So, where did he say what you claim above: " Ainge literally admitted publicly that Walker's knee was a problem going forward" because that simply isn't what the article says.
It’s not nearly as cut and dried as nighhob is making it out to be. He’s injecting more than a little of his own thoughts and commentary into these posts (which is pretty much the point of a message board)
Someone earlier in this thread said that it seems like Walker probably has arthritis in his knee and that it’s very common in the NBA but Walkers is probably worse than normal and will need to be managed. To me that falls squarely between “there’s nothing wrong here” and “his knees cooked”....that also seems to fall in line with Ainge’s quote about not having a plan yet but he’s confident that they will develop a plan for Kemba to be as healthy as possible and that they owe that to him and the team because he’s under contract for 3 more years (which is quite a bit different than “we have no idea what’s going on but we are stuck with this guy for 3 more years)
I agree that going after Jrue is more about filling a salary slot and getting another good player than any further indictment on Kemba’s knee. Jrue’s a very good player that can defend wings...and even if he wasn’t capable of defending wings, Smart is more than capable himself. I also don’t see a bevy of wings available for Hayward.
On twitter @dangercart proposed this trade that I like and seems fairly realistic:
BOS gives up Hayward, Romeo, 14, 26, 30 and receives Jrue Holiday and TJ Warren
IND gives up Myles Turner, TJ McConnell, and TJ Warren gets back Gordon Hayward, Romeo Langford, and the 13th pick
NO gives up Jrue and 13 gets back Myles Turner, TJ McConnell and pick 7.
DET gives up pick 7 and gets picks 14, 26 and 30.