If he hadn't been traded, he would've become a free agent next year, and if Ainge didn't offer him the max, he would've taken it from another team, and in that event we wouldn't be hearing that Ainge refuses to talk to Isaiah again.
That's kind of my mindset about IT. Hated losing him after the heart and soul he showed this last year, but if he wasn't injured and was playing tonight in his fourth preseason game, then the best thing that would have happened is that we'd get another year...and he'd likely be gone to another team for the max, which he likely wouldn't have gotten in Boston.
So then he would be the one making the decision to leave...should Danny then not speak to him ever again?
Danny did his job...as GM, it is his responsibility to put the team above everything else.
IT did his job...as a player, it is his responsibility to be the best he can be for whatever team signs the paycheck.
It's just unfortunate that with both people doing their job, that it was the fork in the road that we call IT's injury that pushed them in opposite directions.
I wish him the best, glad he doesn't hold it against Celtic fans, and hope he gets that paycheck he deserves....whoever signs it.
Rak