Breaking up is hard to do

[RickDHome@xxxxxxx]

I caught part of the Cs/Mavs the other night.  The thing is, they had 
positioned themselves to have a future intil the botched draft of a couple 
years ago, followed by the horrible trades.  Now, they're mediocre with no 
end in sight.  By the time the noose of Baker's contract is off their necks 
Walker and Pierce will be beyond their primes (or certainly at the tail end 
of it).  Then again, are you really crazy about their games anyway.  I still 
say, on a more normally configured team, Pierce is far the superior player.  
On this team, Walker seems just as valuable, excepting the fourth quarter, of 
course.

Given that no hope view, I think they ought to blow this team up and start 
over.  After all, is the goal to win a championship, or make the playoffs.  I 
think *just* making the playoffs is for the Milwaukee's and Atlanta's of the 
world.  To blow this team up necessarily means a couple of years of hard 
times while getting young, potentially great talent, and repositioning 
ourselves to make a splash on the free agent front.  If we traded one or both 
of Walker/Pierce for young stars and/or draft picks, part and parcel of that 
would be getting rid of Wallace/Papile/Obie.  We'd need to bring in people 
with a better track record of talent evaluation and talent development.  And 
a coach who will employ other than the gimmick offense that he learned at the 
hands of the little Rictator.  

I don't remember who first said the maligned phrase 'we're championship 
driven', but I hope the new owners share that feeling.  And the only way to 
achieve that goal is with talent.  The moves of the last couple of seasons 
have set us back at least half a decade in that quest.

I for one, think they ought to blow this thing up at the end of this season, 
because as presently constituted, they have no hope of bringing a cha
mpionship to Boston.

As always, this opinion is worth what you paid for it.