Austin Ainge joins father Danny Ainge in Utah as Jazz president of basketball operations

SALT LAKE CITY AP Austin Ainge who like his father played at BYU and was a long-time executive with the Boston Celtics was hired Monday to join Jazz CEO Danny Ainge as Utah s president of basketball operations Austin Ainge spent the previous seasons with the Celtics including the past six as assistant general manager Danny Ainge a former Celtics championship athlete who also served as their executive director of basketball operations from - has been with the Jazz since leaving Boston I have lived this my whole life constantly studying teams talent chemistry and the selflessness necessary to win Austin Ainge mentioned in a comment I look forward to bringing that to Utah and am excited to give Jazz fans a lot to cheer about as we build our venture back up AP NBA https apnews com nba Source