[Cobra Mgr]

Originally Posted by thehef

15% Ainge, (who I personally feel might be the best GM of modern times) for not anticipating the effect that Kyrie would have on the team*


* In hindsight, Ainge either shouldn't have made the deal, or should have put a couple of strong veteran presences on the bench to where Kyrie wouldn't have been placed in a leadership role that he was clearly either unprepared for, or unwilling to adequately fill.

So, given those (albeit, my) numbers on the pie, I know which one would be my first choice to change.

I can't blame Ainge. Let's remember why he got Kyrie in the 1st place. Isaiah Thomas was coming off surgery. How has IT's career gone since then? I agree, the problem was mostly Kyrie. He said he wanted to get away from LeBron to grow as a basketball player. But he was the same player he was pre-James. He wasn't interested in increasing his leadership skills like he said. He was only interested in increasing his touches. They said he took advice from Kobe when he was in Cleveland & he has behaved just like him. I don't think Ainge is responsible for not knowing beforehand Kyrie hasn't matured as a b-ball player yet.