Danny confirms C's are going after Hayward and PG13 ?

[rondohondo]

Listen right around the 5:45 mark to about 6:40

http://www.weei.com/media/audio-channel/danny-ainge-tatum-was-our-pick-even-if-we-picked-number-one

"There are things that we would like to do that would take a sequence. There would be a specific sequence that we would have to follow to get something done"

To me that has Hayward and George written all over it

Getting excited.....

[ChillyWilly]

This could mean a million different things and Danny knows it.

[CelticsElite]

very good catch. Tommy pt

Looks like this little line could now actually mean it.

[saltlover]

This could mean a million different things and Danny knows it.

Yep.  Clearing cap space to merely sign Hayward takes a sequence (have to clear that cap space first).  Extending IT with cap room has to be done before bringing back Olynyk, if that's a plan.  And a myriad of other options.

[KGBirdBias]

It's not your money, it's Wyc's money. If Wyc is ready to go for it and make a 3-4 year run, then the Celtics are in the best position.

Ainge said they have good players but he wants great players. Great players cost money. It's time to dump all of our dead weight and get some real ballers to Boston. We will be the next super team, be on TV all the time, be the talk of the league all the time and be playing in June...finally taking down Mr. James.

[Granath]

Here's the thing that I wonder about:

Did Danny know about this deal and that's why he moved down to #3 - to get enough cap space to pull this off? If so, the dude is a genius - like "three moves ahead of everyone else" type genius.

[CelticsElite]

^ good point. Grabbing Fultz would have complicated this even more

[timpiker]

Here's the thing that I wonder about:

Did Danny know about this deal and that's why he moved down to #3 - to get enough cap space to pull this off? If so, the dude is a genius - like "three moves ahead of everyone else" type genius.

I think so

[Boris Badenov]

Here's the thing that I wonder about:

Did Danny know about this deal and that's why he moved down to #3 - to get enough cap space to pull this off? If so, the dude is a genius - like "three moves ahead of everyone else" type genius.

Did he "know" that a deal would happen? Probably not.

Did he realize that such a deal could happen, and that trading down would give us more flexibility? Certainly.

Even the latter type of planning puts him way ahead of everyone else.

I mean, this is the thing. We tend to look at Danny's moves one by one, and find things to criticize in them. Which you can especially in hindsight.

But when you look at the big picture he has not just done amazing things in terms of putting us back in contention with a great chance to get even better. He's done it when there are 29 other guys, all getting paid millions of dollars, with their jobs on the line, competing head to head with him.

And even in that environment he has repeatedly left everyone else in the dust. Put yourself in the shoes of a Bucks fan. Or a Hornets fan. Or a Hawks fan. Or even a fan of a decent team like the Clippers. What those GMs have done looks like absolute kid stuff compared to what Danny is doing. And that's leaving teams like the Knicks and Kings out of the picture.

I don't know. I've seen a lot of GMs in a lot of sports try to build contenders over the years. Ainge is right up there.

[CelticsElite]

Does this mean there are more big moves remaining?