In today's Celtics rumors update, the Boston Celtics may be falling out of contention in the trade sweepstakes for Minnesota Timberwolves superstar Kevin Love.
According to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports (via an interview with CSN New England), the Celtics may lack the assets to entice the Wolves into making a swap:
"I don't think Boston has enough to do a deal now," Wojnarowski stated. "I think it's becoming increasingly likely that Minnesota just goes forward with Love. The pressure is really off for them to do something by the draft because they're not really involved with any teams picking high enough for Minnesota to get a really high pick or even the package of picks if Boston gave them their two picks, they may not be able to get a difference-maker out of there."
The respected NBA writer also indicated that the Wolves may have purposely raised the price tag on Love so high as to either pick up a haul in return or retain his rights.
"I think once Flip Saunders has taken over as coach, I think the odds are more and more that he's going to coach the team that's there," Wojnarowski added. "What he's asking for from Golden State is so rich, they're not going to do Klay Thompson and Harrison Barnes, and that's what Minnesota wants. They're not getting both of them, at least not now. And I think that a little bit of what's going on is Flip Saunders is going around, he's discussing deals that he knows probably are never going to happen, and he can go back to Kevin Love and his agent and say, 'Hey, we tried. See you in training camp.'"
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