2019-20 Boston Celtics Season

Sure there is some value to that, but Steven's teams play hard all the time. Overall it's a young hungry team, not an older team filled with Veteran's. You have Walker and Hayward for leadership both having been the number one option and stars on their former teams. Frankly the comments that started this show Walkers leadership he's building up his teammates, not tearing them down. Article a few weeks ago how Walker tells his teammates to keep shooting and don't worry about it when they go cold. Compared to Irving yelling at them and asking what are you doing? I just don't see the team falling a part without Smart. Sure they will lose something he's a good player. The great thing about team play is that when the whole team buys in, you can plug other players in and the wheels don't fall off.  A perfect example was 2017 when both Irving and Smart went down, Rozier and Larkin stepped up.

It's not just LeBron but all elite SFs, Durant, Leonard, Paul George, etc. We haven't even mentioned the ton of PFs he stands no chance against.  A guy like Semi could do about as good of a job on LeBron as anyone, with his strength, speed and athleticism if the Refs would allow him to. He doesn't get many minutes because his offense is horrible, but he's a very good defender. He's a guy that can guard three positions, just like Smart can. We are getting a little crazy saying he can guard four positions.

Yea... watch the game Heild was unconscious and looking at a box score is a silly way to draw a conclusion and place blame on a game you didn’t watch.

Smart was fouled on that last shot though.

What’s clear is you didn’t watch the game so there’s no reason to discuss it with you. My bad for responding in the first place.

That wasn’t the last play though but now your comment makes sense to me. Yes, he should have pulled that out or called timeout. However, no one else even comes up with that rebound.

Yeah, great stuff last night. I watched the first half and then checked out for the rest of it and I'm glad we won. Not really a pretty game, but when you consider that the Celtics lost a game they should have won and immediately won a game they should have lost then all is good. Great defensive performance, if they can keep up the offensive movement AND crank up the defense they're legit title contenders.

I think they are a good 19M away from the hardcap though. The larger issues are:

1. Only Atlanta has Cap Space to help facilitate an "uneven" deal.
2. There really isn't anyone likely available that would be an upgrade to what they have and/or worth legitimate assets.
3. How good is that pick really going to be? Teams will likely pause on it's worth (especially while it's still protected).

Actually, you may have caught ME on that one. I'll have to look.

Really 2 and 3 are combined. I don't mean to suggest it doesn't have value, it's just more room for disagreement on it's value between C's and another team. Combine that with a lack of sure options and . . .

Actually, you're addition should probably go at/near the top of the list. Some cheap talent will be critical to sustainability for this group. Good call.

Ainge should and will hold on to the pick, which could easily end up being in the 5-10 range or better if it kicks to next year. No available bigs with salary matching out there to match that value right now

Watching that Suns game I thought man it would be nice to have Baynes. He would add a toughness we don't have. I'm not sure the Suns trade him, they want to win or at minimum take a big step forward. Also is he worth a first round pick? He's still a matchup big, like he'd be huge against the Sixers with their size, but he won't be able to play big minutes against every team. He also doesn't add scoring to our bench.

It's too bad Favors makes so much, he'd be perfect. He can score in the post, rebound and play great D. He can also guard centers and PFs. You could play him with Kanter if you wanted to go really big. I love Baynes, but I really want a guy with a little more versatility, espically if we are trading a first for him.

The new lotto rules kinda change everything, heck we were one ball away from getting the #3 pick from the Kings. The Grizz look good at 5-9, much more talent than your average rebuilding team in year one. I'm torn on getting that pick in the 7-10 range this year or hoping next year you can get higher.

I guess I'm not that worried about adding 2-3 rookies next year but that probably speaks to my confidence in the maturation of GWill, Edwards and RWill (especially in the roles they are likely to be assigned next year) by the time the deadline rolls around. IF we're talking spots 10-15 on the team I'm okay having them filled by Langford, some rookie deals and a minimum contract or 2.