Danny Ainge

Kevin Garnett can’t become a member the Los Angeles Clippers, but maybe he can join the Brooklyn Nets. According to Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News, Nets general manager Billy King made a call to the Boston Celtics to inquire about Garnett’s desire to play in Brooklyn: Multiple sources told the Daily News [...]

Don’t go burning your Paul Pierce Boston Celtics jerseys just yet. Not that you would. That would be stupid. And disrespectful. Still, just consider this a friendly public-service announcement: Danny Ainge and the Celtics haven’t yet made a decision on Pierce’s future. I know, I’m throwing you for a whirl. It seems like just seconds [...]

Paul Pierce may have played his last game with the Boston Celtics. Sources have told Bob Finnan of The News-Herald in Cleveland that Celtics general manager Danny Ainge intends to buy out his star forward before the season begins: Sources indicate Celtics director of basketball operations Danny Ainge will likely buy out forward Paul Pierce’s [...]

Doc Rivers is a wanted man. The Brooklyn Nets continue to search for a new head coach following their decision to part ways with P.J. Carlesimo, a quest that reportedly led them to Boston Celtics head coach Doc Rivers. According to Jackie MacMullan of ESPNBoston.com, the Nets reached out to Celtics general manager Danny Ainge, [...]

Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge has no illusions about his current team. Though the Celtics came back from a 3-0 series deficit to bring the New York Knicks to a Game 6 in the first round of the NBA playoffs, Ainge knows that he doesn’t have a contender on his hands. He also knows [...]

The answer is no. The Boston Celtics have played their way well into the NBA’s playoff conversation and by doing so, they’ve opened the offseason floodgates, specifically with regard to Rajon Rondo and Avery Bradley. Boston is 16-7 since Rondo went down and have, at the very least, feigned contention. Upon Rondo’s removal from the [...]

Don’t say Chris Paul didn’t try. According to Mark Murphy of The Boston Herald, Paul reportedly reached out to Kevin Garnett and asked him if he would join the Los Angeles Clippers, making it clear he could make it happen: According to several accounts, though, talk between Ainge and the Clippers continued right up until [...]

As a 20 year old coming out of Prentiss, Mississippi, Al Jefferson was a talented prospect. As it turned out, his abilities did not earn him a lottery selection, but it did grab the attention of one Danny Ainge. The Celtics decided to draft Jefferson with the 15th overall pick in the 2004 NBA draft. [...]

September 6, 2012 – Rob De France Celtics’ General Manager Danny Ainge’s criticism of how the Celtics’ dynasty of the 1980’s came crashing down in the early 90’s does not tell the whole story. In fact, it leaves out entire chapters. [...]

April 18, 2012 – The Hoop Doctors Danny Ainge has been talking about breaking up the Celtics for a while now. He began last year when he dealt Perkins to Oklahoma City. Then there were rumors of Rondo being dealt earlier this year. But Ray Allen too? As the NBA trade deadline lurched into its [...]