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Personally I was giddy with this trade, as I thought it was rather one sided. Cleveland would get a solid PG to replace Irving, a great defensive 2/3, a young center and a lottery pick. Seemed too good to be true. I have no idea what Ainge told the Cavs about the Injury Thomas sustained. The Cavs are not looking to rebuild right now, they still think there is a small chance that if they keep enough talent around James, he will stick around and finish his career in Cleveland. If IT is out for the year(and it is looking like he is), not only will he be gone by years end, but you will likely also lose James. So you are left with Kevin Love and a lottery pick. Now this trade doesn't look so great. If Thomas were healthy, you could have even used that lottery pick to trade for another elite talent at the deadline, of course, you would only do that if James made a firm commitment. I think the Celtics add players of picks to the deal to make it happen as I think it looks much worse for the Celtics.
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