Danny Ainge

Position	Shooting guard
League	NBA
Height	6 ft 4 in (1.93 m)
Weight	175 lb (79 kg)
Nationality	United States
Born	March 17, 1959 (1959-03-17) (age 48) Eugene, Oregon
College	BYU
Draft	2nd round, 31st overall, 1981 Boston Celtics
Pro career	1981–1995
Former teams	Boston Celtics 1981–1989 Sacramento Kings 1989–1990 Portland Trail Blazers 1990–1992 Phoenix Suns 1992–1995

Daniel Ray Ainge (born March 17, 1959 in Eugene, Oregon, USA) is a former professional basketball and baseball player who played in the NBA for the Boston Celtics, Sacramento Kings, Portland Trail Blazers, and Phoenix Suns, and also in Major League Baseball for the Toronto Blue Jays. He is currently the Executive Director of Basketball Operations for the Celtics. The Shooting guard (SG), also known as the two or off guard,[1] is one of five traditional positions on a basketball team. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Oregon. ... It has been suggested that Track Town, USA be merged into this article or section. ... Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU), located in Provo, Utah, is the flagship university of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church). ... 1981 NBA Draft - 9 June 1981 See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft Categories: NBA Draft ... The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team which is based in Sacramento, California. ... The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. ... The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team, based in Phoenix, Arizona. ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1959 (MCMLIX) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... It has been suggested that Track Town, USA be merged into this article or section. ... Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five active players each try to score points against one another by throwing a ball through a 10-foot high hoop (the basket) under organized rules. ... A view of the playing field at Busch Memorial Stadium, St. ... “NBA” redirects here. ... The Boston Celtics are a professional basketball team based in Boston, Massachusetts. ... The Sacramento Kings are a professional basketball team which is based in Sacramento, California. ... The Portland Trail Blazers are a professional basketball team based in Portland, Oregon. ... The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team, based in Phoenix, Arizona. ... Major League Baseball (MLB) is the highest level of play in North American professional baseball. ... Major league affiliations American League (1977–present) East Division (1977–present) Current uniform Retired Numbers 42 Name Toronto Blue Jays (1977–present) Ballpark Rogers Centre (1989–present) a. ...

Amateur basketball and professional baseball career

Talented in multiple sports, Ainge starred in high school on his football team and led North Eugene High School to back-to-back state basketball championships in 1976-77, earning all-state honors both years. He also was named to the 1977 Parade Magazine High School All-America team. United States simply as football, is a competitive team sport that is both fast-paced and strategic. ... PARADE is a magazine, distributed as a Sunday supplement in hundreds of newspapers in the United States. ...

Ainge played basketball at Brigham Young University, and was selected in baseball's 1977 amateur draft by Toronto. He made it to the major leagues with the Blue Jays in 1979 while still in college, but amassed only modest numbers for the team for parts of three years. In 1981, after receiving the John R. Wooden Award as college basketball player of the year, Ainge was chosen in the 1981 NBA Draft by the Boston Celtics, who had to buy out Ainge's contract from the Blue Jays after enduring a legal battle over the rights to it. Brigham Young University Brigham Young University (BYU), located in Provo, Utah, is the flagship university of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon Church). ... Also: 1979 by Smashing Pumpkins. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... The John R. Wooden Award is an award given annually to the most outstanding mens and womens college basketball players. ... 1981 NBA Draft - 9 June 1981 See also: List of NBA Drafts, NBA Draft Categories: NBA Draft ...

NBA career

Not everything went well for Ainge in basketball at first. According to Larry Bird in his autobiography Drive, Celtics players used to make fun of Ainge's initial shooting percentage, some joking that his batting average of .220 was better than his shooting percentage on the basketball court. But Ainge became one of the important pieces of the team that won the NBA title in 1984 and 1986, and a major contributor of the mid to late 1980s Celtics teams. This article contains a trivia section. ... See also: 1983 in sports, other events of 1984, 1985 in sports and the list of years in sports. Auto Racing Stock car racing: NASCAR Championship - Terry Labonte Cale Yarborough won the Daytona 500 Richard Petty won the 200th (and final) race of his career on July 4. ... See also: 1985 in sports, other events of 1986, 1987 in sports and the list of years in sports. // Auto Racing Stock car racing: Geoff Bodine won the Daytona 500 NASCAR Championship - Dale Earnhardt CART Racing - Bobby Rahal Indianapolis 500 - Bobby Rahal Formula One Championship - Alain Prost of France 24... This article does not cite any references or sources. ...

In 1989, Ainge was traded to the Sacramento Kings for young center Joe Kleine, whom the Celtics saw as a possible substitute to the aging Robert Parish. Joseph William Kleine (b. ... Robert Lee Parish (born August 30, 1953 ) in Shreveport, Louisiana) is a retired American basketball center. ...

In 1990, Ainge was traded to the Portland Trail Blazers. Being a native of Oregon, he was considered a hometown favorite by Blazers fans. He helped the Blazers reach the 1992 NBA Finals, only to succumb to the Chicago Bulls in six games. He tied a record in this series: On June 5, he scored nine points in the extra period to tie an all-time NBA record for most points in an overtime during a finals game. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... June 5 is the 156th day of the year (157th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Overtime is an additional period of play specified under the rules of a sport in order to bring the game to a decision and avoid declaring the contest a tie or draw. ...

