No, Danny, No...

I hate when people do something just for the sake of being able to say they did something, yet that is what the Celtics did today when they acquired Nate Robinson. To begin with I'm not a fan of Mr. Robinson (we'll get to why in a second), but I mostly didn't like this trade because it seemed more reactionary than anything; a failed attempt to match the Cleveland Cavalier trade for Antawn Jamison. Cleveland went out and got a nice complimentary piece to add to their championship run, meanwhile the Celtics went out and traded for a shoot-first, back-up point guard. It doesn't seem the kind of move meant to guarantee long-term success. They needed to get younger, but they may have just gotten crazier.

The Celtics problem this season has not been with offense, but they still went out and got a shoot-first "point guard" who only plays that position because he isn't tall enough to be a shooting guard. In addition he has played the last two seasons in the Mike D'Antoni offense, which is as run and gun as you can get (thus inflating his stats). I think any offensive numbers he has put up should be taken with a grain of salt, just like any player who plays along side Steve Nash or Jason Kidd should probably be considered 80% of the player that their numbers would suggest.

The other issue I have is what this could possibly do to team chemistry. Eddie House was the kind of player who has a different handshake for each teammate and seemed perfectly content to play the role the team asked him to. Great for the locker room. Nate Robinson is the kind of guy who wants to gun it as soon as he gets into the game and keeps entering the dunk contest as a way to get more attention. Also, he'll try these dunks in games, which is not really the time or place. He also doesn't seem particularly bothered by losing as long as he gets his stats (see: Davis, Ricky) and D'Antoni's system has allowed him to not have to worry about playing defense for the last couple of years. For a team that prides itself on defense, adding Nate Robinson does not seem like the kind of move that will help them get past the Cavaliers or Magic. I shudder to think what he and Rasheed Wallace might do to the young guys in the locker room (JR Giddens and Bill Walker may have just dodged huge, career-altering bullets).

This is the second year in a row in which Danny Ainge has gone out and taken a flier on a guy with questionable work habits and a less-than-stellar reputation (who I was also not a fan of). Last year it was Stephon Marbury and that didn't exactly work out. The Celtics lost because they didn't have enough height, Stephon spent the summer crying on a webcam and now he plays in China. While I don't think Nate is going to have to start working on his Chinese, I also don't think this move means I'm going to have to clear my calendar for game nights stretching deep into the summer.

-While I normally wouldn't think of this as a big story, I just want to know if Nancy Grace will be on TV, railing about how guilty this woman must be before all the facts roll in...