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Celtics nearly traded Paul Pierce for Chris Paul on his draft night
« on: March 15, 2018, 06:38:07 PM »

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ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan originally reported that the Celtics attempted to acquire Paul in her profile on the nine-time All-Star published earlier this season. MacMullan was a guest on The Lowe Post on Wednesday and provided even more detail on the situation (via ESPN):

“If the Celtics could have done it, they would have. This is how close it was: I worked at the Boston Globe then. There were two ads to run in the morning editions of the Boston Globe. One was: ‘Follow the Celtics with Paul Pierce going forward’ and another was ‘A new era beginning’ and a picture of Chris Paul.”
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I never understood why Chris Paul never wanted to play here.

Does anyone know the real reason why?
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Re: Celtics nearly traded Paul Pierce for Chris Paul on his draft night
« Reply #2 on: March 15, 2018, 07:11:16 PM »

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Did any Celtics fan seriously not know this before today?
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« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2018, 07:13:40 PM »

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Quote from: MJohnnyboy on March 15, 2018, 07:11:16 PM
Did any Celtics fan seriously not know this before today?

That draft was nearly 13 years ago.  If you're not college aged or older, you might not know about it.
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« Reply #4 on: March 15, 2018, 07:17:46 PM »

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Quote from: Donoghus on March 15, 2018, 07:13:40 PM
Quote from: MJohnnyboy on March 15, 2018, 07:11:16 PM
Did any Celtics fan seriously not know this before today?

That draft was nearly 13 years ago.  If you're not college aged or older, you might not know about it.

Didn't Danny bring it up in an interview back when he traded Pierce to the Nets?

https://twitter.com/jayo1O/status/376017446617886723?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw&ref_url=http%3A%2F%2Fhoopshype.com%2F2018%2F03%2F15%2Fchris-paul-2005-nba-draft-trade-paul-pierce-boston-celtics%2F&tfw_site=hoopshype
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Danny always had a thing for Paul and Curry.

Remember how close we were to rondo for curry in 2012- people thought Curry would never stay healthy!! This article probably not on this writers resume😁

https://www.google.com/amp/s/syndication.bleacherreport.com/amp/1087866-boston-celtics-trade-rumors-stephen-curry-not-a-long-term-answer-for-cs.amp.html
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