This may come as a shock to you, but the Celtics’ director of player personnel Austin Ainge really likes all the team’s rookies. A lot. I say that in fun, because every team is excited about the players they just picked in the draft or just brought over from overseas. Still, it is always fun to hear some of the words of praise that they dedicate to the young players.
Yesterday, the Boston Sports Journal conducted an interview with Austin (their first Celtics article in their subscription model venture). Here are some quotes of note:
On Daniel Theis:
Daniel has been a prospect for a number of years now.