My 7 cents:
* I think the Celtics gave up a lot -- but it takes a lot to get a 25 year star player in the NBA. I am comfortable with it.
* People need to get a grip on the BKN pick. I would have been much more hesitant if they had given up the LAL pick. I think it is fairly likely that BKN has a better season than LAL with Deangelo/Lin/Crabbe/Carroll/Mozgov.
* I would bet Ainge had the option of giving up Tatum or the BKN pick, and without hesitation chose the BKN pick. I would have done the same thing.
* I love IT. I feel sad about IT not being on the Cetlics. With that said, there was NO WAY that Ainge was re-signing IT. None. He was gone.
* The "Stevens Effect" has been heavily discounted here on Kyrie, yet universally accepted when talking about Crowder and IT. Remember what Crowder and IT were before joining the Celtics? To think that a similar effect couldn't happen on an already championship-proven Kyrie is silly.
* We may look back on this trade much like we did the Pierce/Garnett trade -- that Ainge having the balls to do this when he did it was a franchise-altering decision that wasn't universally lauded at the time.
* Irving 25/Smart 23/Hayward 27/Brown 20/Tatum 19 is one helluva talented young core to build a team around. I am excited.
* I think the Celtics gave up a lot -- but it takes a lot to get a 25 year star player in the NBA. I am comfortable with it.
* People need to get a grip on the BKN pick. I would have been much more hesitant if they had given up the LAL pick. I think it is fairly likely that BKN has a better season than LAL with Deangelo/Lin/Crabbe/Carroll/Mozgov.
* I would bet Ainge had the option of giving up Tatum or the BKN pick, and without hesitation chose the BKN pick. I would have done the same thing.
* I love IT. I feel sad about IT not being on the Cetlics. With that said, there was NO WAY that Ainge was re-signing IT. None. He was gone.
* The "Stevens Effect" has been heavily discounted here on Kyrie, yet universally accepted when talking about Crowder and IT. Remember what Crowder and IT were before joining the Celtics? To think that a similar effect couldn't happen on an already championship-proven Kyrie is silly.
* We may look back on this trade much like we did the Pierce/Garnett trade -- that Ainge having the balls to do this when he did it was a franchise-altering decision that wasn't universally lauded at the time.
* Irving 25/Smart 23/Hayward 27/Brown 20/Tatum 19 is one helluva talented young core to build a team around. I am excited.