Chip-I don't think Hamas is that picky .
I wasn't going back to the days of Bias and Lewis, but you're right in general the Celts have usually been home-grown (but Ainge did get KG). But even Red would go off the reservation and bring back key pieces, like Bailey Howell, Wayne Embry, Charlie Scott Parrish, DJ to enhance his teams. The guy was a genuis. I got to speak to him once, it was a book signing on a rainy day in the mid '70s, and I was about the only person in the store and he tolerated my questions. Finally he said to me, "so kid are you going to buy a book? I wasn't expecting to, but I did and he signed it. Red got me for $10.
But re kyrie, Gordo, Kemba, I may be wearing emarald tinted shades, but if Gordo and Kemba weren't playing hurt against the HEAT, they would have won the ECF. And they would have played the Lakers tough. Spilled milk.
In any case, with Kemba on shaky knees a trade of Smart, who's on a real good contract, seems out of place unless they do something HUGE. I'm not a capoligist and NBA accounting is incomprehensible at best, but maybe by trading Smart (for at least 2 1s) and creating more cap space, they could then trade for a stud at guard using the $28MM TPE.
I hope they don't trade him, he's a blast to watch (most of the time) as posted before he's an acquired taste, like single-malt scotch.
I could see the Celts give a fair amount of PT to the recent draft classes to see what they have and what they might contribute in the post-season, before using that TPE.
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