Hey, look, the Celtics found that draft pick that rolled under Danny Ainge's refrigerator

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In barely the time it takes to watch an elephant gestate, the Boston Celtics and Cleveland Cavaliers have reached an accord that saves both teams from the embarrassment of having to negate the Kyrie Irving-Isaiah Thomas trade.

And let’s be honest here – that’s the only thing that was left for either side.

The Celtics found that troublesome 2020 second-round draft choice that had rolled under Danny Ainge’s rec room refrigerator and gave it to the Cavs so that Koby Altman could save face and Dan Gilbert could lower his taxes.

And now we can all move on to the next phase of this earth-shattering deal – trying to find the bit of earth that was actually shattered by it.

Irving had essentially decided that another year with LeBron James was no longer worth it, and the Celtics desired an offensive upgrade from Thomas that could potentially help end the Cavs’ dynast-ette in the Eastern Conference. Thus, this trade was fashioned in what is typically the dead days of summer.

And there it sat while the Cavs decided Thomas had the hips of an 80-year-old man and spoke boldly about getting something else from the Celtics to make the deal newly endurable.

But when the Celtics balked, and the Cavs balked back, the idea of two teams embracing their inner unhappiness became too much to hold, and the Cavs said, “Just give us something, anything. Hey, how about that fridge in Danny’s back room?”

And there they found the 2020 pick, which is either going to be a 24-year-old Bosnian volleyball player, a freshman at Northeastern, or a 10th grader at Helen Mirren Academy For The Arts. Suddenly, everyone was happy, and the league could now safely go on hiatus . . . except of course for the occasional shoe war.

But the draft choice, which if the Celtics can stay good for three years could be 57th, almost cheapened the deal – as in, “You wanted to do this that badly? So how good a trade is this really?”

In the short term, probably less than we thought when the rumors first started flying. In the long term . . . well, that depends on how long the Warriors’ term of office is. I mean, if Kevin Durant is going to start getting sideways snotty about Stephen Curry’s shoe choices, can the kind of wrenching dissension and dissatisfaction that has torn team apart for decades be far behind?

Well, probably not. But we didn’t think Kyrie Irving wanted out of Cleveland that badly a month ago. So there’s that.

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