1. Celtics gave Clippers Doc for a 1st round pick. Obviously not the same thing, but could influence Clippers' decision (doubt it would).
2. Got me to thinking whether we will see some letting go of some of Ime's guys by the Celtics.
Re #1: If the C’s are offering Larranaga a lead assistant role, I don’t think they’d need to compensate the Clippers at all. It’s not a good look to prevent an assistant coach from getting a promotion elsewhere. Assistants are important, but they’re not principals like coaches or GMs.
Re #2: I think if Ime doesn’t return next year (as feels probable) there will be a lot of turnover amongst the assistants. Obviously they were all brought to Boston by Udoka, and had long relationships with him, and a new coach, Mazzulla or otherwise, is going to want to bring in some of his own people. But I wouldn’t expect to see any departures now, unless one of them thinks that Udoka was treated so unfairly by the organization that he just needs to get out. And Boston isn’t going to get rid of them at this point — the goal is to have as much continuity as possible from a the most successful season the team has had since 2010.