The Utah Jazz have employed Austin Ainge because the staff’s new President of Basketball Operations.
“We’re completely thrilled to welcome Austin Ainge as our new President of Basketball Operations,” stated Ryan Smith, governor of the Utah Jazz. “Austin is among the brightest minds within the NBA—his 17 years with the Celtics have given him unbelievable perception into each a part of a corporation. I’ve identified Austin for 15 years, and I’ve watched him develop into an achieved, progressive, and strategic basketball govt who’s prepared to steer this group.”
Ainge joins Utah following a protracted stint with the Boston Celtics.
“We’re thrilled for Austin as he embarks on his new journey with the Jazz,” stated Brad Stevens, the Celtics President of Basketball Operations. “He’s clearly prepared for this subsequent step, and I understand how a lot he’s wanting ahead to main a staff. He’s clearly very vibrant and has skilled success as a participant, coach and govt at varied ranges of the sport. On prime of that, he leaves no stone unturned – he’s a strategic thinker that’s motivated and is an especially arduous employee. We’ll miss him in Boston, however couldn’t be happier for Austin and his household.”
“That is an unbelievable alternative to steer Utah Jazz basketball operations,” stated Austin Ainge, president of basketball operations for the Utah Jazz. “I couldn’t be extra excited in regards to the vibrant way forward for this group. I look ahead to partnering with Ryan and Ashley Smith and our different leaders throughout the Utah Jazz and can make the most of my expertise during the last 17 years constructing a championship-caliber group. I’ve lived this my complete life, continuously finding out groups, expertise, chemistry and the selflessness essential to win. I look ahead to bringing that to Utah and am excited to offer Jazz followers so much to cheer about as we construct our program again up.”
