Dammit Celtics

What kind of trade deadline shenanigans was Danny Ainge trying to pull? Is there a shortage of chairs for the bench and they needed to cut the roster? Is Jermaine O'Neal someone that you really have faith in as the guy who's going to carry the team in the playoffs? Who's going to fill the role of goofy white guy now that Scal's replacement Luke "The Duke" Harangody* is also gone? Are you tired of the rhetorical questions yet?

In case you still don't know what's going on, the Celtics had a yard sale at the trading deadline, sending away Kendrick Perkins, Nate Robinson, Semih Erden, Luke Harangody and Marquis Daniels + cash to various destinations in exchange for Jeff Green, Nenad Krstic, a 2nd round pick in 2013 and another 2nd round pick in 2017. And then promptly got the shit kicked out of them in Denver, going the last 6 minutes or so of the game without scoring a point.

I can understand trading Semih and Luke, as Semih is a rookie and probably doesn't fit in long-term in Boston, and Luke is just a goofy guy. Maybe trading Marquis makes sense since he bruised his spinal cord and may never really be the same player. That's a pretty crappy thing to do to a guy, but the NBA's a business and being nice isn't really in the game plan. And I suppose Robinson's season so far has been pretty sub-par, but at least he's fun to watch.

But Perkins? The only guy on the team that's willing to bang bodies with the other big guys in the league? That seems like a terrible idea. I am seriously frightened about what Dwight Howard is going to do to the Celtics next time the Magic are in town. And it's not like Perkins was unhappy in Boston, or unpopular with the team. The rest of the players loved that guy. Did you see how upset Garnett and Pierce were? Not to mention the fact that any real Celtics fan is convinced that Game 7 last June is definitely a win for the C's if Perk hadn't wrecked his knee.

And they traded him away!

Danny Ainge might have just lost all the goodwill he earned when he got Garnett and Allen to come to Boston. Ass hat.

I wouldn't even mind seeing the Thunder win the championship now as long as A) it's not against the Celtics, B) they beat the Lakers on the way there, and C) Perkins is a major part of it.

As for the Celtics? The next couple of months may end up being very painful to watch. Thanks a lot, Danny boy.

-Jon

* Actual nickname may vary. Slash not exist.