I can't say I'm not relieved that the Lakers are a terrible team these last several seasons making them an undesirable destination for free agents. Great players tend to want to be traded to a team that gives them good job security, a team that already has proven winning ways where they won't be cut or have their salary reduced.
The Celtics are headed in the right direction by doing so well up to this point in the season; look at the Spurs' acquisition of LaMarcus Aldridge or the Warriors landing Kevin Durant; if you're team has a reputation for winning you may be able to lure in a top level free agent. Both aforementioned teams won championships before even landing the two guys I just mentioned and if anything that should inspire the Celtics to work with who they have and develop next season's draft picks because while the Spurs and Warriors did get great guys afterwards they had what it took to win it all before the blockbuster trades and aren't guaranteed to win it all again.
Yeah, we had some trade speculation and will undoubtedly have more come this offseason but we wouldn't have anyone even consider coming to Boston if we couldn't convince them that it was worth the struggle. It's hard to leave your city, your house, your friends, the places familiar to you to play elsewhere so I think that if we wanted to make a trade for a great talent we'd need to convince said players (ourselves and eventually everyone else) that it would be worthwhile.
Now, the 2008 Celtics team and the 2011 Miami Heat team weren't exactly like the Spurs or the Warriors but both teams had a proven winner on them (Paul Pierce and Dwyane Wade) so I'm not saying getting good players is impossible, rather I'm saying I like what we have right now. I don't think some of the guys in free agency are a great deal better than some of our highly efficient role players to blow up a winning team, and while the excitement of us possibly getting a big name star and maybe winning it this season was fun, part of me secretly wanted Celtics management to reward a winning team by not rocking the boat too much, I mean look at how well we played during the last two months despite injuries to important guys. This is a great team and I hope nothing but the best for them and can't wait to see how they do in the playoffs.