Danny Continues to Play Chess While the rest of the League Plays Checkers

[RIPRED]

I was p---ed when I initially saw the protections on the Lakers pick. I figured LA would stink and end up with the 1st pick, and we'd be SOL. Now that we see it's the tenth pick, Danny's insistence on the 2-3 protection looks to be another master stroke on his resume. I remember hearing DA on the radio after the trade and I almost spit out my coffee when he said it was the Celtics who insisted on the protections, but it turns out he was right. I've been a fan of Ainge since the start, but what he's done over the past few years is truly unbelievable  .

[Tr1boy]

I was p---ed when I initially saw the protections on the Lakers pick. I figured LA would stink and end up with the 1st pick, and we'd be SOL. Now that we see it's the tenth pick, Danny's insistence on the 2-3 protection looks to be another master stroke on his resume. I remember hearing DA on the radio after the trade and I almost spit out my coffee when he said it was the Celtics who insisted on the protections, but it turns out he was right. I've been a fan of Ainge since the start, but what he's done over the past few years is truly unbelievable  .

yes I agree

A small move but overlooked for example is trading for Marcus Morris

Maybe if the Pacers or Raptors brought him in, Pacers would have won and Raptors would have made things much closer

its these small moves I have been impressed with what Ainge has done

[spikelovetheCelts]

Theis and Larkin was also well thought out, too . I think Semi and Yabu will both shine more next year!!!

[azzenfrost]

And...people forget that Baynes is a champ. He has one of those rings these stars chase around.

[droopdog7]

I was p---ed when I initially saw the protections on the Lakers pick. I figured LA would stink and end up with the 1st pick, and we'd be SOL. Now that we see it's the tenth pick, Danny's insistence on the 2-3 protection looks to be another master stroke on his resume. I remember hearing DA on the radio after the trade and I almost spit out my coffee when he said it was the Celtics who insisted on the protections, but it turns out he was right. I've been a fan of Ainge since the start, but what he's done over the past few years is truly unbelievable  .

I was pretty obvious that the 2-5 protection was for both teams.  The sixers wanted to protect themselves in case the pick landed at #1 while the celts protected themselves in case it landed at anything worse that #5.

Of course, the kings may end up in the same range at the lakers pick this year but as it turns out, Tatum is a beast so that pick is gravy anyway.

[RIPRED]

I was p---ed when I initially saw the protections on the Lakers pick. I figured LA would stink and end up with the 1st pick, and we'd be SOL. Now that we see it's the tenth pick, Danny's insistence on the 2-3 protection looks to be another master stroke on his resume. I remember hearing DA on the radio after the trade and I almost spit out my coffee when he said it was the Celtics who insisted on the protections, but it turns out he was right. I've been a fan of Ainge since the start, but what he's done over the past few years is truly unbelievable  .

I was pretty obvious that the 2-5 protection was for both teams.  The sixers wanted to protect themselves in case the pick landed at #1 while the celts protected themselves in case it landed at anything worse that #5.

Of course, the kings may end up in the same range at the lakers pick this year but as it turns out, Tatum is a beast so that pick is gravy anyway.

The only protection the Sixers wanted was 1. Ainge picked 2-3. There's no chance that Philly is happy with the way it played out now that they have 10. While you're right that the SAC pick might end up in the same ballpark, it has a chance of being much higher which is all you can ask for at this point. It's a small thing, but it's something everyone questioned at the time. I'm sure you can find plenty of posts on here that questioned why the protections were so restrictive.

As for Tatum, he's a compete stud, but that doesn't mean I don't want the SAC pick to be as high as possible. Maybe I'm greedy, but simply wining the trade is not enough for me; I crave evisceration.

[fairweatherfan]

Almost every move he's made recently has either improved the team or led directly to another move that improved the team.  It's been an incredible run of GM work. To take a good team, completely dismantle them over a couple of months, and promptly make an even better team is an amazing feat.

