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There's no telling just how different things would've been.
But the Boston Celtics made a trade in 2020 that hasn't aged particularly well.
Bleacher Report recently outlined trades that have "haunted" each franchise, in order to get into the Halloween spirit.
And in 2020, the Celtics drafted the rights to Desmond Bane but sent him away for a couple of second-round picks.
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Bane was the No. 30 pick that year and no sure thing.
But since then, Bane has turned into a $207 million player and then been traded for four first-round picks from the Grizzlies to the Magic.
"The Celtics could find out they don't have enough two-way support players around their stars, though," B/R's Zach Buckley wrote. "And that's a massive bummer since Boston managed to find that exact skill set at the back end of the 2020 draft. The problem was the Celtics didn't keep the 30th pick, which they spent on Bane, but instead sent it out for a couple of second-round picks they didn't hold onto. So, while Bane has since emerged as a perimeter sharpshooter, near-star scorer and willing-and-able team defender, Boston has reaped exactly none of the rewards from his ascension."
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The Celtics won a title a couple years ago without Bane.
Now, they're navigating a season without Jayson Tatum due to his torn Achilles.
The presence of Bane may have altered everything, or it may have led to a very similar outcome.
It's certainly fun to think about how things may have turned out differently.
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