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Celtics clinging to Kyrie Irving ‘marriage’ proposal

Danny Ainge compared the Kyrie Irving situation to an “engagement,” and nothing has changed in his eyes. The Celtics’ president of basketball operations just better hope there isn’t a “Runaway Bride” situation afoot.

“The way I viewed the situation is that I think a lot of people, because of Kyrie’s announcement at the beginning of the year, thought that it was a marriage,” Ainge said on Boston sports radio 98.5 The Sports Hub. “And I think that it’s more like an engagement. And we’re going to get married on July 1st. I think that engagement is still on, as far as I know.