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Message: [QUOTE="Dogdeacon, post: 3992566, member: 1026"] A. Salary dump B. Celtics need bigs, desperately needed a passing big & Horford at least previously fit the bill, if he does again its a bonus b/c again this was a salary dump C. In retrospect Ainge panicked at loss of Kyrie and overpaid, took on injury risk and didn't calibrate fit correctly on Kemba. Its a real bummer as a UConn fan as Kemba is a great guy and a very good player. Yet the whole was always lesser than the sum of its parts even when Kemba was healty & hitting shots. Midway thru this season it was obvious Celtics had lost the Kemba sign & trade as Rozier blossomed. They had to fully take the L. They weren't trading Tatum or Jaylen, so Kemba had to go to give them flexibility to add players in next 1-3yrs. It stinks but it just kind of is what it is. D. Celtics lose the trade, but that's the definition of a salary dump trade. I think it shows promise the Stevens is willing to lose his first trade and lose some face. Winning and losing games and building a championship team is what matters in the long run and Stevens mostly coached like that, there is a bright side here that Stevens is GM-ing for the long haul. E. Did I mention this trade was 99% about getting out from under Kemba's salary? :) [/QUOTE]