[Fafnir]

Almost every move he's made recently has either improved the team or led directly to another move that improved the team.  It's been an incredible run of GM work. To take a good team, completely dismantle them over a couple of months, and promptly make an even better team is an amazing feat.

And it'd all be only 1/2 as good if they'd traded the Rozier/Brown picks and change for Justice Winslow.

Better to be lucky than good sometimes!

[libermaniac]

I was p---ed when I initially saw the protections on the Lakers pick. I figured LA would stink and end up with the 1st pick, and we'd be SOL. Now that we see it's the tenth pick, Danny's insistence on the 2-3 protection looks to be another master stroke on his resume. I remember hearing DA on the radio after the trade and I almost spit out my coffee when he said it was the Celtics who insisted on the protections, but it turns out he was right. I've been a fan of Ainge since the start, but what he's done over the past few years is truly unbelievable  .

I was pretty obvious that the 2-5 protection was for both teams.  The sixers wanted to protect themselves in case the pick landed at #1 while the celts protected themselves in case it landed at anything worse that #5.

Of course, the kings may end up in the same range at the lakers pick this year but as it turns out, Tatum is a beast so that pick is gravy anyway.

The only protection the Sixers wanted was 1. Ainge picked 2-3. There's no chance that Philly is happy with the way it played out now that they have 10. While you're right that the SAC pick might end up in the same ballpark, it has a chance of being much higher which is all you can ask for at this point. It's a small thing, but it's something everyone questioned at the time. I'm sure you can find plenty of posts on here that questioned why the protections were so restrictive.

As for Tatum, he's a compete stud, but that doesn't mean I don't want the SAC pick to be as high as possible. Maybe I'm greedy, but simply wining the trade is not enough for me; I crave evisceration.

Ainge picked the 2-5 protection, not 2-3. Since, you are in the business of correction. 

[droopdog7]

I was p---ed when I initially saw the protections on the Lakers pick. I figured LA would stink and end up with the 1st pick, and we'd be SOL. Now that we see it's the tenth pick, Danny's insistence on the 2-3 protection looks to be another master stroke on his resume. I remember hearing DA on the radio after the trade and I almost spit out my coffee when he said it was the Celtics who insisted on the protections, but it turns out he was right. I've been a fan of Ainge since the start, but what he's done over the past few years is truly unbelievable  .

I was pretty obvious that the 2-5 protection was for both teams.  The sixers wanted to protect themselves in case the pick landed at #1 while the celts protected themselves in case it landed at anything worse that #5.

Of course, the kings may end up in the same range at the lakers pick this year but as it turns out, Tatum is a beast so that pick is gravy anyway.

The only protection the Sixers wanted was 1. Ainge picked 2-3. There's no chance that Philly is happy with the way it played out now that they have 10. While you're right that the SAC pick might end up in the same ballpark, it has a chance of being much higher which is all you can ask for at this point. It's a small thing, but it's something everyone questioned at the time. I'm sure you can find plenty of posts on here that questioned why the protections were so restrictive.

As for Tatum, he's a compete stud, but that doesn't mean I don't want the SAC pick to be as high as possible. Maybe I'm greedy, but simply wining the trade is not enough for me; I crave evisceration.

I think we're saying the same thing but the protection was 2-5.  We only ended up at 2-3 because the lakers ended up being better (and thus no possibility of landing at 4-5).

[slamtheking]

I was p---ed when I initially saw the protections on the Lakers pick. I figured LA would stink and end up with the 1st pick, and we'd be SOL. Now that we see it's the tenth pick, Danny's insistence on the 2-3 protection looks to be another master stroke on his resume. I remember hearing DA on the radio after the trade and I almost spit out my coffee when he said it was the Celtics who insisted on the protections, but it turns out he was right. I've been a fan of Ainge since the start, but what he's done over the past few years is truly unbelievable  .

the pick would convey if 2-5.  Lakers played well enough to cut the odds of conveying to either the second or third pick.

to this day I'm still bothered by the fact that Danny couldn't get the Sac pick unprotected.  if it goes #1 next year I'll ripsh!t

[green_bballers13]

