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BuckeyeMafia said:
I personally would've drafted Fultz and traded Thomas away instead of paying him the big bucks next year.
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As a Celtics fan, I agree. I'm not interested in giving a max contract to a 5'8" point guard, who can be limited by good teams (as evidenced in the Cavs series), but that decision was made the day Ainge traded away the Fultz pick. Of course, there's no guarantee on what Fultz will be in the NBA. But I still would've preferred that direction given no trades were made to add a veteran with the surplus of draft picks.

That said, I like the addition of Hayward.
 
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Jake said:
As a Celtics fan, I agree. I'm not interested in giving a max contract to a 5'8" point guard, who can be limited by good teams (as evidenced in the Cavs series), but that decision was made the day Ainge traded away the Fultz pick. Of course, there's no guarantee on what Fultz will be in the NBA. But I still would've preferred that direction given no trades were made to add a veteran with the surplus of draft picks.

That said, I like the addition of Hayward.
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Ladies and gentlemen, let me introduce you to the team that will lose the Finals from 2019-2022.

IMO I would have definitely moved IT for picks unless they think they can convince LeBron to play at the Garden for the MLE next summer.
 
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Jake said:
As a Celtics fan, I agree. I'm not interested in giving a max contract to a 5'8" point guard, who can be limited by good teams (as evidenced in the Cavs series), but that decision was made the day Ainge traded away the Fultz pick. Of course, there's no guarantee on what Fultz will be in the NBA. But I still would've preferred that direction given no trades were made to add a veteran with the surplus of draft picks.

That said, I like the addition of Hayward.
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Agreed. I always assumed they would pivot from Thomas before they started to have to pay him $30+ million a year. They obviously have a good team now but they aren't beating the elite teams with Thomas/Hayward/Horford as a big 3 and their young core isn't close to being as promising as the 76ers.
 
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