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Thunder trade Perry Jones III to Celtics as Ainge picks up asset in salary dump (Ball Don't Lie)

Danny Ainge hasn't yet been able to use his massive war chest of future draft picks — as many as five additional first-round choices and six extra second-rounders over the next three years — to put together a package for a bona fide star. The Boston Celtics' president of basketball operations continues to work around the margins, though, using one of his stockpile of future No. 2s to import former Baylor standout Perry Jones III from the Oklahoma City Thunder, according to Steve Bulpett of the Boston Herald.

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In a practical sense, Ainge doesn't actually even lose a second-rounder.