Danny Ainge was never going to be out of the NBA for long. Not after he retired as a player, nor after he moved on from coaching to be an executive, nor after he stepped down from said executive role with the Boston Celtics earlier this year. And it always felt like Utah — where he played college basketball, where his son once served as a county commissioner, etc. — would be his inevitable next stop. It was never an if, but a when.
Sure enough, the when is now: Ainge is joining the Jazz, according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, and will serve as the team’s alternate governor and CEO.