Anyone having second thoughts?

[DERRENMATTS]

Hey there, Sprash. Good to hear you got a new job. Welcome back.

GoCeltics, I am embracing the present time. I can't wait for the season to start because we are going to have a lot of fun winning again. These next few years, we should grow into contenders, and it'll get more fun.

Yes, its a risk to make this trade, and for the most part, the risk should translate into big time success--the city of Boston will be relevant again in the basketball world.

But here's where I stagger. I'm a lifetime Celtics fan. I've been a Celtics fan in the past, I'm a fan of the present, and I will continue to be a Celtics fan in the future--and its the future that is gray right now. I can have tunnel vision and just look at the present time, but I'm not seeing the whole picture. I know that right now, we are going to have fun, but I know the day will come when Pierce, KG, and RAllen won't be playing no more, and I just don't know what'll happen after that.

With our young core, I was highly optimistic that we would have had increasing success year after year. I don't know if we could have been future champions, but I felt that each and every year, we would have been in the mix for ECF champions. And I was happy with that, because I think Ainge would have done something to bring in extra help to take us to the promised land.

But now, we have a cloudy future. We have a very bright present time, but I don't know what to expect down the line.

BC, you make an excellent point about Ainge being able to reel in draft prospects, and attract key free agents with the winning team we have right now. I'm praying he will be able to replenish very good young talent again, like he had done the past 4 years. Problem is, we won't have high draft picks because we'll be winning. We won't get mid first rounders like we used to draft Jefferson and Gerald. We'll have to pray that Ainge can get lucky with late round gems like Gomes, or swap picks to grab guys like Rajon Rondo.

But I am very excited about our team. I will enjoy all the success, and look forward to bragging about my Celtics.

[eja117]

Yeah, but Derren, what would have happened after AL and Rondo and GG retired? Same problem. Just further away.

[DERRENMATTS]

eja117 said:

Yeah, but Derren, what would have happened after AL and Rondo and GG retired? Same problem. Just further away.

Much, much further away.

[celticfan]

I'm not worried about the future.
building for the future is building excuses.
Ainge had an opportunity to win now and he seized it.
some of y'all are assuming we'd be able to resign all the kids.. chances are we wouldn't. Some team would overpay for Green or Delonte or Rondo and we'd be hamstrung or unwilling to pay the same. Maybe Al gets sick of sucking and wants out, like most superstars do after 7 years of bad teams. There was no guaruntee about the future. There's no guaruntee now either i realise, but it can't be denied we have 3 of the top 20 players in the league and that gives us a good shot.
In 5 years times, we can retool and go for it again. Not a lot of teams stay at the top for a long period anymore unless they're able to aquire a franchise player (Spurs) and keep them (Spurs again).
The Bulls blew it up with Jordan leaving, it took them a while but they're strong now. So did the Jazz and they made a bold move signing Boozer away from the Cavs.
Danny has made his bold move, let's see how it pans out.

[Roadrunner]

I like B Simmons analogy to the WSOP.