Sitting in third place with a 32-23 record, the improving Boston Celtics are becoming players in the Eastern Conference. They have also stockpiled a plethora of draft picks, and many thought they would make a deal before Thursday's trade deadline.
While they never pulled the trigger, Celtics president Danny Ainge said they came close during an interview on 98.5 The Sports Hub's Toucher and Rich (via CSN New England):
We were willing to do one deal, and it just didn't happen. Both teams weren't ready to go. And it was a really tough, close deal. And it was certainly not a no-brainer. There was risk on both sides' part. But at the end of the day, both teams were not ready to do it. ... It's something we had been deliberating on for two days straight.
The other team was doing that (as well). And we were wrapping ourselves around a big package to do a deal, and at the very last minute, you know, they just said, oh, they did not want to do it. They just backed out.
As Dan Feldman of Pro Basketball Talk noted, there is a difference between backing out of an agreement and backing out of negotia ...
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