"The sound and fury of trade rumors surrounding Rajon Rondo were so deafening he didn't even realize one of his teammates had actually been dealt.

He said he checked his text messages and Twitter to find out Glen Davis had been traded yesterday on the first day of Celtics training camp.

"I didn't hear his name at all,'' he said. "I just found out maybe a couple hours ago.''

Davis will be shipped to the Orlando Magic in a sign-and-trade deal that will bring Brandon Bass to Boston. The Celtics will lose an emotional player but a willing workhorse who wanted to take the last shot (even if it may have been out of his range), and was just as willing to take every charge. They gain an athletic forward coming off a career year.

Celtics coach Doc Rivers said he and Davis talked yesterday.

"We had a very good conversation, a very emotional conversation,'' Rivers said. "When it's with Baby, it's always emotional. But it was good emotion, and I wish him well.''"