The NBA trade deadline is coming up March 25, and the anticipation for Danny Ainge to do something is palpable. The Celtics president of basketball operations has a $28.5 million traded-player exception he can use to improve a Celtics’ roster that for a variety of reasons lacks quality depth.
Though the TPE can be carried over into the summer, there is an expectation that Ainge, the Celtics’ president of basketball operations, must wield it now from a vocal element of the fan base, one that has forgotten how to find any satisfaction in seasons that do not end with a parade.