Maybe The Negativity In This Town Does Really Suck

I’ll admit. I’m a bit of an optimist when it comes to trades.

I had actually seen the Ray Allen trade proposal earlier in the day when Ian Thompson called it on SI.com. I kinda liked it because instead of dropping Theo’s contract, we got rid of wally and added in West. I’m West fan but like a few people have mentioned, he couldn’t guard the 1 and was constantly injured. In the right team, he might blossom but here, with my boy Rondo, he was nothing more than a backup.

So in the end, what did we really give up….the 5th pick. After the lottery debacle, I think people in this town including myself allowed ourselves grandiose visions of Yi Jianlian being the next Nowitzki or Corey Brewer the next Scottie Pippen. But in reality, we would be looking at least two years of development time for any of these players and no guarantees that they become all-stars let alone NBA starters.

Essentially we traded Ray Allen for the 5th pick….and people are jumping off the ledge and calling for Danny’s head. Things I’ve read in the past three hours:

1. Worst than last year’s Telfair trade: Are you serious? Telfair was terrible. Brandon became ROY. But in the end, Ratliff may bring us a solid veteran or even a AK-47 without the loss of Al J. Or maybe even Garnett. This is worse than Ray Allen for the 5th pick?

2. Worst Celtics trade ever: see above

3. Allen is no better than Szczerbiak: Only the crazy few have said this but I think the general idea is that Celtics fans don’t really know much about Allen. I’m not going to pretend I know how good his defense is so I will withhold my judgment. We don’t know how bad his injury situation is but can it be any worse than Wally or West? We do know he’s a seven time All-star. He’s considered one of the best shooters in the league. Are you telling me a trio of Allen, Pierce, and Al J doesn’t make you the least bit excited? Does Lebron have a better team?

And I’m pretty sure Danny isn’t done yet. He has Ratliff, Green, and future 1sts. Hopefully some GM out there is like the majority of Celtics fans tonight, thinking 2008 lottery. Add any type of solid big man to the front and we’re golden. I’m enjoying the pick of Big Baby Davis. That’s your young future potential pick for this year right there. Something to watch in the summer league, along with the hopeful domination by Rondo.

Allen could bust. He could get injured. But so too could Wally or West. Does a Brewer or Yi plus Pierce and Al J do any better than Pierce and Al J alone for the next two years? The time is now to win. Ainge has brought in the all-star. Let’s do this.

Your 2007-2008 Celtics

….for now

All these trade rumors seem to have brainwashed Celtics fans into thinking KG or bust. I’m not saying this trade is the greatest ever but it’s definitely not even in the same realm as some of Danny’s trades. All the early reactions and email were from fans looking to rip this trade to shreds. It’s like they took zero seconds to even think about the merits of the trade. They were looking for an excuse to bitch and moan. They only saw old/injured for young future potential. That was it. KABOOM!

Maybe this is what many Boston fans have become. You hear it every day on the radio. The Red Sox have been 9+ games up and one of the best teams in the league and all most fans can think about is how horrible Lugo is. It’s tiring. Only the Patriots are immune because they are on an awesome run. Maybe Ricky P was right.

The negativity in this town does suck.