09-08-2020, 07:39 AM
(This post was last modified: 09-08-2020, 08:47 AM by dirkfansince1998.)
(09-08-2020, 03:01 AM)meistermatze Wrote: Yet the Clippers won.
Anybody else considering Brad Stevens a great coach? I mean they overperform every season he's been there, he's really good at mixing it up and developing young talent. If not for the Hayward-injuries, Boston would have been scary good the last couple of years.
He certainly is a good coach and deserves some credit for the development of the younger players but the real hero is Danny Ainge. The team is stacked.
The amount of high draft picks they had in the last couple of years is a big reason why they were able to add talent. Usually a playoff team isn´t picking in the lottery every single year.
Marcus Smart #6 in 2014. Probably a top 5 defender in the league.
Terry Rozier #16 in 2015. Main piece of the Kemba Walker sign&trade.
Jaylen Brown #3 in 2016. One of the best two-way wings in the league. Scores 20pts and defends the best opposing wing.
Jason Tatum #3 in 2017. Boston traded down, picked the best player and added even more picks. Tatum is probably the Celtics best player. Another 20+ points per game two-way wing.
12 1st round picks in the last six drafts. Three more this year.
11 2nd round picks in the last six drafts. One more this year.
Hayward was signed in free agency.
Traded for Irving: Crowder, Thomas, Zizic, 1st round pick (8th Sexton), 2nd round pick
Sign and trade for Walker: Received a 2nd round pick. Send Terry Rozier and a worse 2nd round pick.
Ainge is the anti Donnie/Cuban. No plan powder. Collecting assets and slowly improving the roster.