danny ainge

Danny Ainge was on WEEI's Dennis & Callahan show this morning. Here's what Ainge had to say (courtesy the Globe and WEEI): On being late: "We expect him to play by the rules and be a leader as a point guard. We need him to be more of a leader," Ainge said. "There were just [...]

Danny Ainge met with the media today to talk a little about the upcoming draft and all the crazy trade rumors.  Joe Giza, a sports producer at WBZ TV in Boston, shared some of that in the form of this video via his Twitter page today.  The Celtics shared some quotes from today via their [...]

Mark Murphy of the Herald has the latest on the trade rumors: Amid trade rumors that he is offering everyone from point guard Rajon Rondo [stats] to center Kendrick Perkins [stats] to move up in next Thursday’s NBA draft, Celtics [team stats] general manager Danny Ainge didn’t sound like a man particularly encouraged by the [...]

  Finally, a legitimate reason to post pics of Adriana Lima. There's a rumor that involves her husband – the Grizzlies' Marko Juric – coming to Boston. It all revolves around Danny Ainge's love for Memphis guard Tyreke Evans. Chad Ford of ESPN has the details (courtesy Celticsblog): While the Celtics have shot down a [...]

The NBA draft is 18 days away, and the Celtics have what amounts to a throw-away pick at #58 overall (Minnesota has our #1 pick via the Garnett trade)… but don't expect Danny Ainge to do absolutely nothing.  As was noted in the Herald today, NBA Draft day is essentially Danny Ainge day.  Take a [...]

This most certainly will spark some debate.  Wyc Grousbeck revealed yesterday that the Celtics were being coy… or as he put it… "Belichickian" about KG's injury. “There was no mystery about the problem,” he said. “The only mystery was how (Garnett) was going to be able to do something on it. We just didn’t feel [...]

I actually love lists like this. It's from the Wages of Wins Journal… and it's a ranking of EVERY Celtic since 1977… according to wins produced with the Celtics (via CelticsBlog).  Wins produced (explained here) is clearly not the be-all end-all statistic on which to rank players.  It can produce some weird results.  But it [...]

In light of recent reports that KG was going to play in the Eastern Conference Finals had the C's gotten there… And in light of the recent comments that seem to question KG's toughness… I figured we'd share this from Danny Ainge (via Jess Camerato): “There was some question if KG would be able to [...]