Before extraordinary hits, though, an extraordinary team has to be built. And in this comment, Ainge is telling Celtics fans that they’ll have to wait another year, possibly two more seasons, before such a team will start to take shape. Boston isn’t tanking, the team’s roster and coaching staff is filled with too much potential for that, but this will be a year filled with more losses than wins.
Cheap Nike Shox Outlet Clearance Sale OnlineAnd this can’t be fun for Celtics fans, who have dealt with quite a bit over the last quarter-century, following forty-plus years of fun.
The Celtics were considered aging, Eastern also-rans in the years following Detroit’s sweep of the team in 1988 and Larry Bird’s 1992 retirement. From there, the franchise swapped trips to the lottery with the odd first-round exit. A trip to the Eastern Conference semis in 2002 was thrilling, if briefly, but the team bottomed out (1997, 2007) twice as many times as it made it to May.
Wholesale Cheap Air Jordans ShoesThat all changed in the summer of 2007, when Ainge was allowed to take years’ worth of assets and turn them into Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen, while retaining Paul Pierce and two killer mid-first round draft picks in Kendrick Perkins and Rajon Rondo. Five glorious seasons resulted, with the team winning the title once, coming within a game of the title in 2010, and finishing a game away from the Finals in 2012. The first round exit in 2013 was an obvious signal, however, and impetus for yet another needed rebuilding process.