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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 2251798, member: 1026"] That's right, people forget that it is cumulative and like attracting KG, the better the Celtics get the more opportunities to further improve. Hayward might not have come to last year's team. Taking out Warriors and Cavs the Celtics are now as good as anyone else in the NBA and via next year's draft (last positional need is a big man) the Celtics will stay that way past LeBron's prime. If as HHawks says someone else emerges as a superstar they vault into Warriors/Cavs territory with multiple superstars. The fact that the Celtics have done that at 100M in salaries vs 125-135 for other top teams (Warriors, Raptors, Spurs, Cavs) and more high draft picks is very promising. Or look at it this way, everyone knew it'd be GSW v Cavs in the 2017 finals and the entire playoffs were anti-climactic. Next season conference finals of Houston vs GSW and Cavs v Celtics is much more compelling. [/QUOTE]