Wyc Grousbeck helped push Nets trade from two to four first round picks

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As Jaylen Brown and Jayson Tatum prepare to propel the Celtics into the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cavaliers on Sunday against all probability, the equally unlikely scenario that Brooklyn complied when Wyc Grousbeck pushed for all the chips in the infamous worst trade ever by the Nets in 2013 directly brought the two rising stars to Boston. Danny Ainge approached Grousbeck with the skeleton of a deal that would rock Celtics fans to their core. He had assembled a trade that would ship Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to the Brooklyn Nets. Boston prepared to leap into a rebuild, and Ainge secured two first round picks from Billy King to jumpstart that process. Grousbeck, who said he signs

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