Whatever

Mark Blount was asked how he felt about a possible trade:

So yesterday, Blount offered his thoughts on a possible deal to move
him, and - here’s a surprise - he’s every bit as unconcerned about a
trade as he is about his role with the Celtics.

‘‘If I get traded, I get traded,’’ he said. ‘‘What can I do? There’s
nothing I can do about it. Just go, move on, get ready to play with my
new team, my coaching staff and just go from there. I can’t worry about
that.’’

OK, but would he rather remain in Boston? ‘‘Whatever. If I get traded,
I get traded. I have no problem ... it was great ... time to move on
... move on.’’

OK, but is he satisfied with his role? ‘‘I just do my job, go out there
and do my thing. I ain’t worried about nothing. Go do my thing. They
call me to play, go play. That’s it.’’

OK, but would he welcome a trade? ‘‘I’ve been on both ends. I’m just
trying to do what I can do, try to be an offensive threat down there on
the post, go down there and shoot my post and my turnaround, that’s it.

OK, but would he seek a change of pace? ‘‘I’m going to leave that up to
my agent. I’ve got one of the best agents in the business, Mark
Bartelstein. He’s the man. He hasn’t led me wrong at this point, so I’m
not leaving him at this point.’’

Hard to understand those thoughts given the financial deal Bartelstein
worked out for him. At any rate, Blount said he’ll speak to Bartelstein
this week to find out where he stands. For now, asked if he can turn
around his season, he said, ‘‘We’ll see what happens. Right now I just
go do my part and keep rolling from there.

‘‘What can I do? I play, I play, I start, I come off the bench ...
whatever.’’