(Hopefully) My Last Sports Story Until Christmas, Other Than Yu Darvish

Remember that incredibly stupid trade Boston Celtics GM Danny Ainge made last year near the trade deadline that sent Kendrick Perkins and Nate Robinson to Oklahoma City in exchange for Jeff Green, Nenad Krstic, and a 2012 1st Round Pick? It turns out that the incredibly dumb trade Ainge made which infuriated the team and coaching staff has just gotten a lot worse. Jeff Green will miss the entire 2011-12 season (if it can be called that, since the 2011 part will only be 6 days) after having surgery to repair an aortic aneurysm. An aneurysm is when a blood vessel develops a bubble, similar to a hose having too much pressure. Over time, pressure builds until the bubble, or aneurysm, explodes. An aneurysm in the brain or aorta (the gigantic blood vessel that encircles the heart) is almost always fatal. Green should feel incredibly lucky to be alive, but Danny Ainge at this point has to be slamming his head in a wall.

Ainge had also hoped to re-sign Perkins after the previous season was over, but Perk was so offended at being traded out of nowhere that he re-signed with the Thunder just 5 days after being with the team through the 2014-15 season. Perkins' replacement on the Celtics, Nenad Krstic, also caused the trade to go spectacularly awful, signing with CSKA Moscow during the lockout for a 2 year contract.

So what did the Celtics get out of the trade? The Thunder's 2012 1st Round Draft Pick. With a strong possibility that the Thunder will finish in the top 4 of the West, that draft pick is largely useless in a draft where you need a top 15 pick. Oh they got cash, too. If this trade was to clear cap space to attract free agents they haven't been very successful. Chris Paul infamously stated before he was traded to the Clippers that he did not want to be traded to the Celtics because their team was aging and it was only a matter of time before the Big 3 all retired.

Although Ainge successfully obtained Kevin Garnett in the epic trade with the Minnesota Timberwolves a few years ago and Ray Allen from the Sonics, it seems that Ainge has gone batshit crazy, much like his Lakers counterpart, Mitch Kupchak.

As Mike Breen said after the Celtics were eliminated from the playoffs last season, there's a BIG difference between winning 1 championship and winning 2. How many people remember the Detroit Pistons and Miami Heat winning championships this past decade? The Celtics are in danger of becoming flukes like the Pistons and Heat if they don't a hell of a lot younger quickly.