Should have listened to the media and split up the jays 🤷♂️, they can’t win together
nerdyykidd
~~Signing~~ Trading for Kyrie
spoonc
Our new city jerseys
Electrical-Low-5351
Hiring pitino
ECviews
For fans who aren’t that old, I don’t know how much there is to choose from with Ainge and Brad being our GM’s lol. Also we’re coming off a historic season with a title so it feels like any bad decision we recently made, all led to this past season anyways.
Even signing one of the most hated players in history, Kyrie Irving, led to us getting Kemba which led to us getting Horford all worked out anyways.
I guess completely whiffing on the 2013 draft and going with Olynyk instead of Giannis is the first thing I can think of when it comes to a swing and a miss type of a decision. But when you draft the J’s you can’t really complain.
jiriwelsch44
Bailing on young Billups + Joe Johnson didn’t work out, but hindsight is obviously 20/20.
We all knew the O’Neals weren’t gonna hold up in 2011, but I’m unconvinced the Cs would have gotten by Miami even if they had Perk.
One non-move always sticks in my head: Ainge refusing to consolidate and/or resolve the team’s incredible depth in 2018/19. This definitely doesn’t qualify as the *worst* move, but I’m trying to think outside the box.
I understanding maintaining the depth following Hayward’s (and to a lesser extent, Kyrie’s) previous-season injuries. The team had nine starting-caliber players, not to mention Theis, Semi, and young Rob.
Still, it feels like the Cs could have resolved some of the clear hierarchy/rotation tension by moving the likes of Mook and/or Rozier. Moving either player wouldn’t have compromised the future (obviously), and the Cs could have picked up some additional assets.
Whatswrongwiththat52
Probably letting Bird/McHale/Parrish get old and letting them (not Cheif) retire
Back then, teams didn’t trade their aging star players who had long careers with the same team. I know Auerbach wanted to give them their tributes and have them retire in Green, but it was another 10 years before the Celtics were a decent playoff team again
Throw in Reggie dying and also them deciding to hire Pitino at the time, damn that was a rough stretch for Celtics fan
21Tayler10
Probably not signing or trading for a better back up big than Rasheed Wallace…..you can argue that was the difference in us not winning banner 18 sooner
Wolfbandit90
Trading for Irving is my pick
BostonVagrant617
Trading Perk for Jeff Green and thinking Shaq and Rasheed Wallace were enough to go against Bynum, Gasol, and Odom.
JaDamian_Steinblatt
Ever since the mid 2000’s the front office has been batting like 99% lmao it’s ridiculous
I can only think of one no-so-great move, and that was signing Tristan Thompson when we already had two legit centers (Theis + Timelord) and zero depth at the guard or wing positions. That’s really it, and it wasn’t even that bad in the long run.
theBootywarrior07
Letting James posey walk after winning the title then not giving the big 3 any meaningful support after
3lettergang
Firing Ime. Really hurt the team chemistry and destroyed their chances of a ring
blumpkinmania
Drafting Len Bias. Draft was mostly a bust. Best players were all second rounders but you know… dead guys don’t play much so anything would have been better.
mysteresc
Hiring Rick Pitino set us back 10 years.
Rice-And-Gravy
Not signing Daniel Theis to a max contract
Kman17
If you want to go with major hindsight that would have been impossible to know – it was not trading Rondo for Steph.
After the Pierce / KG title window closed, the Celtics shopped Rondo around – at the same time Golden State realized it needed to move either Steph or Ellis as they played the same position and had holes elsewhere.
Rumors are that both sides ended up getting cold feet – GS started to lean towards ship Ellis and the Celtics were worried Steph had glass ankles. But they probably could have gotten it done pretty easily at that time.
But the real answer is of course Rick Patino. The whole era was a disaster. He butted heads with every players, sold low on Billups & Joe Johnson. General depressing mediocrity.
The worst part was hiring Patino pushed Bird out of the org, who went on to some successful coaching in Indy.
tennbo
Most recent bad decision is trading Desmond Bane. All time, probably Rick Pitino.
smcc115
How about the worst almost decision…Danna Ainge offering 6 picks (4 1st rounders) to Miami to draft Justice Winslow
andoCalrissiano
to be honest one of the things I criticized Danny for was not leaning into the rare double-tank.
if we didn’t trade for IT and instead lost more games in 2015 we would have had a higher pick (maybe Booker) instead of Terry, and then maybe Jaylen AND Ingram in 2016.
In retrospect it worked out great, there were a lot of crap players in the top 10s of those years we might have gotten instead.
9Yogi
Recently it is trading Desmond Bane draft pick to salary dump a small contract.
fongos
Letting Jerebko walk for nothing.
Letting Ojeleye walk for nothing.