I was p---ed when I initially saw the protections on the Lakers pick. I figured LA would stink and end up with the 1st pick, and we'd be SOL. Now that we see it's the tenth pick, Danny's insistence on the 2-3 protection looks to be another master stroke on his resume. I remember hearing DA on the radio after the trade and I almost spit out my coffee when he said it was the Celtics who insisted on the protections, but it turns out he was right. I've been a fan of Ainge since the start, but what he's done over the past few years is truly unbelievable  .

the pick would convey if 2-5.  Lakers played well enough to cut the odds of conveying to either the second or third pick.

to this day I'm still bothered by the fact that Danny couldn't get the Sac pick unprotected.  if it goes #1 next year I'll ripsh!t

Weird take. Tatum>Fultz and Ball. Tatum should have gone #1 or #2 in retrospect (D. Mitchell). So we got our guy, and got an additional pick. That pick is gravy. If PHI believed in winning (both for themselves and for the teams that their draft picks play for), they would not have picked Fultz over Ball or Tatum. Tatum would be a great fit in PHI.

So, PHI makes a mistake, the Celtics capitalize while still getting their guy, and yet you still are bothered?

[Boris Badenov]

I was p---ed when I initially saw the protections on the Lakers pick. I figured LA would stink and end up with the 1st pick, and we'd be SOL. Now that we see it's the tenth pick, Danny's insistence on the 2-3 protection looks to be another master stroke on his resume. I remember hearing DA on the radio after the trade and I almost spit out my coffee when he said it was the Celtics who insisted on the protections, but it turns out he was right. I've been a fan of Ainge since the start, but what he's done over the past few years is truly unbelievable  .

the pick would convey if 2-5.  Lakers played well enough to cut the odds of conveying to either the second or third pick.

to this day I'm still bothered by the fact that Danny couldn't get the Sac pick unprotected.  if it goes #1 next year I'll ripsh!t

At this point this is like getting that great job you wanted, hitting the lottery, starting to date a supermodel, and complaining about your life because you got gum on your shoe this morning.

[droopdog7]

I was p---ed when I initially saw the protections on the Lakers pick. I figured LA would stink and end up with the 1st pick, and we'd be SOL. Now that we see it's the tenth pick, Danny's insistence on the 2-3 protection looks to be another master stroke on his resume. I remember hearing DA on the radio after the trade and I almost spit out my coffee when he said it was the Celtics who insisted on the protections, but it turns out he was right. I've been a fan of Ainge since the start, but what he's done over the past few years is truly unbelievable  .

the pick would convey if 2-5.  Lakers played well enough to cut the odds of conveying to either the second or third pick.

to this day I'm still bothered by the fact that Danny couldn't get the Sac pick unprotected.  if it goes #1 next year I'll ripsh!t

You know, sometimes what you hear from DA is actually true.  When the trade was made, he said that he (and the sixers gm) did not see a huge separation in talent between the player you could get at 1 versus 3.  So it stands to reason that you should not expect some crazy return for trading back.

Obviously we're all happy in hindsight but the return was fair at the time.

[umpacu]

I was p---ed when I initially saw the protections on the Lakers pick. I figured LA would stink and end up with the 1st pick, and we'd be SOL. Now that we see it's the tenth pick, Danny's insistence on the 2-3 protection looks to be another master stroke on his resume. I remember hearing DA on the radio after the trade and I almost spit out my coffee when he said it was the Celtics who insisted on the protections, but it turns out he was right. I've been a fan of Ainge since the start, but what he's done over the past few years is truly unbelievable  .

the pick would convey if 2-5.  Lakers played well enough to cut the odds of conveying to either the second or third pick.

to this day I'm still bothered by the fact that Danny couldn't get the Sac pick unprotected.  if it goes #1 next year I'll ripsh!t

At this point this is like getting that great job you wanted, hitting the lottery, starting to date a supermodel, and complaining about your life because you got gum on your shoe this morning.

Also, even if the Kings are the worst team in the NBA next season, the odds of getting their pick would of 86%.