The Boston Celtics shook up their front office Wednesday, a day after they were eliminated from the playoffs, with president of basketball operations Danny Ainge retiring and coach Brad Stevens moving to the front office to replace him.
The moves came about 12 hours after the 17-time NBA champions lost to the Brooklyn Nets in Game 5 of their first-round playoff series. The Celtics, who reached the conference finals in three of the last four seasons, had flirted with a top seed in the East for much of the season before stumbling into the play-in round.
Celtics staffers were informed Wednesday morning of the moves, which were first reported by ESPN and The Athletic.