TDL Archived: The 2nd Rnd Pick Yankee Swap

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RE: Danny Ainge

During one of the summer league broadcasts there was an interesting discussion about Danny Ainge going off the grid and silent ever since the Gobert trade. He is apparently refusing to respond to any calls or texts of any kind from other GMs, mostly about Donovan Mitchell one would guess. Ainge seems like a highly manipulative and narcissistic person. Fascinating how it seems like he plays mind games with other GMs. I definitely agree with the general refrain on this board that you do NOT want to deal with Ainge.

An interesting thing I heard about Utah yesterday, listening to the Brian Windhorst podcast:

We are all kind of aware that Brooklyn seems to be pushing back against “player empowerment“ but according to Windhorst, this is happening in Utah, too. Not earth shattering, but he seemed to be suggesting that reasserting control over the organization was part of the motivation for tearing that team down, not just the fear that they weren’t talented enough at the top. I found that kind of interesting, because we generally don’t hear much about entitlement from Gobert and/or Mitchell.

He also implied that something similar was kinda/sorta happening in LA, where LeBron is clearly wanting the Lakers to include those future picks in an Irving deal, and Windhorst believes they are considering saying no. Too early to tell if they will cave, because the Durrant situation needs to get resolved before the Irving situation can even happen.