Windhorst: Ainge was "really upset" about tampering in regards to Horford

[Celtics4ever]

I seriously doubt that Windhorst has a lot of connections within the Celtics Organization given his "Mouth of Lebron" role in life.

[saltlover]

As stated by others, Ainge has no right to be upset based on how the Kemba signing played out. 

As has been stated elsewhere, the Kemba signing and the Horford signing are apples and oranges. Boston has every reason to be upset about one of it's players reaching an agreement with another team nearly 2 weeks before the moratorium ended.

Kemba was still speaking to Charlotte right up until the deadline and then ended up being part of a sigh-and-trade. Charlotte didn't get shut out of the situation.

Boston and Philly attempted to negotiate a sign and trade for Horford, they just couldn't reach an agreement.  There really is no practical difference.  They both had deals in place before the deadline.

I don't recall any talk of a sign-and-trade between Philly and Boston. There was talk about a possible sign-and-trade between the Nets and Boston for Irving, but that didn't go anywhere.

Washburn tweeted it out.  Said Boston tried to do sign and trades of both Irving and Horford, but the Nets and Sixers wanted too much in draft compensation to get deals done.

It’s also again not the same thing.  Boston was going to have to give up something to Philly or Brooklyn just for cap space/MLE availability.  In the other S&T examples, the team losing the player got something (Russell, Rozier, etc.)

[Moranis]

As stated by others, Ainge has no right to be upset based on how the Kemba signing played out. 

As has been stated elsewhere, the Kemba signing and the Horford signing are apples and oranges. Boston has every reason to be upset about one of it's players reaching an agreement with another team nearly 2 weeks before the moratorium ended.

Kemba was still speaking to Charlotte right up until the deadline and then ended up being part of a sigh-and-trade. Charlotte didn't get shut out of the situation.

Boston and Philly attempted to negotiate a sign and trade for Horford, they just couldn't reach an agreement.  There really is no practical difference.  They both had deals in place before the deadline.

I don't recall any talk of a sign-and-trade between Philly and Boston. There was talk about a possible sign-and-trade between the Nets and Boston for Irving, but that didn't go anywhere.

Washburn tweeted it out.  Said Boston tried to do sign and trades of both Irving and Horford, but the Nets and Sixers wanted too much in draft compensation to get deals done.

It’s also again not the same thing.  Boston was going to have to give up something to Philly or Brooklyn just for cap space/MLE availability.  In the other S&T examples, the team losing the player got something (Russell, Rozier, etc.)

Boston didn't get anything to sign and trade Rozier to the Hornets (well a 2nd, but they also potentially gave up a 2nd which might actually end up as a better pick).  I know Kemba was in that trade, but Boston could have signed Kemba outright.