Austin Ainge had been here before, because to grow up the son of Danny Ainge is to either not mind living in a shadow or to avoid association and walk the other way.
The younger Ainge chose to play basketball at Brigham Young University, where the elder, along with Steve Young, resides on a kind of Cougars Mount Olympus. Austin remembers a four-year run of questions from students and faculty about his father.
Daily questions. He’d smile and give polite answers, block the tiredness of the drill with patience. Provo had been his choice, despite some deep concerns from the elder Ainge.