BOSTON — Danny Ainge is out.
Brad Stevens is in.
And I only have one question:
Did anyone think about calling Sam Presti?
Ainge’s exit, formally announced by the Celtics on Wednesday, is unsurprising, with rumors that Ainge, Boston’s top front office exec since 2003, could step down rippling through the NBA for months. On Wednesday, Ainge said the idea of quitting germinated in 2019, when Ainge suffered a mild heart attack, his second in ten years. His family, Ainge says, urged him to consider leaving his job then. Two years later, he is.