Big Green Machine - The Boston Celtics

[zike_42]

Damn that sucks, just make sure that next season you demolish the Wizards to get revenge.

[SirMichaelJordan]

Man that had to hurt. Getting swept by the mighty Wizards!?!?!

Sound like PP is on the way to a decline.

[Rizzo]

Damn that sucks, just make sure that next season you demolish the Wizards to get revenge.

I'll be sure to put it on them if at all possible...or trade for their players after this performance lol.

Man that had to hurt. Getting swept by the mighty Wizards!?!?!

Sound like PP is on the way to a decline.

I'm almost hoping that Pierce and Garnett retire so I can begin a rebuilding phase. I won't every trade Pierce, so the only way he plays for another team is if he plays out his contract and signs elsewhere.

[Rizzo]

Early on before the regular season began, my boss gave me a call and asked what I thought about the current team and what kind of results we would have. I told him I was super confident in the team and promised him a deep playoff run. I was tempted to say we were a championship contendor, but I didn't want to put that type of pressure on myself.

He then asked me what sort of budget I had expected for the season. Considering we were already $15 million over the cap at the type, I answered his question with another question: what do you think about the luxury tax? He wasn't too happy with that response.

Fast forward a year later. The phone rings and it's The Boss. He wants to know how I thought about how I did at my job this year. I told him I thought I did well with what I had to work with (limited cap and roster spots). He reflected back on my first pohne call and said that I didn't live up to my promise and overspent on this roster. He said I'm lucky to keep my job and need to have a better season.

A couple days later, he wanted to know my outlook on the 2013-2014 season. Our team is another year older and we are now $17 million over the cap. I told him I expect to win the division, staying clear of any playoff predictions after last season's disaster. When asked about the payroll, I was very blunt with him saying we are goiing to be in the luxury tax with our current salaries. Again, he wasn't too happy with that response but what am I to do? I'll have to make due with what we have and if I need to shed salary somehow, I'll have to get creative.

[SirMichaelJordan]

Are you plotting any offseason moves? I know you can't really sign anyone but Rebounding seem like it should be a focus next year. Maybe a revisit of the Green and/or Lee move?

[Rizzo]

Are you plotting any offseason moves? I know you can't really sign anyone but Rebounding seem like it should be a focus next year. Maybe a revisit of the Green and/or Lee move?

I'm going to see who I can get in the draft first. I am holding on to the 27th and 28th picks. For some reason it says I own the Clippers' pick this season, even though I think that pick was used on Fab Melo last year.

I'm toying with the idea of moving both firsts and maybe Green or Lee or both to move up and grab a much better prospect. If I can't do that? I may attempt to find a veteran with a short contract that can help us on the glass. Certainly cannot stand pat though.

[Rizzo]

This is on hold until Gary can (hopefully) find a fix to the bug that forces an unhandled error whenever I try to complete the draft.

[IWWROCKS]

Do you or any other team have alot of picks in the draft? (i.e. 6 or more I think)...i've experienced a crash at the draft due to a team having too many picks. As commish I force traded some 2nds around to balance it and that fixed it for me.

[Rizzo]

Do you or any other team have alot of picks in the draft? (i.e. 6 or more I think)...i've experienced a crash at the draft due to a team having too many picks. As commish I force traded some 2nds around to balance it and that fixed it for me.

Not sure but I will be sure to check that out. Hope this works. Either way, thanks for the advice.

[Rizzo]

So I busted out my laptop at work to check this out. I noticed that two teams had four draft picks but one of them was Portland. My three times attempting the draft, Portland was a team that made multiple trades. Maybe that means I need to keep an eye on them and keep their number of draft picks lower than 6 even if that means moving future 2nds to them for current 2nds. Will give this a shot at some point when I get some free time.