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Will Danny Ainge follow Red Auerbach's lead of drafting a versatile big man?

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DeAndre Ayton

Red Auerbach did it at least four times over roughly three decades and had 16 Championships to show for it. Auerbach had a talent for discerning potential NBA-level talent in collegians and working deals to get them.

In the 1956 NBA draft, Red wangled a convoluted arrangement where he gave up Ed McCauley, Cliff Hagen and the Ice Capades for Bill Russell.