my favorite line of the night

[mark at 10thumbs.org]

Kim --

i think you're one of the most thoughtful basketball minds on the list --
and i've heard you make this point before... the difference of
accumulating talent vs. building a cohesive team.

Ainge's public comments aside, can you give an example of this?  Of when
he sacrificed the latter (building a cohesive team) to get the former
(better talent).

I'm not asking to be contrarian -- i suspect you're on the right path here
-- but i can't think of an example.

In the draft I think you always take the BPA... too much fitting leads to
Montross over Eddie Jones. His pay aside, I see Scalabrine as Ainge going
out and getting a guy who would help team cohesion.

thanks,
(the other) mark

FWIW -- i think Ainge has done a good-to-very-good job.  While i'd like a
new coach, i would really not want a new GM (and thus a new
philosophy/building theory, etc.)

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Kim wrote:
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The problem is that raw talent isn't the entire answer either. I've
said from early on that I appreciate Ainge's eye for talent, based on
his drafts, but questioned his understanding of team building vs
simply acquiring talent.