One could legitimately say that the Boston Celtics almost ended up losing Paul Pierce, a last-second hail-mary that was the trade for fellow Hall of Famer Kevin Garnett setting the stage for Banner 17 where they easily could have had to deal The Truth to another ball club had that deal not come together under former President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge.
Ainge, now serving in a similar role for the Utah Jazz, sat down with the hosts of the Players Tribune “Knuckleheads” podcast to talk about how that fateful trade came together, giving him the title core he needed to hang the first banner won in Boston since he was on the parquet as a player.
