Than explain why. Unlike you I have been watching this fool run around like a chicken with it's head cut off for over a decade. 2007 was pure luck.
The idiot is an abysmal drafter. The jury is still out on Brown. Not exactly a stellar rookie season. Ainge hasn't had a decent pick in seven years and the overwhelming majority of his picks are busts. Discovered Giannis and then took professional turd Kelly Olynyk instead. He screwed us out of at least one title with the moronic Perkins for Jeff (I clearly hate playing basketball) Green. A trade so brain dead that rivals were laughing about it and relieved when it happened.
He is a fool with zero long term plan. He has no ability to see the bigger picture. His entire train wreck of a tenure here has been throwing as much **** against the wall as he can and seeing if anything sticks. He does not understand that two mediocre players do not equal one great player.
I get that you are a casual fan. But if you are going to make a statement have some idea of what you are talking about and support with an argument. otherwise you just look foolish. Ainge is a buffoon.
Casual fan? I've been a hard core Celts fan since 1979 pal. Don't take this debate to a sports radio level.
When it comes to orchestrating trades, Danny is the best in the league. That is defensible. His player acquisition strategy is to acquire proven NBA talent. A certain guy in Foxboro has the same philosophy.
Show me another GM who is elite at drafting. Hint: you won't find one. NBA prospects are a total and complete crap shoot.
Jalen Brown is a wait and see but overall his rookie season was decent
Rozier was ok....picked #16th.
Smart is fine for #6. Could be worse. Could be better.
Olynyk at #13 from DAL was a crap shoot. He was barely a lottery pick.
Sullinger was #21. He had some value
Avery Bradley was an excellent pick at #21
Jeff Green (ultimately) was ok here for #6
Foye was traded at #7
Go back and look at the players immediately picked before/after those players and tell me if he better or worse.
Go back and look at his trades.
Go back and look at the 2 rebuilding jobs.
He lands Horford in FA, they go to the ECF with a roster with more holes than swiss cheese and people still *****.
He lands a very, very good young head coach.
He hires Doc Rivers from the scrap heap and wins COTY.
Overall Record as GM
14 Seasons
11 Playoff Appearances
4 ECF Appearances
2 Finals Appearances
1 World Championship (should be 2 if Perk doesn't blow out his knee in G6)
The problem with your analysis is you don't have perspective. You clearly have a bias against Ainge and refuse to acknowledge his body of work. 30 other NBA owners would kill for him running their teams.