Didn't see a thread dedicated to this but I remain astonished at what Ainge has accomplished in such a short period of time. A little over 3 years ago, this was our depth chart:
Humphries / Olynyk
Bass / Sullinger
Green
Bradley / Bayless
Rondo / Pressey (!)
Now, entering the 2017-2018 season, we're looking at the following:
Horford / Zizic
Morris / Crowder
Hayward / Tatum
Smart / Brown
Thomas / Rozier
So, in basically 3 short years, Ainge has added 3 all-stars, 2 top 3 picks, and he still has potentially 2 more high lotto picks on the way in 2018-2019. This franchise had very little direction 3-4 years ago and now they're basically right behind the Warriors with respect to team assets. I don't know how anyone could ever criticize what Ainge has done here.
Humphries / Olynyk
Bass / Sullinger
Green
Bradley / Bayless
Rondo / Pressey (!)
Now, entering the 2017-2018 season, we're looking at the following:
Horford / Zizic
Morris / Crowder
Hayward / Tatum
Smart / Brown
Thomas / Rozier
So, in basically 3 short years, Ainge has added 3 all-stars, 2 top 3 picks, and he still has potentially 2 more high lotto picks on the way in 2018-2019. This franchise had very little direction 3-4 years ago and now they're basically right behind the Warriors with respect to team assets. I don't know how anyone could ever criticize what Ainge has done here.