Danny Ainge, Mike Zarren Explain Level Of Celtics’ Trade Chatter Entering Draft

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The Boston Celtics’ offseason is a little different in 2018 than it has been over the last few years. There aren’t any more Brooklyn Nets lottery picks for them to use, they don’t have enough salary cap space to pursue a max contract-worthy star like Gordon Hayward or Al Horford, and their roster is pretty much set from a depth and talent perspective. Wholesale changes aren’t required to make the roster championship-caliber, unlike last summer when all but four players didn’t return after losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers in the 2017 Eastern Conference finals. Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge talked to The Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach about how the differences have affected the C’s entering the draft and free agency.

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