{"id":1006999,"date":"2019-12-15T12:34:59","date_gmt":"2019-12-15T17:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=1006999"},"modified":"2019-12-15T12:35:22","modified_gmt":"2019-12-15T17:35:22","slug":"your-morning-dump-where-trader-danny-can-officially-come-out-of-hibernation-r1a1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/your-morning-dump-where-trader-danny-can-officially-come-out-of-hibernation-r1a1\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Morning Dump…Where Trader Danny can officially come out of hibernation"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every morning, we compile the links of the day and dump them here\u2026 highlighting the big story line. Because there\u2019s nothing quite as satisfying as a good morning dump.<\/em><\/p>\n

Trader Danny. We all know the nickname, we’ve all seen him fleece teams beyond belief in the past, and we all know he’s always looking for the next big score. As December 15th is now officially upon us and most of the league is now eligible to be traded, it remains to be seen if the Celtics will make a deal.<\/a><\/p>\n

Danny Ainge has stood relatively pat over the last two seasons when it comes to in-season moves. Two years ago, an injury to Gordon Hayward on opening night changed the outlook of the season with Ainge declining any major moves beyond adding Greg Monroe with the team\u2019s disabled player exception granted tor Hayward\u2019s absence…<\/span><\/p>\n

Last season, Ainge once again elected to stand pat in the midst of a tumultuous season, believing the team had turn things around from a 10-10 start with a strong stretch of play in January. That projection does not look good in hindsight as the C\u2019s both failed to get out of the second round and lost a number of their expiring contracts (Marcus Morris, Terry Rozier) for no meaningful return this offseason.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since the Kyrie Irving deal Danny Ainge has been relatively quiet on the trade market in terms of big moves. He’s made smaller deals like the Baynes deal and some jockeying for position in the draft, but other than that, he’s been quite tame in recent years. I’d expect that to be no different as I don’t really see any big moves being made by the Celtics. They have their stars, they have their core, and there aren’t guys on the market that really would be worth it to part with a Marcus Smart (Don’t yell at me, he’s not going anywhere, his contract is just fabulous for deals) or a Gordon Hayward.<\/p>\n

Before we get into specific names here I’ll go ahead and throw a few into the dumpster right off the bat. Unbeknownst to Howard Beck, the Celtics are not, under any circumstances, trading assets for Kevin Love.<\/p>\n

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With all due respect to Mr. Beck, this is painfully wrong. https:\/\/t.co\/Zc7MUuSOqE<\/a><\/p>\n

— Chuck M. (@McK_Chuck) December 13, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n