In a 3 part series a deep dive look into Danny Ainge career as a General Manager and what we can learn from how he might run the Utah Jazz. Locked On Jazz Podcast Apple Spotify Stitcher Google Follow David Locke on Twitter: #NBA #UtahJazz #DonovanMitchell #RudyGobert #NBAPodcast David Locke, the radio voice of the Utah Jazz and Jazz NBA Insider brings you the daily podcast on the Utah Jazz.
The common threads of Ainge’s career are a great read of the moment, a variety in the types of players he acquires, added value that matters, perfect recognition of his talent, fleecing of other teams and he doesn’t always hit on this draft picks but he doesn’t miss. Non of the deals got done and it left Ainge with a reputation of not wanting to do deals unless he won dramatically, In retrospect is that true? These deals also tells us one item that is very telling toward what the Jazz might do. A different times the Boston Celtics were in the midst of trade rumors involving Jimmy Butler, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard and Anthony Davis. The final signature of Danny Ainge’s career in Boston is the deals not made. Today we look at the two fleeces he pulled off that lead to a contender that could be a championship team.
Ainge’s career has 4 stages and yesterday we look at the first two the rebuild to the Championship.
