To review what Ainge did to get KG and Ray let's look at it for a minute.
He got a 32 year old shooting guard and an early 2nd rounder. It costed a top 5 pick (ok we have that), a guy who had actually been to an all star game once (outside IT we don't have that), and a fine young combo guard. (Who is that? Rozier? Not really. RJ? Nope.)
Then to get KG we traded a guy who had been a 2nd team all rookie (do we have that?), a guy who looked like he might be a future all star (Do we have that? Nope.) a very athletic young guy who couldn't shoot (we DO have that!) a salary piece (we have that), an ok young player (we have that in spades), and cash, and two firsts (we have that).
We do not have the assets to make any kind of comparable deals. One reason is KG was disgruntled at the time. There is no such player this time. And Ray Allen was 32. Find me comparable guys. Oh but wait...we don't have the same assets.
Delonte, top 5 pick, Al Jefferson, Seabass, Wally, Gerald Green, Ryan Gomes > top 3 pick, Smart, Rozier, RJ, Jordan Mickey, KO, Jae, AB
You don't believe me? Ok. Fine. So we trade all those pieces.
This is what our team now looks like
IT
32 year old all star shooting guard
Zeller
disgruntled top 5 player in the league that doesn't exist currently
Jonas Jerebko
16th pick
23rd pick
other picks
Maybe Evan Turner
requisite free agent signing
James Young
Wonderful. It's a start. There is no Paul Pierce this time around.