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January 23, 2020

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown questionable, Enes Kaner out Friday night

By Alex Barth, 985TheSportsHub.com The Celtics bench will be at least a man shorter than usual when they begin their three-game road trip Friday night in Orlando, and that number could grow between now and game time. The team announced via Twitter Thursday afternoon that Jaylen Brown (right ankle sprain) and Jayson Tatum (right groin…

January 23, 2020

Toucher & Rich: Danny Ainge confirms Celtics previously hired Delonte West for scouting job

Celtics president of basketball ops Danny Ainge confirmed to 98.5 The Sports Hub's Toucher & Rich that he hired ex-player Delonte West as a scout in the past.

January 23, 2020

Toucher & Rich: Danny Ainge Optimistic About Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown

By Alex Barth, 985TheSportsHub.com Just when the Celtics seemed to finally be getting healthy, last night’s 119-95 win over the Memphis Grizzlies appeared to have set them back. The team didn’t have forward Jaylen Brown for the game, he sat out after aggravating a sprained ankle in Monday’s win over the Lakers. Then, in the…

January 9, 2020

Toucher & Rich: Danny Ainge reacts to surprising Kemba Walker ejection vs. Spurs

Celtics president of basketball ops Danny Ainge reacted to an official's decision to eject Kemba Walker in an interview with 98.5 The Sports Hub's Toucher & Rich.

November 26, 2019

Danny Ainge on last year's Celtics: 'I think it was my fault'

"I'm the one who should be blamed for last year," Ainge said.

November 21, 2019

Danny Ainge has a strong opinion on Kyrie Irving potentially getting booed in his return to Boston

Kyrie Irving returns to Boston soon to face the Celtics in a Nets uniform. Will he be booed? Danny Ainge tells Toucher & Rich he doesn't love that idea.

November 14, 2019

Flop Talk: Danny Ainge tells Toucher & Rich it's not 'flopping' if you're simply 'drawing attention to the play'

Danny Ainge was a notorious flopper as a player, and he encourages it now - but only as a means of "drawing attention" to actual contact that was made.

November 14, 2019

Ainge admits Romeo Langford 'has some growing up to do', but expresses excitement for his future on Toucher & Rich

Danny Ainge admitted to Toucher & Rich that Celtics rookie Romeo Langford "has some growing up to do", but his maturity doesn't sound like a major problem.

November 14, 2019

Danny Ainge isn't surprised at all about Marcus Smart's improved three-point shooting

By Matt Dolloff, 985TheSportsHub.com It could be an optical illusion or just something that many of us failed to notice over the past few seasons. But Marcus Smart looks like a different player shooting three-pointers so far in the 2019-20 season. Dad I can't see real good, is that Reggie Miller over there!? via GIPHY…

November 14, 2019

Danny Ainge describes a 'much easier' recovery for Gordon Hayward's non-shooting hand on Toucher & Rich

Danny Ainge describes the nature of Gordon Hayward's recovery from a broken non-shooting hand in his weekly interview with Toucher & Rich.

November 7, 2019

Danny Ainge on T&R: Celtics offered 3-year extension to Marcus Morris

In his weekly interview with Toucher & Rich, Ainge said he did speak with Morris, who said last week that he didn't get a call from the Celtics before leaving in free agency this summer.

October 22, 2019

Danny Ainge reacts to signing Jaylen Brown to four-year extension

Celtics front office head Danny Ainge had high praise for Jaylen Brown after signing him to a new, nine-figure deal.

October 21, 2019

Jaylen Brown signs 4-year, $115 million extension with Celtics

This marks the first time Danny Ainge has signed a player on a rookie contract to an extension since Rajon Rondo in 2009.

October 19, 2019

Report: Teams 'monitoring' Jaylen Brown contract situation

Teams are eyeing Jaylen Brown for a potential offer sheet in 2020.

October 17, 2019

Danny Ainge clarified what he calls an inaccurate report on Jaylen Brown's contract offers in his first interview of 2019-20 with Toucher & Rich

In his first interview with Toucher & Rich of the 2019-20 season, Celtics president Danny Ainge clarified reports on Jaylen Brown's contract offers.

August 22, 2019

Happy two-year anniversary to the Kyrie-to-Boston Trade, which the Celtics definitely won

Don't trick yourself into thinking the Celtics didn't win the 2017 trade they made for then-Cavaliers guard Kyrie Irving.

July 26, 2019

Kyrie Irving 'soured' on Danny Ainge early in 2018-19 season

Little by little, more details of Kyrie Irving's Boston fallout are coming into the picture.

July 18, 2019

Ainge on T&R: Kyrie Irving struggled with 'burden' of leadership, 'unfair' to blame chemistry issues entirely on him

By Matt Dolloff, 985TheSportsHub.com As clearly the best player on the Celtics last season, Kyrie Irving faced a lot of pressure to also be the leader - some of which he welcomed initially. It's now plainly obvious that he wasn't ready for such a role. And president of basketball ops Danny Ainge admits that the…

July 18, 2019

Danny Ainge on Toucher & Rich: Kyrie Irving indicated to him multiple times he 'really wanted to go home', but never told him he was leaving Boston

Ainge tells T&R that Kyrie indicated to him on multiple occasions he was leaning toward leaving the Celtics to play closer to home in Brooklyn.

July 17, 2019

Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown questionable, Enes Kaner out Friday night

Toucher & Rich: Danny Ainge confirms Celtics previously hired Delonte West for scouting job

Toucher & Rich: Danny Ainge Optimistic About Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown

Toucher & Rich: Danny Ainge reacts to surprising Kemba Walker ejection vs. Spurs

Danny Ainge on last year's Celtics: 'I think it was my fault'

Danny Ainge has a strong opinion on Kyrie Irving potentially getting booed in his return to Boston

Flop Talk: Danny Ainge tells Toucher & Rich it's not 'flopping' if you're simply 'drawing attention to the play'

Ainge admits Romeo Langford 'has some growing up to do', but expresses excitement for his future on Toucher & Rich

Danny Ainge isn't surprised at all about Marcus Smart's improved three-point shooting

Danny Ainge describes a 'much easier' recovery for Gordon Hayward's non-shooting hand on Toucher & Rich

Danny Ainge on T&R: Celtics offered 3-year extension to Marcus Morris

Danny Ainge reacts to signing Jaylen Brown to four-year extension

Jaylen Brown signs 4-year, $115 million extension with Celtics

Report: Teams 'monitoring' Jaylen Brown contract situation

Danny Ainge clarified what he calls an inaccurate report on Jaylen Brown's contract offers in his first interview of 2019-20 with Toucher & Rich

Happy two-year anniversary to the Kyrie-to-Boston Trade, which the Celtics definitely won

Kyrie Irving 'soured' on Danny Ainge early in 2018-19 season

Ainge on T&R: Kyrie Irving struggled with 'burden' of leadership, 'unfair' to blame chemistry issues entirely on him

Danny Ainge on Toucher & Rich: Kyrie Irving indicated to him multiple times he 'really wanted to go home', but never told him he was leaving Boston

Danny Ainge admits he had 'pretty good idea' Kyrie Irving was leaving Celtics

Report: Kyrie Irving's issues with Celtics stemmed from 'tiff' with Danny Ainge over his leadership

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