Captain_Caveman wrote:CelticsLV wrote:"We're not looking for Band-Aids and we're not looking to give up future assets. We're trying to build something that is a little bit more sustainable than we are to rent a player."
"You can't just put a rebounder that can't shoot out on the court because it might provide a little bit of help on the rebounding end, but it takes away from what our strength is on the offensive end," Ainge said. "We know what our weaknesses are. We'd like rim protection and rebounding. But at the same time we do like skilled bigs to play around our guards."
Ainge also said somewhere something about injuries and that this team hasn't really played a lot together at full strenght. Basically pointing to that he wants to see this team after the all-star break at full strenght.
Don't expect even a trade for an expiring big. This is all you need to hear. No minor moves at all. It's either a blockbuster or a trade for someone who's in our future plans.
He'd give up that Minny 2nd for a stopgap big, I bet.
As darrendaye said. 2nd rounder is still an asset that can bring a future stud. "Insert expiring big's name here" doesn't change anything. We're still not getting past Cavs and ECF is the ceiling for this current roster. Despite injuries Boston still stands at the 2nd place so i see no reason why we can't get it when healthy. It means home court and no Cavs until ECF.
It's not like roster size was just increased to 17 players and Amir, Jerebko, Green, Zeller doesn't expire.
