I love Danny but four firsts for the number 9 and then an extra first to get to number four? No way.
My questions is why didn't they just offer four future firsts and 15 to the Knicks instead of going through Char? Either way I'm glad it didn't happen.
Those are two separate talks in the post, though it's hard to parse that from the writing:
"The Boston Celtics were hell-bent on moving up to draft Justise Winslow and offered the Charlotte Hornets four first-round picks -- including one of Brooklyn's unprotected picks -- for Charlotte's No. 9 pick."
"But that was Boston's fall-back plan, sources say. The Celtics initially chased Charlotte's pick with the idea of sending it to the Knicks, along with Boston's No. 15 pick, to vault all the way into the Knicks' draft slot -- where the Celtics would take Winslow. "
So presumably we chased the #4 in a 3-way deal, for a package including #9 but hopefully less than 5 total firsts, then when that failed and Winslow kept dropping, went straight for the #9 instead.