Should champion Boston Celtics guard and former Celtics team president Danny Ainge be in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame? If you ask his teammate from the 1986 Celtics title team, Bill Walton (himself a Hall of Famer), the answer is an unequivocal yes.
“I got to know Danny over some of his life,” shared Walton in a recent interview with Bally Sports’ Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson. “He’s quite a bit younger than I am. And then I got to rebound for him on the Boston Celtics; (there) wasn’t a lot of rebounds to be had there.
“I also got to guard his man and … got to inbound the ball to him as well.”
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“It was super fun to be with him on that Celtics squad,” related Walton, reminiscing about what is widely regarded as one of the greatest teams ever assembled.
“He was a critical component and I’m shocked and dismayed that Danny Ainge is not in the Basketball Hall of Fame.”
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