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Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:08 am EDT

Ainge expects Celtics to have same starters next season

By Joe Zedalis

Danny Ainge, the Boston Celtics president of basketball operations, denied rumors that he is trying to deal Rajon Rondo(notes) and Ray Allen(notes) before Thursday's NBA Draft, the Boston Globe reported.

Ainge told the Globe he expects the team to have the same starting five next season.

"We love Rajon,'' Ainge said. "I think everybody knows how good of a player he is and what sort of a bright future he has. It's amazing, I hope each one of you can maintain your integrity through this world of media that we live in — it doesn't even seem like you have to have any kind of source anymore, you just write stuff and print stuff, and things can just come out of the air.

"It's a little bit frustrating sometimes, because I've got to manage those players. And their agents, and their mothers, and their wives, and, in some cases, their children. But the one thing I can assure you, I will never sit up here and say there is any player that is untradeable, ever.

"But the notion that we might be trading [Rondo] because of his contract situation, I've heard speculation, or that we're dissatisfied with him, or his attitude. I mean, that stuff is so false. He showed up late for a playoff game, so we're going to trade him - none of those things are true.''

Source: Boston.comNew Window

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  1. league of crutch
    1. Posted by league of crutch Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:28 am EDT

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    Suuuuuuurrreeeee
  2. greg
    2. Posted by greg Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:45 am EDT

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    Way to try and cover it up Ainge!! Just because you attempted a trade that made NO sense and Detroit declined QUICKLY, doesn't mean you have to deny anything. Be a man and say were shopping Rondo.
  3. AJ AWESOME
    3. Posted by AJ AWESOME Wed Jun 24, 2009 8:50 am EDT

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    Go celtics!!!
  4. bigbaqs1
    4. Posted by bigbaqs1 Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:00 am EDT

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    who cares!d celtics are dirty players.specially r0ndo.they will again.damn thrash talking piece of @/!*?!who cann0t walk d walk when they talk the talk!losers!
  5. Kyle M
    5. Posted by Kyle M Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:01 am EDT

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    i like the deal for rondo and scal for rudy gay and mike conley, im not a big fan of a basketball player who cant SHOOT and a PG who shoots less than 65% from the FT line love the C's just dont love rondo.
  6. MonsterSquad09
    6. Posted by MonsterSquad09 Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:02 am EDT

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    If the Celtics stay healthy, there is a good chance they can squeeze out another title.
    Ainge needs to just chillax and see what happends.
  7. SCSF- LA where repeats and 3-peats happen!
    7. Posted by SCSF- LA where repeats and 3-peats happen! Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:29 am EDT

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    uuuuuuuuhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.....
    The Curse of the New England Cheaters lives on! sorry chowerheads......
  8. G-MAN
    8. Posted by G-MAN Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:45 am EDT

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    Post 6#... your the only one that's said anything that makes sence so far..."if healthy"...they will be good to go for another year and could take the title...hell if they were healthy this year they would of repeated with ease...probably would of had a good series with Cavs and beat down the clown from LA in 5-6 games.
    7# Curse?...what curse....your living in the stone age brother....news flash...the "curse" moved to NY.
  9. Nickko
    9. Posted by Nickko Wed Jun 24, 2009 9:53 am EDT

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    #5 Kyle .....if that trade happened I may have thought I died and went to heaven....I've always said Rudy Gay is going to be a great one
  10. SanTi
    10. Posted by SanTi Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:03 am EDT

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    Danny Trade Rajon.His ugly attitude dont match the credibility of an NBA player.
  11. regis v
    11. Posted by regis v Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:09 am EDT

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    I love all the poor coulda, shoulda, woulda Celtics fans that are sure the Celtics would have "beat down" the Lakers in the finals....LOL....Based on what???
  12. Ladiesman217
    12. Posted by Ladiesman217 Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:10 am EDT

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    let the celtic drought begin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO!!!!!
  13. Lakergirl
    13. Posted by Lakergirl Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:27 am EDT

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    if the Celtics were healthy, they would have probably got beat down by the Cavs......
    Face it Celtic retards.........the Lakers got to the Finals, you couldnt!!! What if KG's knees collapses again next season, do we really have to sit down and listen your whining that you would have won 3 championships in a row if healthy???
    Celtics are one and done....
  14. Chris M (2009 NBA CHAMPION LAKERS!)
    14. Posted by Chris M (2009 NBA CHAMPION LAKERS!) Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:35 am EDT

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    They need to trade one or more of the big three while they can still get something of value for them. I'd say there's a VERY slim chance the big three are healthy enough to take Boston back to the finals.
  15. samol s
    15. Posted by samol s Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:39 am EDT

