The Celtics - Two Years From Now

[mike]

Okay, we know Ainge is all in for two more seasons with this core group of veterans, at which point it all may blow up - Ainge himself may walk away, Rivers will most assuredly be gone, and a host of players will retire and ride off into the sunset - KG, Ray Allen and Shaq among them.

Which begs the question - what will the Boston basketball scene look like two years from now?

[Spleen]

Rondo will be the best player on the team, and Pierce will be showing definite signs of decline. Don't even know if Perk will re-sign with the team.Even with my darkest Celtic green glasses I am asking myself: Do we have any other budding stars now? Bradley has some strong potential but we've said that about other players and most of them didn't cut it. Luke might move on after a couple of years at the thought of being in the middle of a complete rebuild, especially if he blossoms. Semih is another mystery and who really has a clue if he's going to become a Turkish Working Man's version of Dirk? Doesn't seem very realistic at this point, just might need to drink more to get that one to make sense. Once the team declines, who of any great stature would want to come here as a FA? So that comes down to having to become crappy again and hoping that we hit the jackpot in the lottery. As long as it doesn't take another generation to win another title, then that will be OK. We know this club was assembled for the short-term, and unfortunately the short term has just about caught up with us. Two years from now, it ain't going to be pretty.

[nighthob]

Chris Paul will be signing an extension with Boston after leading them to titles in '11 & '12. Garnett will ink a reasonable extension to help the team add additional talent so that he can win even more rings.

[texascelticsfan]

Or... could 2012 be like this...

http://mt.nesn.com/.a/6a0115709f071f970b015432059ba6970c-450wi


Art Spector wore # 12 from 1946 to 1950, Bob Donham from 1950 to 1954, Togo Palazzi from 1954 to 1957, Dan Schwartz in the 1962-1963 campaign, Willie Naulls from 1963 to 1966, Ron Watts from 1966 to 1967, Tom Thacker from 1967 to 1968, Don Chaney from 1968 to 1975 and from 1978 to 1980, Sidney Wicks from 1976 to 1978, Jerry Sichting from 1985 to 1988, Otis Birdsong in 1988-1989, A.J. Wynder in 1990-1991, Kevin Pritchard in 1991-1992, Bart Kofoed in 1992-1993, Chris Corchiani in 1993-1994, Dominique Wilkins in 1994-1995, Bruce Bowen from 1997 to 1999, Chris Herren in 2000-2001, Ricky Davis from 2003 to 2006

[nighthob]

Yeah, I'd say that there's a 100% chance that Superman demands a trade.

[NorEaster]

I look for us to be in the tank for many years to come.