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3 million for 5 years to Scalabrine, the Telfair mess, the fact that Doc Rivers is still coach, etc.

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3 million for a guy who can play multiple positions, play good D, and knock down the occasional three? I've grown to like Scal.

The Telfair mess. Ainge wanted Rondo with the 7th pick anyway, so he figured why not...

1. get rid of raef's godawful contract.
2. pick up a promising pg prospect.
3. acquire theo ratliff's soon to be expiring contract to enable us to trade for a superstar.
4. get rajon rondo anyway for essentially free.

you realize that while raef and theo had similar money numbers on their contracts, raef's was two years longer, and he was a terribly negative asset that was "lost" in the telfair trade.