Today is the day we Celtics fans have been waiting for since Draft day... Today is the day that Ratliff and/or Telfair can be traded if Danny is so inclined to do so. Last night on CelticsStuff Live Justin mentioned that the Knicks said that they were looking to bring in Theo Ratliff. Is there anyone on the Knicks that we would want? Would Isaiah trade one of his young bigs for Theo? We certainly don't need Starbury or Francis. About the only player that we might want would be Channing Frye and I don't see Isaiah giving him up for Ratliff. But also, Frye wouldn't qualify as Danny's veteran star that he says he wants to bring in. Hopefully it isn't Eddy Curry.
That brings us to the Iverson conspiracy theory. Has the deal been in place just waiting for today to pull the trigger? Does Philly want Ratliff and/or Telfair? Do they really want one of our young players and Telfair is filler? We know they didn't want Wally, but did they want to bring Ratliff back to Philly to finish his career? All are questions waiting to be answered.
If there is a trade for one of the two, who would go with them? Some say Gomes since Powe was brought in and could fill the role that Gomes fills now. Some say West because of the Allan Ray signing. Some say Green because he supposedly isn't a Danny guy. Danny says he loves our kids and West, Gomes, and Green were in the group that Danny projects to be starters. But it wouldn't be the first time that Danny speaks with forked tongue. Remember him trading Antoine the day after he said he had no intentions of trading him? Or the interview with Ordway saying that there was nothing in the works just hours before the trade for Wally? So, what Ainge says really doesn't carry much weight. He is very good at PR speak.
Today there will be Celtics' fans all over the world watching the news and the internet today to see if Danny is going to move one or both of his two Draft night acquistions. I know I will be. Stay tuned to Loy's Place because we will post any news when and if anything goes down!!