There has been more than normal chatter but we all recognize that 99.9% of it is just that, chatter. There is one thing in all of this though that makes enough sense for me to take notice; Ainge wants Chris Paul.
Someone said on a post that if NO traded CP3 that they would be run out of town. True, and maybe that is exactly what the owners want. The team is losing money so what do you do. First you tighten the belt (trade away salary commitments). Second, maybe you position the team to be sold.
Now, under that scenario, NO isn't going to really want Ray Allen. We could trade Allen though to Memphis for their pick and then flip the pick to NO in part of a deal for CP. A team with a low salary, some good young players and maybe some future picks stockpiled should be easier to sell maybe even than a team with CP3. Remember, all the deals in the past that Danny made with Picks and Raef and all weren't about the immediate deals, it was about setting up for other deals (in that case KG).
My theory is that all of this chatter about trading Ray or Rondo for picks or whatever isn't because DA thinks that this particular move would make the Celtics better next year. It is all about being positioned to make another deal, in this case maybe Chris Paul.
If Danny can get KG, maybe he can get CP3. This approach worked for Danny in a big way once so it is not so hard to believe that he would try it again. (And please, enough with the "we are better with Rondo than Chris Paul). If we can pull off getting Chris Paul, we are set for next year and for plenty of years to come.
