Hooray! Rather than get a potential difference-maker off the bench in a wide-open East we get to pick 28th in the draft OR have a potential asset for an Anthony Davis trade that we all know will NEVER happen... I’m annoyed by Ainge’s stinginess...
And on the other side of this, what the hell is Wallace thinking turning down Yabusele and two seconds for Evans and insisting upon a first in this market, especially after sitting him out for five games waiting on a trade? Memphis fans are ticked lol
This is the correct side of your post. If the Celtics hadn’t gotten Monroe, I could have seen them trading a 1st for Evans using the DPE. It still would have been an overpay. But to trade a 1st round rookie on top of another 1st? That wasn’t going to happen.
Well, honestly, the first post was before the Yabu/two seconds report came out, which makes it a bit more understandable. Previously the rumor going around was some combo of Semi, Nader, and Larkin. Losing both Yabu and the 1st is a tougher sell. I probably would’ve went for it given the context of this season, but can’t really blame Danny for not wanting to give that up for a rental.
But, yeah, this is going to look pretty bad for Memphis when Tyreke doesn’t re-sign and Only hurts their tank by winning games for them.