NEW YORK — How quirky was it that rookie of the year Brandon Roy represented the Trail Blazers in their Secaucus lottery conquest while the Celtics executive Danny Ainge (No. 5) blended into the background and softly sang dirges in the dark last week?
Last June, Boston dealt No. 7 (Randy Foye) to Portland along with Raef LaFrentz and Dan Dickau for Sebastian Telfair, Theo Ratliff and a 2008 second-round pick. The Blazers then re-routed Foye and cash to the Timberwolves for Roy.
Once again the Celtics had no luck.