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    Hey peeps, who hatin on the C's r u just jealous of wat we tryin to accomplish does it make any sense to come on the page and bash wat dey trying to do. well suck it up becuz no one paying u peeps to read dis and plus sit back and wait for the Celtics to accomplish another title without any trash talk from dem so sit back and shut up to all you Celtics haters.
  16. ladogamaynors@...
    16. Posted by ladogamaynors@... Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:41 am EDT

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    #8 the curse lives in the city of chicago with the cubs it has been 101 years since my favorite team has even won a world sereis so no one should say anything about a curse in new york or boston cause let me tell you the yankees havent won a world series in forever what the biggest dissapoinment in new york in the last 50 years was that patrick yewing culdnt win a final boston lost the had the ball go under the first basemens legs szorry dont know his name hater of the red sox so lets not talk about any curses in new yourk or boston
  17. ladogamaynors@...
    17. Posted by ladogamaynors@... Wed Jun 24, 2009 10:46 am EDT

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    u guy are saying the celtics are always going to win another final and ur always talking about the cavs what about the magic i mean they proved that they were better than the cavs and personally if dwight can get that hook really amazing he wuld be the best big man in the nba also if he got his free throw shooting alot better the magic are going to be the beasts in the east
  18. Ladiesman217
    18. Posted by Ladiesman217 Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:07 am EDT

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    hey celtic fans, enough for those lame excuses about being unhealthy.... why, is only KG the player on your team??? you still have 2 other stars on your team... how about your MVP, is he still alright??? pierce is just busy making fun of the magic calling them a poodle... but remember the so-called poodle embarrass them in the celtics homecourt.... deal with it celtics fans.... your team can only rely on the big 3.... but in the playoffs only rondo is playing hard... and the other 2 stars are mentally absent... deal with it celtics fans the boston drought has just began.... LMAO!!!!
  19. Tony
    19. Posted by Tony Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:14 am EDT

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    I don't see why the C's want to trade both players. What they need to do is this...............Keep Rondo and Allen and Perkins, Tony Allen, and Giddens for Sheed and Rip. Maubury can still develop and they need another emotional leader on the floor hell why not trade for Shaq but keep Rondo. Shaq may make more sense because he wouldn't have to every game and neither will KG so Ainge better make a smart decisison because he be like his buddy Mchale.
  20. regis v
    20. Posted by regis v Wed Jun 24, 2009 11:52 am EDT

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    Hey... The Celtics got what they paid for already. They picked up 2 aging "superstars" to bring them a ring. Past prime players don't keep it rolling. They get older and more fragile. Garnetts ferocity is now just an act and look at the way Allen performed when they needed him most. One and done. And it seems that Pierce is suprised that the trophy wasn't just handed to them.
  21. A Yahoo! User
    21. Posted by A Yahoo! User Wed Jun 24, 2009 12:09 pm EDT

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    yeah that exactly what you do you tell the guy your shopping him then you get a J Cutler on your hands and get nothing for Rando, Don't man up dont tell one of your key players he is being dangled in a trade, whoever says he should say something is a moron!
  22. Nathan-
    22. Posted by Nathan- Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:02 pm EDT

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    It was a rumor from A. WojIamAmoron. From Unidentified source which he couldn't even identify.
    CALM DOWN. As Ainge said, the media these days can say pretty much anything they want with absolutely no source. It's a rumor so until it's from the gms, nothing is believable.
  23. Juggernaut
    23. Posted by Juggernaut Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:12 pm EDT

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    Who cares y'all speak of Rondo as if he was a superstar but he's only a good role player. Ainge will try and do whatever possible to keep the Celtics elite. knowing that you can't always bank on you stars staying healthy. When injures begin to happen to older players it could become a ongoing issue, so you must always take that into considerations when forming your team for the up coming season. That proposed trade to the PISTONS would've been stupid from DETROIT'S stand point.
  24. Keys S
    24. Posted by Keys S Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:35 pm EDT

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    I see a lot of purple girlie fans on here. First of all the Lakers only have 10 titles to our 17. The other 5 are from Minniapolis so go ahead and rep another city's wins, LMAO!! You guys have Kobe, and any man who snitches on another man about what he does with other women is pretty much a girl in my book. Not only that we beat you last year and you are saying that we are whining cause KG was injured? We are not whining only wishing we could face ya'll with him to prove our point. You slid by the Magic, good for you. You guys back a snitch!! If you are black you already know what your doing, if you are white I hardly expect you to understand. Snitches get stitches. So you won your championship. Still you support the biggest tattle tale in the league.
  25. Keys S
    25. Posted by Keys S Wed Jun 24, 2009 1:38 pm EDT

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    Hey jetman, lets take Kobe off your team and see if you win 1 playoff game,hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah.................hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahah!!!!!!!! Don't think so!

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