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Trades are easier to make when the people involved have a good relationship. Ainge and Demps have a history together, negotiating a deal in 2015 (a three-team deal where Boston sent Jeff Green to the Memphis and also acquired Austin Rivers from New Orleans. This, is also the deal in which Boston acquired this year’s Grizzlies first round pick). Demps is the guy Ainge has been talking to throughout this process.