[WoolyGoat]

Assuming you can't do the deal without trading jefferson I still would do it because do you really think they can win the way they are?Pierce is getting older so you bring in another aging star, they have a good run and maybe get lucky a go to a finals.Thats not to bad.I don't see the youngsters on the Celts getting it together fast enough before Pierce gets to old and you need another star to compete.

Jefferson is going to be an all-star, and is/will be just as good or better than Dwight Howard. Take him and Pierce, with Rondo at the point, maybe do something with some combination of Green, the #5, and the contracts of Ratliff and Telfair to land a solid veteran scorer and they'd be in just as good a shape. They could also trade down from the 5 and take Brewer a few picks later.

Adding KG would sell tickets and make the C's relevant again, but they'd be only marginally better than they were in the Pierce/Walker years (conference finals) and still wouldn't win a title.