The Pierce/KG/Allen Era = A Failure?

[DazedAndConfused]

All that matters is the ring.

Everything else is irrelevant. History does not remember, nor does it care, who was injured or what the cir stances were surrounding the win (unless there was blatant cheating involved). The bottom line is the Celtics won in '08 and because of that every move they made to get that ring was absolutely worth it, even if it means they don't ring for another two decades. There are teams, Mavericks, that would kill just to have that one opportunity.

[baseline bum]

Mike & Mike sound like morons, like the rest of talk radio. Hilarious to call getting a ring and coming minutes from a second (due to a fluke injury) a failure when it only cost you Al Jefferson and Jeff Green. It's not like they traded Derrick Rose and Kevin Love for the chance to be a top-flight contender for 4 years.

[xellos88330]

I think of this as a minor success. They won a championship and had some deep playoff runs. Considering the talent they had one would expect more. Injuries got in the way of something that could have been incredibly special for Boston.

[baseline bum]

I think of this as a minor success. They won a championship and had some deep playoff runs. Considering the talent they had one would expect more. Injuries got in the way of something that could have been incredibly special for Boston.

Minor-success? So how does the Shaq trade weigh in for Miami then?

[Darrin]

Heard this discussion on Mike & Mike this morning (yes, I'm one of the 5 people left on the planet who doesn't have satellite radio, so I still listen to these clowns on the way to work). Assuming this group is done as a true le contender, is one le in four years "enough" for this group to be considered a success?

I think it's a success. They won at least 50 games every season. They had 2 Finals Appearances, came a quarter away from 2 NBA Championships. They probably would've contended in 2009 had they not lost KG to injury. That has to be taken into account. The le has gone through them. Remember, they knocked off the defending-Conference Champion Cavaliers with Lebron James, and did it to the 61-win team two years later. They ended the Pistons run of success.

Remember, Boston had not a single Championship from 1987-2007. Getting one cemented Paul Pierce as an all-time great and made them a success. They contended even though they didn't always win.

[Spurtacus]

Winning a le isn't a failure in my book.