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Toucher & Hardy

Danny Ainge On Isaiah Thomas' Playoffs, Getting Upset With Officials

Toucher & Hardy

Beasley Media Group

Sports

4.3735 Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2017

⏱️ 14 minutes

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Summary

Celtics president of basketball ops. Danny Ainge joined Toucher & Rich on Thursday morning to discuss Boston's playoff series with the Wizards, Isaiah Thomas' incredible night in Game 2, and his entertaining reacts to officials when he's sitting courtside.

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0:00.0

Danny Ains usually joins us later in the show, but he's kind enough to fit us into his schedule as he is traveling today.

0:07.5

He's the president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics.

0:10.9

Hello, Mr. Danny Aange.

0:12.5

Good morning, Fred. Rich. How are you guys today?

0:15.2

I'm a little shaken up by the cheating scandal at Harvard that just played, to be honest with you.

0:19.7

So please bear with me as I

0:21.6

tried to get through this interview. All right. I'm sure you'll be all right.

0:24.9

Mike Gorman told us yesterday, he sat next to you during game two, and you are very demonstrative,

0:32.9

apparently, and we caught some of that on TV, very passionate, physically and emotionally during games.

0:39.1

Do you find yourself hard to hold back, and do you see yourself reverting back to a player

0:43.8

when you're watching these games sometimes?

0:46.1

So, sometimes, the game the other night in particular, like I had to go sit in the locker room, the second half,

0:56.0

because I was not able to sit still.

0:58.7

I was not liking the way that the game was going.

1:03.7

And, yeah, but most times, no, but occasionally, yeah, I revert.

1:09.7

Okay, so how is the decision made to go to the locker room?

1:14.9

Like, is this a decision that you're making or people around you saying, Danny, you've got to go and get to pat you on the shoulder,

1:21.7

and say, Danny, maybe you should watch the game over there.

1:23.9

Is this just an exercise?

1:25.3

This is totally me.

1:26.0

This is totally me.

1:27.4

I just feel like I need to avoid a scene, go sit in the locker room and just hang out with my boys in the back locker room that are cutting up the tape and watching the replays.

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