Bob Ryan: Genius or jerk

[Enrile, Roy]

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From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of Eggcentric at aol.com

In three trades 
(Telfair, Allen, Garnett) we have fallen from arguably the 1st (if you
include Brandon Roy and Jianlian) to the 30th ranked team in promising 
youth.   
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That's true, and if Danny kept the Celts as the "1st ranked team in
promising youth", by not doing the last 3 trades, Maybe Bob Ryan's
right.  Maybe we'd have had an even better shot at a title down the line
than our BigThree team has now. 

I can see a defensive core of  
Al, Brandon Roy, Noah, to go with Perk, Gomes, Del,  pushing Portland
for future titles. (along w/ Rajon & aging Paul).

They'd instantly be better defensively than what we have now (Paul/Ray
with their huge minutes at SG/SF, will be horrible at defending the
younger superstar swingmen of the league).  And of course with the youth
movement, we'd have depth, "TWO-WAY" players, and a bigger time window.
Plus those players above are as toughminded, & classy on/off the court,
as Allen/Garnett.  

If our allstars, happen to lose in the east playoffs the next two years,
to younger, harder working defensive teams(it's what just happened to
Detroit's 5 FORMER ALLSTARS), we may end up agreeing that losing out on
the careers of Al, BrandonRoy, Noah  was as bad as trading away
Chauncey, JoeJohnson, Marion .