Inside a sterile room on the edge of Lake Michigan, …
Inside a sterile room on the edge of Lake Michigan, Austin Ainge let out a “yes” that cut through the quiet. “Well, I couldn’t just sit there and do nothing,” Ainge justified later, smirking . The Utah Jazz ’s president of basketball operations spent the last year trying to create NBA draft lottery luck in a place where none previously existed.
Not only did he guide his team to 60 losses to secure the fourth-best odds, he personally surveyed every potential draft room representative to see who had the best fortune — only to see the battle scars of the past four years laid out in front of him. “Who wants it? ” Ainge asked among the Jazz’s front office executives.
“Justin Zanik said he’d already gone and lost. [Danny Ainge] same thing. Ryan Smith went and didn’t get the pick.
You’re all fired, I said. I’ll be the one to go. ” Salt Lake Tribune This article originally appeared on Hoops Hype: Inside a sterile room on the edge of Lake Michigan, …