Ainge named Executive of the Year

Gordon Bombay · Post #21 » by **Gordon Bombay** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:50 am

its well deserved - that trophy was so small tho lol

Post #22 » by **HMFFL** » Thu May 15, 2008 4:57 am

Celtsfan1980 wrote:Ainge was mocked for trading for Ray Allen by many analysts. He took a risk that payed off. He kept the defensive-oriented players while trading those who can't defend, which would lead to the best defense in basketball. I'll give Kupchak credit for the Ariza trade. I'd say both have done a good job drafting. The Garnett and Gasol trades were obvious, but I'd have to say as a whole Ainge has done much better and should have received all first place votes. Kupchak is an obvious number 2.

I'm not exactly sure how it was such a big risk trading for one of the best shooters of all-time. Maybe the analysts that didn't agree felt Boston needed to seek a big with the pick of they could put themselves into a better situation for the future. At the time I was amazed Danny pulled the trade off and felt it was overall a very positive move for the direction of the team.