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Ben Rohrbach: Ainge on KG's health: "He expects to be at his best tomorrow night. He looked good in practice today. He's moving well." Twitter @brohrbach

Boston Celtics, Danny Ainge, Injuries, Kevin Garnett 

The front office turned sour on Del Negro earlier this season when he chatted with Celtics' boss Danny Ainge about a deal to acquire Kevin Garnett. They felt it wasn't his place to do so. Hard feelings remain. Del Negro also isn't as sold on keeping DeAndre Jordan as the front office is, and so there are grounds for continued conflict. If I knew the name of the team's wallflower general manager, I would tell you. Andy Roeser remains Donald Sterling's top aide, but he's lost much of his influence now that Sterling's son-in-law, Eric Miller, has joined the team in training as possibly Sterling's heir apparent. Too early to say if we're talking upgrade. Mike Dunleavy used to work around the front office, bypassing Elgin Baylor to get things done. But he was more the politician, while Del Negro isn't one for sweet talk. Los Angeles Times

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Making his weekly appearance on “Salk & Holley” Thursday afternoon, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge discussed a number of topics, including the sight of Kevin Garnett in a walking boot at the end of Wednesday’s night’s loss to the Nets. Ainge was asked if Garnett was indeed at 100 percent, what would the logic be behind him wearing a walking boot: “Well, you know, so first of all, there’s no such thing as 100 percent for anybody, right now,” Ainge said. “But KG, you can see how well he’s moving on the court. Last night, he didn’t have one of his better games on the court, but he was moving very well. You could see him defense laterally and he was rebounding and he was very active. The walking boot is just precautionary. It’s just … some guys keep ice on their legs after every game — sometimes, their legs are sore, sometimes, they’re not. They do it as a precautionary thing. “The walking boot … he has some inflammation in his foot, so every time he stops playing, he has the walking boot on. He doesn’t wear it all the time, but he just wears it after games to make sure his foot isn’t moving any more than it needs to. So it’s just precautionary right now.” WEEI.com

Boston Celtics, Danny Ainge, Kevin Garnett 

Has Pat Riley contacted you lately? Were you surprised at his statement? Danny Ainge: “Well, I don’t want to get much into that. It’s old news — boring. Nobody cares.” Were you surprised he responded at all? Danny Ainge: “Yeah, I think so. Just because I don’t think that … we live in a world in the media where sound bytes are used. I think that … you can blow things out of proportion. But yeah. I was a little surprised. But I don’t really care.” WEEI.com

Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, Danny Ainge, Pat Riley 

In the feud between Pat Riley and Danny Ainge, #Heat guard Ray Allen says he respects both men. “They have history,'' Allen, who played for Aingle last year in Boston and is with Riley this year, told FOX Sports Florida. "If you think about that, they have history. It’s always interesting fodder when you hear what goes back and forth with general managers, but I don’t really put too much into it. I know both guys really well and I respect both of them, so they're both good at what they do.'' Sulia

Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, Ray Allen, Danny Ainge, Pat Riley 

After John Hammond of the Bucks and Bryan Colangelo of the Raptors, Danny Ainge was the third NBA manager to travel to Rome to scout Gigi Datome. The President of the Boston Celtics attended the Serie A game between Virtus Roma and Sidigas Avellino won by the guest 81-75 after one overtime. Sportando

Boston Celtics, Danny Ainge, Italy, Virtus Roma, Gigi Datome 

Filathliticos beat Niki Volou 75-70, Adetocunbo had 19 points, 9 rebounds, 1 steal and 2 blocks and Ainge was taking his notes from a courtside seat between the scorers table and the guets’ bench. When the home team lost, its fans start curshing at the winners and also at Ainge. They thought he was someone affiliated with Filathliticos. When they were informed who he was, they started shouting at him that everyone in Volos is a fan of the Lakers. EuroHoops.net

Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers, Draft, Danny Ainge, Greece, Giannis Adetokoubo 

