Who Cares If Pierce Was Offered For The First Pick

[Berry, Mark S]

It's not just Ainge. It starts with Wyc and flows right on down. Ainge
was on the right track, but in the past year he got impatient and he
hasn't made a smart move since. We're just lucky that our team right now
isn't Paul Pierce, Allen Iverson and a bunch of bench players. Philly
saved us from ourselves or else Jefferson would be a Sixer and we'd all
be wondering what the hell happened.

Wyc is allowing all this. He has the Pierce jersey hanging in his office
and is pushing this "win it with Paul" philosophy. Wyc, Ainge, Doc ...
they're all delusional and desperate and you put those things together
and you get bad decisions. We can fire Ainge and Doc (hopefully), but we
can't fire the owner.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com] On
Behalf Of mark at 10thumbs.org
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:19 AM
To: celtics at igtc.com
Subject: Re: Who Cares If Pierce Was Offered For The First Pick

amusing responses y'all... but i hope no one on this list thinks that
POR
was ever trading the #1 pick...

Danny could have offered Pierce, Jefferson, Rondo and 3#1 picks... Oden
was going to POR.

i'm bummed so many are down on Ainge, but can see (even if i don't
totally
agree) why.

(the other) Mark

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No, he would have traded it for a 31-year-old combo guard coming off
knee surgery.

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: celtics-bounces at igtc.com [mailto:celtics-bounces at igtc.com]
On
Behalf Of ryanmnelson at verizon.net
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2007 9:09 AM
To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List
Subject: Re: Re: Who Cares If Pierce Was Offered For The First Pick

actually, ainge probably would have acquired the #1 pick and then traded
it down for 4 picks in the 20s to draft "value."

rmn


>From: Steve Ouellette <bosox18 at charter.net>
>Date: 2007/07/03 Tue AM 08:06:23 CDT
>To: The Boston Celtics Mailing List <celtics at igtc.com>
>Subject: Re: Who Cares If Pierce Was Offered For The First Pick

>And then Ainge would have been ripped to shreds by everyone --
including
>Ray -- for giving up too much.
>
>Steve O
>
>Way Of The Ray wrote:
>> Even if Devastating Danny Ainge offered Pierce
>> and the fifth pick to Portland for the Number
>> One Pick and next year's first, who cares?
>>
>> It was the usual Wyc-Ainge half-assed effort,
>> that was doomed to failure from the start.
>>
>> If you are trying to overwhelm the Blazers into
>> giving up the most valuable draft choice
>> to come down the pike since the Cavs drafted Lebron,
>> you don't ask for their future first round choice.
>>
>> And further more, if you are trying to acquire Durant
>> or Oden, you have to knock that team for a loop with a
>> trade package so audacious, that they simply can't
>> refuse.
>>
>> Pierce, Jefferson, and the fifth pick should have
>> been Ainge's offer and then rebuild the Celtics around
>> Oden or Durant.
>>
>> Ray

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