After the Celtics beat the Bulls in an epic first-round playoff battle in April, Boston PG Rajon Rondo was hailed as Boston’s point guard of the future. Multiple triple-doubles (and a series-saving flagrant foul on Brad Miller) in a playoff series will do that sort of thing for a young player.

(Rajon Rondo, seen here being a terrible human being.)

Nobody got that message to Danny Ainge, however. The Celtics GM has spent a good deal of time since then throwing his young star under the bus; in fact, these days you just need to stick a mic in Ainge’s face and he’ll start telling you how terrible of a person Rondo is. With only one day to go before the crazy swap meet that is the NBA Draft, Ainge was at it again on Boston radio. Hey Danny - if the goal is to actually get something for your star PG via trade, you’re DOING IT WRONG.

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