Losing Lamar Stevens last year – scary
Allowing Al Hartford to go to the Sixers and Thunderbolts
I can’t think of anyone else.
astarisaslave
Pitino aside, might be a reach but probably drafting Antoine Walker over Kobe in 96. The FO were almost all in on Kobe but didn’t want to be dinged for picking a high schooler (still uncommon at the time and KG was the exception not the rule) despite all the green flags at his workout and interview, so they chose a proven prospect instead. But hey you know, Toine had an OK career with us and something something draft is a crapshoot
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Should have listened to the media and split up the jays 🤷♂️, they can’t win together
~~Signing~~ Trading for Kyrie
Our new city jerseys
Hiring pitino
For fans who aren’t that old, I don’t know how much there is to choose from with Ainge and Brad being our GM’s lol. Also we’re coming off a historic season with a title so it feels like any bad decision we recently made, all led to this past season anyways.
Even signing one of the most hated players in history, Kyrie Irving, led to us getting Kemba which led to us getting Horford all worked out anyways.
I guess completely whiffing on the 2013 draft and going with Olynyk instead of Giannis is the first thing I can think of when it comes to a swing and a miss type of a decision. But when you draft the J’s you can’t really complain.
Bailing on young Billups + Joe Johnson didn’t work out, but hindsight is obviously 20/20.
We all knew the O’Neals weren’t gonna hold up in 2011, but I’m unconvinced the Cs would have gotten by Miami even if they had Perk.
One non-move always sticks in my head: Ainge refusing to consolidate and/or resolve the team’s incredible depth in 2018/19. This definitely doesn’t qualify as the *worst* move, but I’m trying to think outside the box.
I understanding maintaining the depth following Hayward’s (and to a lesser extent, Kyrie’s) previous-season injuries. The team had nine starting-caliber players, not to mention Theis, Semi, and young Rob.
Still, it feels like the Cs could have resolved some of the clear hierarchy/rotation tension by moving the likes of Mook and/or Rozier. Moving either player wouldn’t have compromised the future (obviously), and the Cs could have picked up some additional assets.
Probably letting Bird/McHale/Parrish get old and letting them (not Cheif) retire
Back then, teams didn’t trade their aging star players who had long careers with the same team. I know Auerbach wanted to give them their tributes and have them retire in Green, but it was another 10 years before the Celtics were a decent playoff team again
Throw in Reggie dying and also them deciding to hire Pitino at the time, damn that was a rough stretch for Celtics fan
Probably not signing or trading for a better back up big than Rasheed Wallace…..you can argue that was the difference in us not winning banner 18 sooner
Trading for Irving is my pick
Trading Perk for Jeff Green and thinking Shaq and Rasheed Wallace were enough to go against Bynum, Gasol, and Odom.
Ever since the mid 2000’s the front office has been batting like 99% lmao it’s ridiculous
I can only think of one no-so-great move, and that was signing Tristan Thompson when we already had two legit centers (Theis + Timelord) and zero depth at the guard or wing positions. That’s really it, and it wasn’t even that bad in the long run.
Letting James posey walk after winning the title then not giving the big 3 any meaningful support after
Firing Ime. Really hurt the team chemistry and destroyed their chances of a ring
Drafting Len Bias. Draft was mostly a bust. Best players were all second rounders but you know… dead guys don’t play much so anything would have been better.
Hiring Rick Pitino set us back 10 years.
Not signing Daniel Theis to a max contract
If you want to go with major hindsight that would have been impossible to know – it was not trading Rondo for Steph.
After the Pierce / KG title window closed, the Celtics shopped Rondo around – at the same time Golden State realized it needed to move either Steph or Ellis as they played the same position and had holes elsewhere.
Rumors are that both sides ended up getting cold feet – GS started to lean towards ship Ellis and the Celtics were worried Steph had glass ankles. But they probably could have gotten it done pretty easily at that time.
But the real answer is of course Rick Patino. The whole era was a disaster. He butted heads with every players, sold low on Billups & Joe Johnson. General depressing mediocrity.
The worst part was hiring Patino pushed Bird out of the org, who went on to some successful coaching in Indy.
Most recent bad decision is trading Desmond Bane. All time, probably Rick Pitino.
How about the worst almost decision…Danna Ainge offering 6 picks (4 1st rounders) to Miami to draft Justice Winslow
to be honest one of the things I criticized Danny for was not leaning into the rare double-tank.
if we didn’t trade for IT and instead lost more games in 2015 we would have had a higher pick (maybe Booker) instead of Terry, and then maybe Jaylen AND Ingram in 2016.
In retrospect it worked out great, there were a lot of crap players in the top 10s of those years we might have gotten instead.
Recently it is trading Desmond Bane draft pick to salary dump a small contract.
Letting Jerebko walk for nothing.
Letting Ojeleye walk for nothing.
Losing Lamar Stevens last year – scary
Allowing Al Hartford to go to the Sixers and Thunderbolts
I can’t think of anyone else.
Pitino aside, might be a reach but probably drafting Antoine Walker over Kobe in 96. The FO were almost all in on Kobe but didn’t want to be dinged for picking a high schooler (still uncommon at the time and KG was the exception not the rule) despite all the green flags at his workout and interview, so they chose a proven prospect instead. But hey you know, Toine had an OK career with us and something something draft is a crapshoot
Hiring Rick Pitino
Trading for Kyrie.