Is it time for the league to step in and do more to prevent the blatant off-loading of quality players for tanking purposes?

i thought he's a good fit for the celtics. an energy player

Though if they lack quality players, they might struggle to attract a free agent. Leaves only the draft and role playing FAs?

Isaac, I think Ainge's original plan was to try and attract a FA to join Rondo. Hence the run at Kevin Love in the off-season. Once Cleveland got the #1 pick and LeBron came home, that plan was dead in the water though.

I think once Love fell through, Ainge decided that he wouldn't be able to build a contender around Rondo while he is at his peak.

So now he's switched to building through the draft and acquiring assets and will probably try to trade for a star, rather than sign one as a free agent.

I'm sad to see Rondo and Green go, but sentiment aside, I think Ainge has made the right decision for the team. Now if only Brad Stevens would do a better job of tanking to get a shot at Okafor...

No one is gonna want to play the Grizzlies in the playoffs. This team is legit. That SF spot was their weakness but not any more. Green should thrive there

I honestly thought that at the start of the season, this starting 5 plus Olynk, Turner, Thornton, Smart and Zeller would have been a competitive squad and could have finished 5-8 in the conference??

RONDO
BRADLEY
GREEN
BASS
SULLINGER

Resultswise there have been a lot of 10 and under losses and a few OT ones as well.

This tanking business has to stop, there's been all sorts of solutions put out there for how but for there to be 4-5 teams each year that aren't doing whatever they can to win is disappointing. I reckon every team should get a chance to win the number one pick, even the team that wins the championship should have a small chance.

Looks like Memphis are trying to buy a championship

Explain how Memphis are buying the championship...

Memphis are apparently buying the championship because trading for players, especially making a lot of trades in a short period of time or trading for a player mid-season, is cheating and trying to buy a championship. There is only one moral and acceptable way to build a team and that is through the draft. Anything else is cheating.

This is all according to some dimwit on these boards posting in the Mozgov trade discussion.

Yeah I agree, I hate it when teams "buy" championships, and I bet the Memphis fans are hating it atm too.

/sarcasm off

The league is all about imitation. Showtime offence, bad boys defense, big threes. Now everyone wants the Oklahoma blueprint by being really bad and get 2 superstars amidst other lottery picks. As soon as Durant leaves and creates doubt the teams will get on the next bandwagon.

Final trade:

The Boston Celtics, Memphis Grizzlies and New Orleans Pelicans have agreed on a three-team, five-player trade that sends Jeff Green to the Grizzlies, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

The trade will send the Grizzlies' Tayshaun Prince, New Orleans' Austin Rivers and a future Memphis first-round pick to the Celtics, league sources told Yahoo Sports.

Memphis will send forward Quincy Pondexter and a 2015 second-round pick to the Pelicans and the Pelicans will move guard Russ Smith to the Grizzlies, sources said. The Grizzlies held Prince and Pondexter out of Sunday's game against the Phoenix Suns.