The obvious first question is: How does this affect the Washington Wizards?
To answer that question, we’ll examine several of the most intriguing storylines of this trade.
Boston Just Blew Themselves Up.
You know how Ted always talks about valuing continuity and developing from within? Danny Ainge don’t play that.
Al Horford. Jaylen Brown. Marcus Smart. Terry Rozier. That’s the list of returning players from Boston’s Eastern Conference Finals team. That’s it. Boston lost its best defender (Avery Bradley), its second-best defender (Jae Crowder) and the heart and soul of its team (Isaiah Thomas).
The departed are replaced by Kyrie Irving, Gordon Hayward and rookie Jayson Tatum.