Have the Celtics made it to Brooklyn yet? I decided to watch the Dodgers while waiting.
Boston is missing too many playersShitshow
I didn't watch were the Nets starters out there at the end again @Shaqdaddy11 ?
I guess....but is having Kyrie and Harden on the court really gonna stop the other team from scoring? And, hell, can always put them back in if it gets a little too close.
No way.....not when the Nets can just hold the ball for most of the shot clock.
I am old enough to remember every talking head talking about how Boston fleeced Brooklyn/New Jersey in trade.
And it would cause years of misery for Brooklyn and long term championship success for Boston.
Maybe it was not a direct pathway or correlation to anything in the trade, but the NETS seems a lot closer to a title 7 years later.
Boston has seemingly wasted all that they got from the trade.
And that is all that really matters.
they might have been fine but the heyward injury was a dagger....Brooklyn did get fleeced. With KG and Pierce they finished 6th and 8th in 2014 and 2015 respectively. They then won 21, 20 and 28 games the next 3 years. That was an awful trade at the time and in hindsight turned out to look even worse.
they might have been fine but the heyward injury was a dagger....
More than anything... it shows that you can't (or at least that you shouldn't) boil down a complex equation to any one factor.Boston has seemingly wasted all that they got from the trade.
And that is all that really matters.
I am old enough to remember every talking head talking about how Boston fleeced Brooklyn/New Jersey in trade.
And it would cause years of misery for Brooklyn and long term championship success for Boston.
Maybe it was not a direct pathway or correlation to anything in the trade, but the NETS seems a lot closer to a title 7 years later.
Boston has seemingly wasted all that they got from the trade.
And that is all that really matters.
Sure did.....David Griffin traded him for a protected 2nd rounder.Joe Harris played for the Cavs once upon a time.....LOL.
I agree it's fair to say the Cs won that deal and not really debatable. But also true even with all the assets the Cs had the Nets have blown past them.More than anything... it shows that you can't (or at least that you shouldn't) boil down a complex equation to any one factor.
That trade was absolutely a great swindle by the Celtics.
And I think that many people tend to forget that assets such as Tatum and Brown are still quite young.
Beyond that, I wonder if you would "seemingly" have a different opinion if the Celtics were fully healthy right now and Brooklyn maybe had a Kyrie or a Harden out for the season.
Of course, the Celtics have been snake-bit previously on the injury front with Hayward most notably.
Health is a huge part of the equation.
And all some others are saying is it is warranted.....though only matters if someone gets hurt. Why take the risk?You don’t even need stops at that point. You need to be able to hold the ball for 20 seconds without turning it over. That is it. Of course a comeback is almost impossible regardless of who is in. Almost.
Why take out 2 of the best ball handlers in the world for that situation? Leave them in 1 more possession and it really is out of reach.
All I am saying is the criticism of having them in is unwarranted.