It was a silly trade. We didn’t even trade the #30 to dump Kanter, as Portland took him into a trade exception for no draft pick compensation. We just didn’t want another rookie.
And we got two future 2nds out of the trade - adequate compensation for the #30 pick (which is one pick away from being a 2nd itself). Imo, the Bane fallacy is that we traded a 1st to dump Kanter. I see this misconception everywhere. C21 did a nice job above outlining how easy it would be to have kept #30 had Ainge wanted to add another guaranteed 1st round contract to the roster.
Would I like to have Bane? Sure. But we didn't take him - time to move on.
Exactly. Yes, it's a fallacy. Memphis got Bane the same way we got Rondo. The pick was traded and we selected Bane for Memphis and Phoenix selected Rondo for Boston.
In both cases there was zero pre-draft rumors that Boston wanted Bane or Phoenix wanted Rondo. Both teams instead of drafting those players could have selected someone else if they kept the pick.
It's all just a silly fallacy we should have "kept" Bane. It's just another draft miss like:
2016 where the team missed out on Siakam and Dejonte Murray or
2015 with Randle or Lavine or
2013 with Giannis or
2012 with Draymond and Middleton.
You can second guess the draft in hindsight all you want. It doesn't change anything. Move on.
But...playing shoulda, coulda, woulda is SO much fun though
