Boston Celtics GM Danny Ainge may be a Utah guy — he won a Wooden Award at BYU as a collegiate and is a member of the state’s predominant faith — but there are likely few people in the NBA that Utah Jazz fans would rather see with egg on their faces. After all, he once orchestrated the exodus of their team’s star player to Boston.
Sure, Gordon Hayward and Brad Stevens were the big culprits there, but Ainge was ultimately the one tasked with dotting the Is and crossing the Ts to make it all happen.