This is how I imagine the trade talks going this evening
Phone rings at Celtics HQ
Mike Zarren: Hey Danny I got Divac on the line, he says he gonna trade Cousins for Buddy Hield, A 2017 1st and a 2017 second rounder
Ainge: Mike, i'm busy man April fools is over a month away, he was quoted as saying that Cousins isn't getting traded today, why is he messing?
Mike: He says he's serious, will you just speak to him
Ainge: Are you sure he's not putting something extra in those cigarettes? Alright give me the [dang] phone
Divac: I'm gonna trade booo...
Ainge (interrupting): Vlade let me stop you there, you just came out to the media today saying he's going nowhere, you're not going to lose your credibility and trade him in the same day.
As I said on a radio show last week that teams won't reveal their best offers at the deadline until noon on Thursday, that's the way its always been and that's the way its going to stay. Why wouldn't you shop around and get the best possible deal? The deadline is four days away. Let's pick this up on Thursday and let's be serious then (hangs up)
2 minutes later Ainge refreshes twitter
Ainge: NOooooooooooooooooooooo! Son of a ..........