The pipe dreams of a legion of Boston Celtics fans fell through the cracks following Sunday night’s NBA All-Star Game, as the New Orleans Pelicans swiped center DeMarcus Cousins off of the trade market in exchange for a collection of assets.
While it has been rumored by a plethora of sources that the Celtics brass did not desire to acquire Cousins in the first place, the trade deadline still remains a few distant days away, and Boston’s rebounding issue continues to glare. Coming out of the All-Star break, the Celtics own the fifth-worst rebounding differential in the league (-3.