re: Dell Demps

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And we don't need to keep going to the lottery to find compliments to him.

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Draft picks are merely assets and the 5th pick is a much better trade asset than the 12th pick. For example, if Boston performs well in the playoffs without Rondo I could see them trading him for a package built around our pick, if we had the 12th pick they probably wouldn't be interested. Monty is definitely frustrated with all the young guys so unless a guy they love is on the board I'm sure Demps will be working the phones.

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Someone on the team has to get paid. If you have a ton of young/cheap players, how are you going to reach the salary floor?

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Next years goals and expectations will be completely different. Anything short of fighting for the 8th seed will be a huge disappointment. If you don't use the cap space available on a FA or trade target then you simply make a Carl Landry type of signing and overpay a useful guy for one year.

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If someone can actually prove to me that the more lottery picks you have, the better you are, then I'll change my mind. But I think it is a bad plan..

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I don't think there's a single poster that's hopped on the 2014 tank. Most weren't on board to start this season but when it was obvious our new core wasn't as good as we had hoped then ping pong balls became more valuable than wins to many. This is a big offseason for Demps. If he does a good job then he and Monty are probably safe, if he does a bad job they both may be on their way out.