So whats next, What would make you happy

[Texstyles]

So what will make it OK for missing out on Cousins.

What if Danny pulls a ( Butler or PG13) and ( Okafor or Vucevic ).

I think this can be done and one of those bigs can be had really cheap.  Especially Okafor,  NO are not going for him anymore. 

[mr. dee]

Stay on course and no to Okafor. Hitting on lottery picks will get me satisfied whether it'll be Fultz, Jackson or anyone in the draft.

[Moranis]

Frankly not much.  Cousins was the guy I wanted all along and for him to go that inexpensively it is really unacceptable he isn't in Boston.  Ainge should be on the hot seat for this one.

[csfansince60s]

A couple of small, not giving into the masses panic, moves.

Get Tucker, maybe O'Quinn or Bogut.

Gordon Hayward in FA.

[rondohondo]

AB, Jaylen and brk 18 + additional picks for George

Then a minor trade for Bogut and Tucker

It          Rozier
Smart. Tucker
George. Jae
Horford  Jerebko
Bogut.     KO

You can go small for stretches with pg13 or Jae moving to PF with Bogut/Horford/ko at center

Still have brk 17

[chilidawg]

I am happy, looking forward to breakfast.

[saltlover]

Friday morning, when it will all be over and I can put away all thoughts of what did and did not happen.  This deadline is going to make me obsess more than any I can remember.

[Roy H.]

Frankly not much.  Cousins was the guy I wanted all along and for him to go that inexpensively it is really unacceptable he isn't in Boston.  Ainge should be on the hot seat for this one.

Yeah, Ainge has built up a ton of good will, but we could have added a young, non-expiring All-NBA center for relative peanuts.

I predict we'll look back at this as a missed opportunity to become contenders. We could have added Boogie, kept our core, and still drafted Fultz.

[GratefulCs]

I was in the trade for cousins camp too

But I'm not too worried about it


To say ainge should be fired over this is weird to me. He's done so much and there's more to go!

Build through the draft! Build a team we can love for years to come!

And sign cousins as a free agent later when NO fails 

[NHCelticsFan]

Would have loved Cousins for so little a cost, but something is off with him and I wouldn't be surprised if Brad/Danny/Wyc etc just weren't interested.

What would make me happy?  Stay the course.  Add a free agent, cash in on those Nets picks, and be a relavant team for years and years to come.  We are on the radar for free agents and the league as a whole, and I am happy with the current direction.

Your mileage may vary...

[Roy H.]

Would have loved Cousins for so little a cost, but something is off with him and I wouldn't be surprised if Brad/Danny/Wyc etc just weren't interested.

What would make me happy?  Stay the course.  Add a free agent, cash in on those Nets picks, and be a relavant team for years and years to come.  We are on the radar for free agents and the league as a whole, and I am happy with the current direction.

Your mileage may vary...

We will stay relevant. We just won't win a title. There was risk with Boogie, but there's a heck of a lot more with drafting.

[timriffic]

I think Terrance Jones could be had  for a 2nd rounder or late 1st , fits teams neeeds

[saltlover]

Frankly not much.  Cousins was the guy I wanted all along and for him to go that inexpensively it is really unacceptable he isn't in Boston.  Ainge should be on the hot seat for this one.

I wanted Cousins too, but clearly it means that the Celtics had decided, as an organization, that they weren't interested in Cousins no matter the price.  That's from the ownership on down.  I don't know what the reason is, I don't know if it was a good reason, but there was clearly a reason. And Ainge wont be on any kind of hot seat for this.

And a lot of teams could have made comparable offers to New Orleans and didn't.  Phoenix could have trounced that offer as easily as we could have and chose not to.  They only wanted DMC if they could move a bad contract in the process.  We didn't hear anything about Dallas once in this entire process.  Nothing from Denver or Philly.  The Lakers were only interested enough to refuse to include Ingram.

I hope it works out for New Orleans, because Anthony Davis deserves a chance to compete.  But it really does seem that many teams had enough information, either from on-court scouting, off-court info, or both, that Cousins really isn't that valuable, despite the talent.

[NHCelticsFan]

Would have loved Cousins for so little a cost, but something is off with him and I wouldn't be surprised if Brad/Danny/Wyc etc just weren't interested.

What would make me happy?  Stay the course.  Add a free agent, cash in on those Nets picks, and be a relavant team for years and years to come.  We are on the radar for free agents and the league as a whole, and I am happy with the current direction.

Your mileage may vary...

We will stay relevant. We just won't win a title. There was risk with Boogie, but there's a heck of a lot more with drafting.

Good points.  I guess time will ultimately tell.  Impossible to say what will happen in the next few years, but the C's must of had their concerns...Or Sac just wouldn't deal with them?

[saltlover]

I think Terrance Jones could be had  for a 2nd rounder or late 1st , fits teams neeeds

Terrance Jones shouldn't cost much more than Jordan Mickey and the Cleveland second.  A late 1st would be highway robbery.