BOSTON -- Boston Celtics rookie Romeo Langford said he wasn’t worried about the NBA trade deadline as the seconds ticked away toward 3 p.m.

Langford’s confidence didn’t stem from a conversation with the organization (nobody talked to him one way or the other) or a lack of rumors (his name was thrown around in some of them).

The possibility of being traded simply didn’t occur to him.

“I forgot I was in the NBA,” Langford said. “Not in the NBA, but like, I forgot people get traded. Thinking like college. If you’re there, you just stay there. ... To be honest, I forgot I could be traded. That’s why. I wasn’t even thinking about it."

The Celtics try to make it clear to their players before the season that -- while they are valued -- the team is focused on winning a title. They give their players instructions on how to answer questions about rumors, and they remind them that in Boston, whispers about trades will always swirl.

But on Thursday, the whispers were quieter than usual. The Celtics’ front office made calls and poked around, but they ultimately were happy with their situation. That was one of the reasons why Brad Stevens didn’t talk to the team’s many rookies about their first deadline.

“We got a lot of people talking to them all the time about everything,” Stevens said. “So somewhere along the line, I’m sure they heard good stuff. I’m sure Danny does. I didn’t anticipate much. I didn’t want to make it a bigger deal than it is.”

Javonte Green kept an eye on the ESPN app on Thursday, but he said players don’t really track the deadline down to the minute.

“You hear trade rumors and things like that, but us as players, if we do get traded, there’s nothing we can do about it,” Green said. “I’m just speaking for myself, if I would have got traded yesterday, then just Boston wasn’t the place for me, and wherever I would have ended up would have been.”

Green’s assertion that players don’t track the time may not be quite true.

But Kanter was never in much danger. The Celtics like their team, and the players are happy to keep this season rolling uninterrupted.

“We didn’t make any moves, which is perfectly fine for us,” Kemba Walker said. “We’re extremely confident in each other. We love the group we have. We love playing basketball for each other. We’re going to see how this thing play out. We’re going to keep having fun, keep trying to win games.”

Walker credited Ainge with recognizing the Celtics’ chemistry.

“We got a group that, I mean, we get along maybe a little bit too well," Walker said. “We got a good group with some great guys that are really fun to be around.”

Marcus Smart agreed.

“The old saying is ‘if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,’” Smart said. “For us, nothing’s really broke right now. I’m sure we can get better in other aspects that people see. But for us, we like the team and we’re glad.”

Green said he realizes that the Celtics have a business to run, and that anything is possible.

Still, he’s glad he remains in Boston.

“I’m extremely happy,” Green said. “I feel like the chemistry that we have here, we built since August/September. So I feel like keeping the bond we have, I feel like that’s a good thing for us. That’s going to give us momentum the rest of the season.”

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