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"No one else who can guard me? This is getting ridiculous" - Danny Ainge recalls Larry Bird roasting the Knicks and their coach in MSG
No one else who can guard me? This is getting ridiculous,'" Ainge said of Bird. "Then Hubie would put in Johnny Newman, he'd ...
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"He didn't usually trash talk to Magic, Dr. J, guys like that" - Danny Ainge on why Larry Bird directed most vicious trash talk to coaches
"He just really wanted to motivate himself," Ainge said of Larry's trash-talking. "But the most characteristic one was he ...
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Larry Bird admits Danny Ainge showed him the value of 3-point shot: "You could shoot 35, 36 percent and do better if you shot 50 percent from the 2s"
Even the league's best shooters, including Boston Celtics legend Larry Bird ... his teammate Danny Ainge. Bird recalled Ainge being one of the first players to stress the importance of developing ...
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"It's disappointing that so many relationships I had with people fell apart" - Bird on why he won't ever consider a front office role with the Celtics
"It's disappointing that so many relationships I had with people fell apart," he said. "But I would feel a lot worse about it if I thought I had done something wrong. I'm not wrong. I'm sorry M.L.
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Kevin McHale on the duality of Danny Ainge: "He's one of the most impulsive people as a person, but as GM, he's unbelievably calculated"
Once, he implored Red Auerbach to trade McHale and Larry Bird after the Celtics superstars were already shells of their former selves. Red didn't listen to Danny, but Ainge demonstrated early on ...
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"I've never seen a team more focused in my life" - Danny Ainge recalls intensity in Celtics locker room after Game 5 loss in 1986 Finals
Danny Ainge, drafted in 1981 ... But it wasn't just future Hall of Famers like Larry Bird, Robert Parish, Kevin McHale and Bill Walton who stood out. Boston's backcourt was also strong, with ...