Paul Pierce Trade Rumors Tracker: Latest Updates on Celtics Star

March 6th, 2012 by Eric Ball Leave a reply »
The Boston Celtics have been at the center of trade rumors as the March 15 deadline approaches, and nobody on the roster can avoid it.

Not even face of the franchise Paul Pierce.

Last week Mitch Lawrence of the New York Daily News reported that GM Danny Ainge was looking to unload Kevin Garnett, Ray Allen or Pierce in an attempt to land Josh Smith from the Atlanta Hawks. With the versatility and age of Smith, it’s likely the Hawks would demand Pierce in any potential deal. He is by far the most valuable of the Big Three.



Yahoo! Sports NBA expert Adrian Wojnarowski went on NBC’s Sportstalk recently and confirmed that Ainge and head coach Doc Rivers have agreed the Celtics are not championship contenders, and if the right deal comes along then the trio will be broken up.

Not a surprise, but when Wojnarowski said Pierce is the player most likely to get traded, eyebrows were raised. Since getting selected with the 10th overall pick in the 1998 draft, Pierce has spent his entire 13-year career in Green and White. So why has loyalty flown out the window?

Contracts.

Garnett and Allen are both in ...

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