The disconnect between the front office and this board is that the front office came to peace with the fact our old core wasn't ever going to contend over a year ago and started building for the future. Meanwhile, a lot of the discourse here has been acting like we entered a championship window and need to improve the roster at all costs.
Agree with your expectation with the only caveat that its not the roster construction that is the issue next year, just the maturity and development of this young team. I suspect this same roster 3-4 years from now could warrant a prediction of 48-55 wins.
I think OO is actually the guy that needs to become the vocal leader on defense. I just dont think thats who Dre will ever be, and OO should be able to quarterback in a switch heavy scheme
Unironically, yes, this is how you retain a championship roster— Celtics cant do anything but extend and retain, with a tony bit of room to operate in trades
Who is pushing back? I think most ppl see hes gotta start. Makes too mich sense to have Bogi off the bench with Kobe.
I dont think Risacher starts, or at least he shouldnt, until he earns it over Hunter.
Bufkin is the backup PG. He looked good in his minutes last year and needs to step into that backup role this year. Just like JJ needed to step into the starting PF role last year.