Toucher & Rich: Danny Ainge On Celtics' 0-2 Hole Vs. Bulls
Toucher & Hardy
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🗓️ 20 April 2017
⏱️ 15 minutes
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Celtics president of basketball ops. Danny Ainge joined Toucher & Rich to discuss the team's playoff series against the Bulls, and what they have to do in order to erase the 0-2 hole they're currently in.
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| 0:00.0 | I was talking to someone yesterday who covers the team, and they said that Wade and Rondo and Butler are all getting along, and there's nothing the Celtics can do about it. |
| 0:11.4 | It's crazy. |
| 0:12.1 | I mean, you never would have thought it would have happened. |
| 0:14.0 | Heck, during the season, what month was it where all that Instagram garbage went down? |
| 0:18.8 | Not long ago. |
| 0:19.8 | That was maybe January? |
| 0:22.4 | Yeah, not that long ago. |
| 0:23.5 | January and February, they were talking about firing Fred Hoyberg and the team was basically |
| 0:27.8 | upwards of a revolt. |
| 0:29.2 | Rondo couldn't stand Hoyberg and Rondo was the third string point guard for about four |
| 0:33.3 | weeks in there. |
| 0:34.0 | The Celtics have done the unthinkable. |
| 0:35.7 | They've made the Chicago Bulls functional. |
| 0:38.2 | One of the most dysfunctional teams in the entire NBA are now buddy-buddy and the chemist. |
| 0:43.6 | And does that not seem like a team with chemistry when you watch them play? |
| 0:47.0 | I don't know if you guys agree with that sentiment, but they're saying that the Celtics can't win. |
| 0:52.9 | They can't win the three of them. I'm not convinced by that yet. |
| 0:55.7 | They haven't shown me anything in the last two-gate. |
| 0:58.5 | Matter of fact, they haven't shown me anything in the last four weeks that make me think that they can win this series. |
| 1:04.7 | Something happened that last week of March. |
| 1:08.0 | And they just fell off a cliff because before that, they went on a tear. |
| 1:11.4 | They beat all of the best teams in basketball, the Rockets, the Cavs, Golden State. |
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