Who ' d want to enslave a kidney ? <| sep |> Erase these drops and we could be tied . I feel bad for Tolzien . <| sep |> Lisa stop getting in the way of your wealthy brother ' s peas . <| sep |> uThatVandalRandall posted this on rspurs a little over a month ago when there were rumors circulating that the Spurs were in talks with the Celtics to ship Lamarcus Aldridge off to Boston . I think it applies really well with your pointAs someone who used to work for the spurs in a media capacity , one thing not a lot of people are saying is that teams often will feed their own beat reporters disinformation as a way of causing other teams in the league to ante up and kick tires . In this case , we have the Celtics and their draft picks . Somebody seen as a team source trust me , these teams know EXACTLY who their sources are , anonymous or not , at all times tells Ms . McMullen , a Celtics reporter , that the Spurs are considering moving away from Aldridge , and she reports this . It ' s her job , and no one is breaking any rules anywhere . This news causes other teams around the league to perk their ears up . They assume the Spurs have told SOMEBODY on the Celtics and are testing the waters on what LA might fetch from that pile of picks and players Boston has . From there , other teams start quietly discussing what THEY could trade , potentially as a better offer . Eventually , one of these trade packages will either get leaked or offered outright , and from there business in proper can be done . It ' s manipulation . 100 %. I think that this year , the Astros make sense as the Celtics in this example . We ' re loaded with young talent , and as a result anyone seen talking to us is going to field serious offers from teams competing for Sale ' s services trying to match presumptive offers from Houston .