench type players:
Ricky Gomes, 13 points a game
Sebastian Telfair, 9 points a game
Kirk Snyder, nice player
And, they can make a splash in FA this year with the Theo Ratliff money
That's not a bad base at all, and if Mayo/Beasley become the stars people think they can be, you will have a much better team than the Celtics will field in 2 years out. Is the Mayo/Beasley thing a big if?? I'd say it's a 40% shot that they end up playing as advertised, and if they do, then a Jefferson/Mayo one-two punch will be more than enough compensation for letting go of an aging Garnett, not to mention extras such as 2 more draft choices, Gomes, Telfair, Snyder, Ratliff FA.
1. Until Jefferson learns how to play defense, he is never going to be an elite player, especially in the West. He's very good, but his D is atrocious.
2. Beasley? The Wolves pick third, one spot too deep. It's an impossibility.
3. Second round picks in the NBA, with few notable exceptions (Arenas/Boozer) are worthless. Outside of the top half of any given draft, you're lucky to find two guys who are real starters on a good team.
4. I don't think they're going to take Mayo. I think he's going to go to the Seattle New Orleans formerly Supersonics but now nameless team to pair with Durant.
5. No free agents are signing with the Wolves right now. They're not competitive, they are not in a high profile city, and good players tend to flow to good teams. Very rarely do you see a major FA acquisition come in and change a franchise. That's why drafting is so important. (And why the lottery is so stupid.)
4 - Harry Sinden. What? He isn't the GM anymore? Well he still sucks.
Ignorance looks good on you. Sinden hasn't been the GM in more than a decade. Moreover, he was removed from any decision-making position when Peter Chiarelli was given the reins.
I think building a football team is much much harder than either baseball (where you can buy our way to a championship, see:--> Curt Schilling) or basketball (where you can trade your entire future, as the Celts did, for a 2 year run). Garnett has another season or two at most, and then after that, the Celts will revert to last place, while the Patriots will still be contenders.
The Celts made out great in the Minny trade, but then look what Minny ended up with as well:
Al Jefferson, young, 21 points & many rebounds per game
#1 pick this year (Minny's original pick): OJ Mayo or Michael Beasley
#1 next season (likely in the 24-30 range)
2nd rounder this year first pick of the 2nd (from the G. Green/Houston trade)
A bunch of solid bench type players:
Ricky Gomes, 13 points a game
Sebastian Telfair, 9 points a game
Kirk Snyder, nice player
And, they can make a splash in FA this year with the Theo Ratliff money
That's not a bad base at all, and if Mayo/Beasley become the stars people think they can be, you will have a much better team than the Celtics will field in 2 years out. Is the Mayo/Beasley thing a big if?? I'd say it's a 40% shot that they end up playing as advertised, and if they do, then a Jefferson/Mayo one-two punch will be more than enough compensation for letting go of an aging Garnett, not to mention extras such as 2 more draft choices, Gomes, Telfair, Snyder, Ratliff FA.
Ignorance looks good on you. Sinden hasn't been the GM in more than a decade. Moreover, he was removed from any decision-making position when Peter Chiarelli was given the reins.
Garnett has another season or two at most, and then after that, the Celts will revert to last place.
Look what Theo Epstein is building.
And for one year, has any GM done a better job than Danny Ainge?????
We are very blessed indeed.