It’s been a few seasons now since Danny Ainge has run the Celtics. The team’s former president is now an executive in the Jazz organization, but he still speaks very fondly of his time in Boston.
After all, Ainge was an important player on Boston’s championship teams in the ’80s, and ended up being the man running the franchise for 18 years.
So as Ainge reflected on his time in Boston, he was asked about some of his best trades. His answer was quite revealing in terms of what it would have taken to land one current Eastern Conference franchise player.