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Danny Ainge

(1959) Basketball Player

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Danny Ainge is a basketball player.

Quick Facts About Danny Ainge

Born: March 17, 1959
Profession: Basketball Player

About Danny Ainge

[Wikidata] American basketball executive and former player, and baseball player... | [Wikipedia] Daniel Ray Ainge is an American former professional basketball player, coach, and professional baseball player who serves as the chief executive officer for the Utah Jazz of the National Basketball Association (NBA). During his 18-year career as general manager for the Boston Celtics, Ainge was know

Quotes by Danny Ainge

Listen, we've drafted guys that wouldn't come in for workouts before. It's not the end of the world.

Come

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It's refreshing to just see someone that you can have honest communication with.

Communication

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You still have to be excited about getting up and trying to figure out what we can get better at, and that's…

Better

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I don't always agree with how everybody handles the media, just like they probably don't agree with how I handle the media…

Always

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I don't want to give up multiple draft picks for a rental player who is going to be our ninth man.

Draft

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We're constantly working to try to improve our team, but we're not going to do any deals just to do deals. We're…

Better

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We like the opportunity to get off to a fast start, no matter what our schedule says, and that's our objective.

Fast

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I'm not worried about Gordon Hayward. I'm not worried about his future or how good a player he is. He's doing everything…

Everything

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You just have to adapt to what is needed at that moment, whereas as coaches are going crazy, because they're used to…

Adapt

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The role of my job is I'm always trying to figure out where I need to be. Do I need to be…

College

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When you're playing it as a business... your livelihood depends on winning and losing and so some- times sportsmanship is lost, as…

Billions

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Bench scoring overall I think is overrated. The question is, do you have enough scoring?

Bench

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I think it's always important to get off to a good start early, and especially with a younger team that hasn't been…

Early

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I have no plans to trade Paul Pierce.

Pierce

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What you really need to do is just stop the 3-point shooting, make sure they don't set a record on you. Be…

Make

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Winning a championship is now a legitimate and realistic goal.

Championship

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Sometimes it takes a few years to land that special player.

Land

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You go into training camp and you fight for jobs and often times things work themselves out. Like players just take the…

Coach

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You have to find a partner when you're making a deal. You cant just say 'I need to make this deal and…

Cant

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I mean drafting is a hard process because you're picking between 23-year-olds sometimes and 19-year-olds that have great upside, and some guys…

Amazing

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I had a chance to play against the USA teams when I was a player. I wasn't on any USA team but…

Against

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I remember I had a psychologist that I worked with in Phoenix tell me one time that the loss of a job…

Losing

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Don't give them 3-point shots if that's what they're trying to do and embarrass you in any way.

Give

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My guess is everybody loved Draymond Green. How do you not like a guy like that? A pretty well rounded player in…

Body love

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It's a different era. I understand what Charles Barkley was saying but you just can't take guys out. There's too much scrutiny.…

Era

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