Luck of the Irish? Not so much for the Boston Celtics. After another rough offseason, the team continues to be in a very rough situation. With no top-three draft pick from this past year’s draft, losing out on the Kevin Love sweepstakes, and just recently, Rajon Rondo breaking his hand while “falling out of the shower,” the 2014-2015 season looks grim. But, with these three easy steps, the Celtics might actually have a productive season in terms of putting them back on track towards becoming NBA royalty once again.

So what should the Celtics do this year? The answer is simple: tank. The only way to win in the NBA is to find a marquee, franchise player. Is Rajon Rondo that player? No way. Not even close. The Celtics “captain” has shown that he’s not a great leader when he missed a team flight to go out in L.A. and celebrate his birthday. He’s also shown that he can’t win unless he has All-Star talent around him.

This brings us to step one of what I’ll call “Tankapalooza Round 2”: trade Rajon Rondo. I know that they would only get 50 cents to the dollar in terms of value for him, but he’s just going to walk at the end of the year when his contract runs out anyway. Whatever the best package a team will offer to Danny Ainge, he needs to just bite the bullet and take it. Who knows, maybe a team will be desperate at the trade deadline and “sell the farm” to get a solid NBA point guard that could help them in the playoffs. I mean, Ainge was the one who traded aging superstars Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett for three first round picks. In the words of said Garnett: “Anything is possible!”

Trading Rondo leads us into step two of Tankapalooza Round 2: let the kids play. The Celtics have a plethora of decent, young talent. Kelly Olynyk, Jared Sullinger and Avery Bradley all look like they could be solid role players for the team moving forward. Newly drafted first-round guards Marcus Smart and James Young both could play significant minutes on this young, inexperienced team.

Brad Stevens is a great coach and allowing him to coach up these young players will only increase their value. Value either for the Celtics as players on their team moving forward, or as trade chips. Let them work out the growing pains at the NBA level, as losses are actually a great thing for the team this year.

This leads us to the final step of my plan: take advantage of next year’s draft. With this pick, they can either make a selection and groom the player to be their franchise cornerstone, or even trade it for more assets. Pray that the Celtics could potentially have the opportunity to draft a player that can give them an identity and be the face of the franchise for years to come. Unfortunately, the Celtics are unlikely to get this caliber of player in free agency because Boston isn’t the same attraction as a bigger market like Los Angeles or Miami. They need to hit NBA draft jackpot within the next few years.

The Boston Celtics have no quick fix to get them to return to the ranks of NBA royalty. But, with some smart moves and lots of luck, the light might not be so far down the tunnel. I mean, our mascot is named Lucky, right?