Our Best Starting 5 ?

[ballwhore]

He is just excited to be playing ball again no matter with all rookies or vets. He moved out of his house up there and will be staying in a hotel in the meantime expecting a welcomed trade. We will know something next Thursday.

[ohara831]

If DJ has to go, I hope he goes where he will be happiest. And if we are a part of the Boston-New Orleans talk, I'd love to send Diaw out with DJ, and get a 2012 1st from both Boston and New Orleans. How sweet would it be to have 3 1st round picks in this loaded 2012 draft?

[docend24]

Sweet as a dream?

[Chef]

He is just excited to be playing ball again no matter with all rookies or vets. He moved out of his house up there and will be staying in a hotel in the meantime expecting a welcomed trade. We will know something next Thursday.

keep us as up to date as you can with info. i think he would be a really good fit on the celtics. wherever he lands, i hope he is happy. he had a rough start with larry "i will draft you, but destroy your confidence and bury you on the bench" brown.

[Chef]

If DJ has to go, I hope he goes where he will be happiest. And if we are a part of the Boston-New Orleans talk, I'd love to send Diaw out with DJ, and get a 2012 1st from both Boston and New Orleans. How sweet would it be to have 3 1st round picks in this loaded 2012 draft?

as long as drummond or perry jones is one of them, i will be ecstatic.

[stun704]

DJ for two firsts? count me in

Kemba/Vet FA
Hendo/Boston Pick
Barnes/Cunningham
Perry Jones/Tyrus
Biyombo/Kwame

[WAM9]

There is no way we could parlay DJ into Rondo, is there?

[ChuckHayes69]

If DJ has to go, I hope he goes where he will be happiest. And if we are a part of the Boston-New Orleans talk, I'd love to send Diaw out with DJ, and get a 2012 1st from both Boston and New Orleans. How sweet would it be to have 3 1st round picks in this loaded 2012 draft?

Please god tell me that's a joke. If anything in that situation we would have to give two picks and DJ. We aren't getting Rondo. We aren't getting Paul. We have practically no valuable pieces to trade and there are a number of other 3rd teams that would fit the bill better for that move. I personally think the swapping of DJ for a mid-late first rounder is a long shot unless we take on a bad contract with it. As much as I would like to be positive about our future it's tough to be....we are definitely bottom 3 in talent in my book (and I am excited with Biyambo and to a lesser extent Kemba).

As for my starting 5:
DJ/Kemba coin toss, Henderson, Maggette (I just threw up), Tyrus, and Biyambo

[davcbow]

I think fella's "be careful what we wish for!"

[KembaSlice]

Please god tell me that's a joke. If anything in that situation we would have to give two picks and DJ. We aren't getting Rondo. We aren't getting Paul. We have practically no valuable pieces to trade and there are a number of other 3rd teams that would fit the bill better for that move. I personally think the swapping of DJ for a mid-late first rounder is a long shot unless we take on a bad contract with it. As much as I would like to be positive about our future it's tough to be....we are definitely bottom 3 in talent in my book (and I am excited with Biyambo and to a lesser extent Kemba).

As for my starting 5:
DJ/Kemba coin toss, Henderson, Maggette (I just threw up), Tyrus, and Biyambo

I agree with this. Looking at our situation realistically, there is no way we are getting Rondo or Paul. We are going to finish in the bottom 5 this season and that is something we have to accept. And even if we get Paul or Rondo, who else is going to score points? We will just be a team with 1 superstar and a bunch a mediocre players (8 seed at best). We would have to give up multiple future draft picks along with taking another big contract, meaning less room/opportunities to add pieces down the road. I just don't see it being our best option. Patience and strategic drafting is the way to go. Currently we have a team with players that don't complement each other and it's a mess. I hope we completely blow up the team and start over (which it seems like we might be in the process of doing).

The only guy I want to bring back is Kwame, but I have a feeling he will get some money thrown at him late in FA and we can't afford a bidding war for him.