Lose to the Heat at home, they’ll never win. They go 16-3, walk through the playoffs, doesn’t count, other guys got hurt. Now Tatum’s 8-9 months away from maybe being ok enough to play. These windows don’t exist. Win when you can, the path is entirely irrelevant.
Pierce and KG get sold off for picks. Those picks are under heavy scrutiny for years. Ainge gets called a hoarder. He drafts Jaylen, people hate it. He drafts Tatum, people say they hate each other. They make the Finals, lose to the Warriors. Break up the Jays.
I hyper-fixate on “windows” probably too much but that next year shit is no guarantee. ‘08 Celtics won, were better the next year, KG blows his knee out against the Jazz. They get back in ‘10, Perk goes down, that was that.
Golden State's Jimmy Butler has been diagnosed with a deep glute muscle contusion and his status for Game 3 against the Houston Rockets is in serious jeopardy, league sources tell ESPN. This is best case because MRI showed Butler avoided any fracture or structural damage.