The folks in Boston believe the trade made last week for Wally Szczerbiak cements the notion Paul Pierce will remain a Celtic for life. Wouldn’t bet on that. What it looks like, and to many others, is Danny Ainge is clearing the decks to facilitate a blockbuster over the summer. The Celtics dumped four years and $28 million with Mark Blount and two years and $13 million with Ricky Davis . Michael Olowokandi ‘s $6 million comes off the books in July. It looks as if the Celtics are positioning themselves to now trade Pierce for a foundation piece — like say Kevin Garnett.
This makes absolutely no sense to me. So basically, Danny Ainge and Kevin McHale are just swapping entire teams at this point? What’s the use? I’m pretty sure this is what people mean when they talk about rearranging the deck charis on the Titanic.
Everyone just spent an entire week analyzing how Wally World fit in with Pierce’s game and how Ricky Davis gives KG another option that creates his own shots. So now, the Celtics and Twolves will just forget all that and trade Pierce for Garnett? I think I get the hang of this sports journalism thing. Just make it up.
[Detroit News]: Slam dunks
