Ainge: Change for the sake of change is not what I’m looking for

Ainge: “Anybody can pick guys on an Xbox game or NBA 2K like you can pick your own team but that’s not how the NBA works. We’re not going to give up $19 million of one of our good players to have somebody for three months. That ain’t gonna happen.”

Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge talks with the Boston Globe about his mindset going towards the trade deadline:

“I don’t think I’m looking at any short-term urgency to trade away all my young assets to get some veteran player,” he said. “But we’re looking. We’ll have conversations before trade deadline like we do every year.

“We like our players. I like all the guys on our team right now. We’re excited about them and each one of them have a bright future. But sometimes you tweak your roster for a better fit, better balance. But at the same time you can also mess your roster up by making changes, too, because these guys get along and play hard together and they like each other and they know our system.

“Change for the sake of change is not what I’m looking for. Change for the sake of progress is what we’re always looking for.”

The Celtics are third in the Eastern Conference standings with 25 wins in 36 games.