"Ainge is intentionally dishonest all the time" - Lol sounds a bit too harsh don’t you think?
"I just don't think we have enough to make the playoffs with Lauri even if we make a lot of trades and acquire a lot of talent" - Not sure how you came up with this, but I got to disagree with you there as well.
Harsh? I don't think so. I'm just saying I don't expect him to tell the whole truth the whole time, and nor should he. While it would be fun, it wouldn't actually be smart to be 100% transparent all the time.
As far as making the playoffs, yeah I think it will be tough. There are very good teams that missed the playoffs this season, and I see more of the teams who missed the playoffs rising up than playoff teams falling down. MEM, GSW, SAC, and HOU area all better teams than us. None of them made the playoffs, and Wemby will arrive sooner than later. We've drained a lot of our talent and a lot of our PT will go to young guys who aren't likely to be very good even if they prove to be promising.