Through the first 41 games this season, just 20 of which they have won, the Celtics have been so annoying that a good portion of the fan base wants them to make a trade almost certain to be regrettable just for the sake of not having to watch this anymore.
And what is this, exactly? An extraordinary, exasperating knack for courting, and often finding, disaster late in games in which they once held a big lead.
It’s the only consistent thing about them, really. And sometimes the anticipation of how they’ll crumble in crunch time this time is the only interesting thing about them.