Danny Ainge

Career stats
basketball-reference
GP	PTS	REB	AST	FG%	FT%
1042	11.5	2.7	4.0	46.9	84.6

Danny Ainge made his mark in the NBA as both a player and an executive. He won two championships with the Boston Celtics in the 1980s, known for his scrappy play and clutch shooting.

After his playing days, he built a reputation as a sharp front-office mind, constructing Boston’s 2008 title team as GM. Ainge later took on a leadership role with the Utah Jazz, continuing his knack for bold moves and roster building.

"If you double-teamed him, he thought he could get four points if he scored" - Danny Ainge on how Kevin McHale used to wave off his Celtics teammates on offense

"It was just a completely instinctive play that caused me lots of pain" - Danny Ainge on Suns' defensive mishap that led to John Paxson's clutch shot in 1993 Finals

"Guys were shooting air balls" - Danny Ainge claims Charles Barkley and the Suns succumbed to pressure in the 1993 NBA Finals against the Bulls

"Once it goes in, it never comes back out" - Danny Ainge explains why Kevin McHale earned the most accurate nickname in NBA history

Isiah Thomas says he convinced Danny Ainge to draft Jaylen Brown in 2016: "I called up Danny and said, 'You know what? This guys a Celtic'"

"Find me a better all-white team" - Cedric Maxwell claims he played with the five best white basketball players

When Pat Riley and Danny Ainge had a fiery verbal showdown: "I don't want to mess up his Armani suits and all that hair goop"

“Some guys can go out there and play with a stone face… I can’t” - Danny Ainge on why his game face showed every emotion

"I see it happen with Larry Bird more often than any player" - Danny Ainge hails Larry Bird as the most unstoppable scorer of his era

"No one else who can guard me? This is getting ridiculous" - Danny Ainge recalls Larry Bird roasting the Knicks and their coach in MSG

"He didn't usually trash talk to Magic, Dr. J, guys like that" - Danny Ainge on why Larry Bird directed most vicious trash talk to coaches

"I had three great plays in a row, and all of a sudden, he subs me for Danny Manning" - Robert Horry explained why he threw the towel in the face of his coach, Danny Ainge

"Every game we played, I was trying to find a way just to hit that dude" - Byron Scott admitted his hate for Danny Ainge

"I didn't like him from the moment I got there" - Robert Horry opens up about longstanding hatred for Danny Ainge

"He should be better than anybody" - Why Danny Ainge feared MJ's comeback in 1995

Larry Bird admits Danny Ainge showed him the value of 3-point shot: "You could shoot 35, 36 percent and do better if you shot 50 percent from the 2s"

"I thought Cedric Maxwell and Kevin McHale talked more junk than I did" - Larry Bird admits his teammates were bigger trash talkers than even he was

"I've never seen a team more focused in my life" - Danny Ainge recalls intensity in Celtics locker room after Game 5 loss in 1986 Finals

"We just tried to get him in for a workout, and they politely said no" - Lonzo Ball declining the 2017 Celtics workout turned out to be a blessing for Boston

"I don't believe the best team won" - Danny Ainge's controversial take on the 1993 NBA Finals between the Bulls and Suns

Robert Horry on why he threw a towel in Suns coach Danny Ainge's face: "Don't you tell me that!"

Kevin McHale on the duality of Danny Ainge: "He's one of the most impulsive people as a person, but as GM, he's unbelievably calculated"

Draymond Green calls out Rob Pelinka's handling of Luka Doncic trade: "It is a little on the lines of morally fu***d up"

"You don't think the citizens of L.A. care about Minneapolis, do you?" - Danny Ainge says the Lakers actually have 12 championships, not 17