RE: The Ainge Thing

[OzerskyJA <OzerskyJA@cmog.org>]

I'm just not sure I believe in Danny as a basketball mind;  I mean, it's not
like he was a great student of the game during his playing days.  He was an
athletically gifted, fundamentally sound shooting guard and that's it.  I
don't know if he's ever actually made a trade...I wonder if he would keep
Chris Wallace as GM.  Or would he be the GM?  In either case, I think that
he's not much of an upgrade as GM from Pitino, at least in terms of
experience in the league.  Boy, do I wish we could get Kevin.

Josh Ozersky	
Marketing Communications Specialist 
Corning Museum of Glass

> -----Original Message-----
> From:	kai_brunnen_g@ix.netcom.com [SMTP:kai_brunnen_g@ix.netcom.com]
> Sent:	Wednesday, January 17, 2001 2:21 PM
> To:	celtics@igtc.com
> Subject:	The Ainge Thing
> 
> Hiring Ainge makes perfect sense, if it happens.
> 
> It's Gaston's way of throwing it back into Bird's
> face, and because Ainge is an ex-Celtic,  
> it keeps the Celtic faction quiet. You won't see
> any negative quotes heading Will McDonough's 
> way.
> 
> Would Bird have been preferable? Yeah, because I
> think he would have brought along Donny Walsh
> as GM, and it it would have been an easier sell
> from a public relations perspective.
> 
> But Ainge will be an improvement over the last two guys who were
> here. Hopefully, he'll swipe some of the Suns' scouting
> staff, as they've done a great job over the past years.
> 
> If they do hire Ainge or someone else as Director of Basketball
> Operations, that pretty much kills the idea of the team being
> sold any time soon. 
> 
> Ainge's first task will be to get equitable value for long gone
> Toine in a deal. He's history people, if Ainge takes over.
> 
> My preference is to deal Walker for a young point or shooting
> guard, and let Battie, Blount, and Moiso battle it out for the
> starting power forward spot.
> Ray 
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