I love KG and am not a Ray fan at all, but what KG did is arguably worse.
KG seems to have threatened the team not to trade an asset (Pierce) to other than where Pierce approves--or KG would neither have agreed to a trade or played for the C's this year.
Agreed. I never held any ill will towards Ray. He was all class and will have his number hanging from the rafters in Miami. Sad that Boston will probably let bad feelings keep them from retiring the number. That being said, the real culprits are KG Pierce and Doc who lied about bleeding Celtic green and then forcing moves.
I love the Nets deal because we needed to blow it up badly. I think it should have ended at the latest after the finals vs the Lakers. They were never going to get close to Game 7 of the finals again (Don't give me last year...making it to game 7 vs Miami was an epic fluke).
KG and PP would have stayed if the team would have been bad or good. DA asked them or at least KG if he could move them because he new that there was no way they were getting back to the finals with the current team. KG probably said only if you can find a team that will take PP too.
DA did PP,KG,Allen and Doc a favor by working the deals to get them hear. Doc would have been let go with in a couple more years, PP probably traded, and maybe only KG would have a ring because he would have gone to LA instead.
I believe PP and KG would have stayed hear to the end, but DA found a deal that was good for both the C's and for them. I think DA talked to them and made them realize its the end and would they rather finish barely making the playoffs or contending were they don't have to carry the team every night like they would hear. And them especially KG who take 3 hours to get ready for a game now don't want to have to go threw that there last two seasons and loose.
I think they did each other favors.
Ray just did a favor for his ego.