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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2251651, member: 1026"] Maybe the C's are waiting building assets to acquire a super-duper-star, but probably not or at minimum a parallel strategy of trying to find that guy in the draft while accumulating a very competitive team. Maybe Isaiah, Horford, Hayward and Tatum/Brown are all stars and you can contend for a championship particularly with uptempo approach, ball movement and 3's. But the list of guys significantly better than any of those is really short; Durant, LeBron, Giannis, Kawhi, Harden, Westbrook. Maybe Townes & Anthony Davis & Porzingis although not proven winners so not there yet. You can't have a binary strategy solely dependent on acquiring one of those top players. What the Celtics have is a winning system and coach and now enough assets to legitimately contend. If either Tatum or Brown (very unlikely I know, but still possible) or 1 of the 2 first rounders next year becomes a top-15 type player they will have enough to contend for a title. Opening 2018 Championship odds Celtics 20-1, Cavs 3-1 NOW as of July 5, Celtics 10-1, Cavs 3-2. [/QUOTE]