After the 1991-92 NBA season, Ainge became a free agent. He had stated in media interviews that he ideally wanted to stay in Portland, and would contact Blazers management before seriously entertaining offers from other teams. On July 1, 1992, however Ainge signed a contract with the Phoenix Suns on his first day of free agency. The 1991-92 NBA Season was the 46th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The Phoenix Suns are a professional basketball team, based in Phoenix, Arizona. ...

The Phoenix Suns were a team looking for a new identity. They inaugurated a new home (America West Arena), hired a new head coach (Paul Westphal) and a new superstar (Charles Barkley). The team also redesigned their logo and uniform when they signed free agent Ainge prior to the 1992-93 NBA season, figuring that his experience would help the team during the playoffs. Ainge responded by scoring 11.8 points per game as the Suns went 62–20 that year and reached the NBA finals, where they lost to Michael Jordan's Bulls in six games. America West Arena is a sports and entertainment facility located in Phoenix, Arizona. ... Paul Westphal (born November 30, 1950 in Torrance, California) is a former basketball player and coach in the NBA. A native of California, Westphal has had a storied career in the NBA, both as a player and as a head coach. ... Charles Wade Barkley (born February 20, 1963) is a retired American professional basketball player. ... The 1992-93 NBA Season was the 47th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The 1993 NBA Finals was the championship round of the 1992-1993 NBA season. ...

Ainge retired after the 1994-1995 season. He was inducted into the Oregon Sports Hall of Fame in 1999. The 1994-95 NBA season was the 49th season of the National Basketball Association. ... The Oregon Sports Hall of Fame honors Oregon athletes, teams, coaches, and others who have made a a significant contribution to sports in Oregon. ...

Post-basketball playing career

While a player with the Suns, Ainge opened a national chain of hat stores which he has since sold. He has volunteered his time at a number of charitable organizations and has held a number of jobs since retiring, including head coach of the Suns, broadcaster for TNT, and, since 2003, Executive Director of Basketball Operations for the Celtics. His resignation from the Suns coaching job was a sudden one; he cited a need to spend more time with his family. He was replaced by Assistant Coach Scott Skiles. Turner Network Television, usually referred to as TNT, is an American cable TV network created by media mogul Ted Turner and currently owned by the Turner Broadcasting System division of Time Warner. ... Scott Allen Skiles (born March 5, 1964 in LaPorte, Indiana) is a former professional basketball player and current head coach of the Chicago Bulls. ...

Ainge has been controversial in his role as a Celtics executive, trading popular players such as three-time All-Star Antoine Walker and having personality conflicts with head coach Jim O'Brien that led to the departure of O'Brien to the Philadelphia 76ers (a job he would also depart from a year later). However, Ainge kept the support of former head coach Red Auerbach, who was employed by the team as a "senior assistant" until his death in October 2006, and the current ownership group. Antoine Walker (born August 12, 1976 in Chicago, Illinois, USA) is a professional basketball player with the Miami Heat in the National Basketball Association. ... Jim OBrien (born February 11, 1952) is best known as a professional basketball coach. ... This article does not cite its references or sources. ... Arnold Jacob Red Auerbach (September 20, 1917 – October 28, 2006) was both a highly successful head basketball coach and an influential front office executive for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA). ...

Trivia

• In an early 1990s episode of Married… with Children, light mockery was made at Ainge's expense: At a fictional All-Star basketball game attended by the Bundy family, the public announcer said Ladies and Gentleman, Here are your NBA All Stars and Danny Ainge!
• Danny Ainge is also discussed during the 1999 movie Mumford, where several of the characters are very impressed by him being both a professional basketball and baseball player, and one names her dog after him.
• Ainge, a second baseman with the Blue Jays, hit .220 in his baseball career, with 2 home runs. As a basketball player, on January 18, 1994 he became the second man ever to hit 900 three-point shots in NBA history (he made 1,002 three pointers for his career), and he scored 11,964 points for an average of 11.5 points per game, 2,768 rebounds for an average of 2.7, and 4,199 assists, a total of four per game.
• While playing wide receiver at Eugene North H.S., Ainge was named to the Parade All-American Team as a Junior. He was considered one of the top prep football recruits in the state of Oregon.
• Ainge played on the losing end of Len Barker's 1981 perfect game, going 0-for-2.

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Personal life

Ainge and his wife, Michelle, currently make Wellesley, Massachusetts their home; they have six children. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. His son, Austin, played basketball at BYU and was an Honorable Mention at the All-Mountain West Conference during the 2004-05 and the 2006-07 seasons as a sophomore and a senior and is now an assistant coach at SUU. His nephew, Erik Ainge, is a rising athletic star as well who, as a junior, is the starting quarterback on the football team at the University of Tennessee. Another nephew, Landon Ainge, was point guard on Lake Oswego High School's Oregon state championship basketball team alongside 2007 Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award winner Kevin Love.   Settled: 1660 â€“ Incorporated: 1881 Zip Code(s): 02481, 02482 â€“ Area Code(s): 339 / 781 Official website: http://www. ... The Salt Lake Temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the largest attraction in the citys Temple Square. ... Erik Douglas Ainge (born June 12, 1986 in Portland, Oregon) is a collegiate American football player for the University of Tennessee. ... The University of Tennessee (UT), sometimes called the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT Knoxville or UTK), is the flagship institution of the statewide land-grant University of Tennessee public university system. ... Lake Oswego High School (LOHS) is a public school in Lake Oswego, Oregon in the Lake Oswego School District. ... The Naismith Prep Player of the Year award, named for Canadian basketball inventor James Naismith, is given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to high school basketballs top male and female player. ... This article is about the college basketball player. ...

Statistics

Baseball

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External links

• Career Statistics