BOSTON — Last week, hours before the Celtics' game against Charlotte, Danny Ainge settled into a seat along the Celtics bench, his top lieutenants—assistant GM Mike Zarren, Director of Player personnel Austin Ainge and Director of Scouting Dave Lewin—alongside him and did the only thing Boston really can do in the days leading up to the Feb. 7 trade deadline: They waited. Indeed, the Celtics—no strangers to big deals and roster shakeups—are hoping this deadline comes and goes with little fanfare.
As the Pelicans field offers for Anthony Davis, Boston’s message to New Orleans has been direct: Wait.