The Cavaliers and Boston Celtics have worked well on multiple trades the last few years. When Cleveland needed to create the cap space necessary to offer LeBron James a max contract in 2014, they called Boston general manager Danny Ainge. The two teams got together again for a minor deal in 2015 that ultimately ended with the Cavs creating a trade exception large enough to obtain Timofey Mozgov.



Now, however, as both teams sit at the top of the Eastern Conference, trade negotiations between the Cavs and Celtics have the potential to turn contentious. While ESPN is reporting the Cavs will go back to the Celtics to ask for more assets to compensate the condition of Isaiah Thomas’ injured hip, the Celtics don’t sound like an organization willing to help any longer.



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