Fencer reregistered wrote:ConstableGeneva wrote:Ainge should get a ring if we ever win the title with this group.
Our starting five has Danny's fingerprints all over them.
White: via Langford (drafted by DA) and Richardson via Hayward TPE (acquired by DA)
Holiday: via Brogdon via Nesmith (drafted by DA) via MEM 1st (acquired by DA)
Tatum: drafted by DA
Brown: drafted by DA
Porzingis: via Smart (drafted by DA)
The Jays? Of course.
Assets for 1-2 more of those guys? Sure. Smart and Timelord were well drafted.
All 5? That's stretching it. Brad traded away a lot of 1sts and swaps to put the current roster together. Nesmith and Langford added very little value into those transactions, if any.
One of my complaints during a couple of seasons in Danny's tenure was he failed to have mid-tier salaried players on the roster so when a star or even an upgrade became available, we'd have salary to match without sending out core players. So I have to give him credit for setting Brad up to make those trades later on. Without the Hayward TPE (which Ainge had to pay two 2nds for), Brad wouldn't be able to get Josh Richardson. The only one that Ainge had little to do with was Holiday. We got Brogdon by combining several salaries of players all signed/traded for by Brad except Nesmith, who was drafted by Ainge. Without Nesmith though, there would be no Brogdon or some core piece would have to go out.