Re: Boston Celtics hire Ainge as head of basketball operations

["Dan Forant" <dforant1@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Great news, thanks for the post David. Ahhh yes it's spring, time for a new
love affair. All hostilities on my part anyway will cease to give the man
time to work things out. Regardless what happens in the playoffs now it
won't be such a long summer till camp.

DanF

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Hastings, David" <David.Hastings@BellSouth.com>
To: "Celtics Mailing List (E-mail)" <celtics@igtc.com>
Sent: Friday, May 09, 2003 1:05 PM
Subject: Boston Celtics hire Ainge as head of basketball operations


> Boston Celtics hire Ainge as head of basketball operations
> By Howard Ulman, Associated Press, 5/9/2003 12:56
> BOSTON (AP) Danny Ainge will be the new head of basketball operations for
> the Boston Celtics.
> Coach Jim O'Brien confirmed the hire Friday as the team prepared for Game
3
> against the New Jersey Nets. Ainge played on two championship teams with
the
> Celtics and later coached the Phoenix Suns.
> ''It is going to be nothing but an absolute positive for our ball team,''
> O'Brien said. ''To have a former Celtic like Danny come and take over is
> going to be nothing but an absolute positive for our ball team. We are
> thrilled and look forward to him helping us win a championship in the
> future.''
> The team called a news conference Friday afternoon to announced the move.
> Ainge has been an NBA television analyst this season for TNT. The former
> guard played for the Celtics from 1981-89 and was on championship teams in
> 1984 and 1986.
> Speculation he would return to the Celtics intensified in recent days as
> Ainge confirmed Thursday he had two one-hour meetings with the new owners
of
> the Boston Celtics.
> Chris Wallace is the current general manager and head of basketball
> operations. Former coach Red Auerbach is the team president.
> The news conference will come a few hours before the Celtics play the Nets
> in their first home game of the playoff series.
> The 44-year-old Ainge knows Steve Pagliuca, part of the ownership group
that
> bought the team this season from Paul Gaston. Wyc Grousbeck, the team's
> chief executive and managing partner, refused to comment.
> Ainge and Brad Lohaus were traded to Sacramento in 1989 for Joe Kleine and
> Ed Pinckney. Ainge later played for Portland and finished his career with
> Phoenix.
> He coached the Suns from 1996-99.
>
>
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>
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