This was the early 1980s and Danny Ainge was at a table playing cards with Boston Celtics teammates Kevin McHale and Larry Bird. In the humor of the time, Red Auerbach, then the Celtics' general manager, made a habit of needling Ainge about his Mormon faith.
So, at the sight of Ainge being at a card table and cash being exchanged, Auerbach said to Ainge: "You can't be playing cards with these guys. Isn't that against the code of your faith?''
To which Ainge looked up immediately and replied: "Red, playing cards with these two guys isn't gambling.''
