To a certain extent, I agree with you, Brad has to pull a coaching svengali here. I'm a huge Brad believer so that's what I'm hoping happens. IMHO the DPE is only relevant if they are a top 4 seed in the EAST at the trade deadline, otherwise, play the ex-Tatum/Brown kids (Ojeleye, Theis, Nader, Yabusele) major minutes and prepare for next season.But whoever they get will only be on the team for like 25 games. As we're seeing tonight, this team is paper thin. It'd be nice to shore that up sooner rather than later.
They're not contending for anything anyway. It seems like there's a pretty real risk that they miss the playoffs entirely without some help sooner rather than later however.
538, post-GH injury, has the Celtics winning 38 games, out of the playoffs. I believe you had similar numbers to them prior to the injury, so I understand your rationale.
I'm not going to speculate what teams or players will be tanking or looking for buyouts after Feb.10 BUT if $8.4MM is sitting on the Celtics lap they could get an excellent player for the last 25-30 games if they are a top 4 SEED.
If they could land Gerald Green for the vet minimum now that would be helpful.