MacMullan: Ainge offered Isaiah for lotto pick last year

Jackie MacMullan was on the Bob Ryan Boston Podcast to talk Celtics and among the early topics was the drafting of Markelle Fultz (every last GM she spoke to says he’s the guy) and how it affects Isaiah Thomas.

From there, they got into Isaiah and whether he deserved a max contract. After some talk that I disagreed with (specifically being so down on him because of his defense), Jackie dropped this nugget:

“before the draft last year, last year, Danny was trying to get two picks, not just Jaylen Brown. He was trying to get two picks. He was on the phone with everybody from coast to coast and he was offering everybody… and that includes Marcus Smart and Isaiah Thomas and anything else they…