The parade of NBA teams officials continues in Greece, as Giannis Adetocunbo seems to be one of the hottest NBA prospects in Europe. A representative of Utah Jazz was present in the junior league game of the 18 years old Philathlitikos player against Panathinaikos on Monday, 1st of April, and on Wednesday, 3rd of April, Adetocunbo will be playing with the senior team in front of a well known NBA figure. Danny Ainge, the president of Boston Celtics, together with assistant general manager Ryan McDonough will travel to the Greek city of Volos (327 klm north of Athens) in order to see the road game of Philathlitikos against the local team named Niki for the second division. A win for Filathlitikos will be a big step towards the Greek first division, it’s an important match up and an important person will be among the crowd. EuroHoops.net

Boston Celtics, Utah Jazz, Danny Ainge, Giannis Adetokoubo 

Spurs general manager R.C. Buford, meanwhile, told USA TODAY Sports in reference to the James, Wade, and Chalmers absences, "All I'm worried about is managing my own team." Buford's wording was apropos, as Miami team president Pat Riley issued a scathing statement to Boston Celtics general manager Danny Ainge on Friday that he should "manage his own team." Ainge had criticized James on a radio interview for criticizing the officiating in a loss at Chicago on Wednesday. USA Today Sports

Miami Heat, San Antonio Spurs, Danny Ainge, Pat Riley, RC Buford 

For Ainge, he has been his vintage self: agitating, inciting, inspiring an irrational over-the-top response. If Riley's response feels unprecedented, remember something: The re-recruitment of James to re-sign in 2014 is underway, and this was Riley's way to back his franchise star. Even so, Riley's never needed a noble reason to grandstand. When it serves his agenda, no one steps down off Olympus and delivers the arrows like him. Yahoo! Sports

Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Danny Ainge 

After Danny Ainge told WEEI radio Thursday that LeBron James should be "embarrassed" for complaining about officiating, Miami Heat president Pat Riley, an old adversary of the Celtics, released a statement to the Miami media saying Ainge "shut the (expletive) up and manage his own team." Through a team spokesman, he added, "He was the biggest whiner going when he was playing and I know that because I coached against him." When told by the Globe of Riley's comments, Ainge laughed, completely unaware that his statements about James would spark such controversy. "What did I say?" he asked. "I would say we're both right. LeBron should stop complaining. I complained as a player and I should manage my own team. We're both right." Boston Globe

Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Danny Ainge, Pat Riley 

When asked if complained to officials as a player, Ainge said: "Oh heavens yes. It's not a secret. Pat Riley's right. I should manage my own team and I complained a lot as a (player) and I'm right, LeBron should be embarrassed by how he complains about the calls he gets. We're both right." Boston Globe

Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Danny Ainge, Pat Riley 

Ethan J. Skolnick: Pay Riley: "Danny Ainge needs to shut the f--- up and manage his own team." Twitter @EthanJSkolnick

Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, Danny Ainge, Pat Riley 

Ethan J. Skolnick: More Riley: "He was the biggest whiner going when he was playing and I know that because I coached against him." Twitter @EthanJSkolnick

Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, Danny Ainge, Pat Riley 

By Friday, James had moved on. "I stated what I felt and I left it at that," he said. "I haven't even gone on about it at all. I know everything that I say is going to be either blown out of proportion or taken the wrong way. But I had to say what I had to say and I move on." Of Ainge's comment, James said, "Not surprised to hear anything from Boston. No, not surprised at all." South Florida Sun-Sentinel

Boston Celtics, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Danny Ainge 

LeBron James spoke up passionately about what he perceived as unnecessarily hard fouls against him in Wednesday's game against the Bulls. For Boston GM Danny Ainge, LeBron's complaining was "almost embarrassing." "I don’t think either one of those were flagrants, and I think the one — LeBron against Boozer — was flagrant, yes. I think the officials had it right…," Ainge said during a weekly radio-show appearance in Boston. "I think that it’s almost embarrassing that LeBron would complain about officiating.” Miami Herald

Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Danny Ainge 

Why the heck is Ainge calling out LeBron? Who the heck knows, other than Ainge just wanted to take an easy shot at LeBron on a pro-Celtics radio show. "Nothing that comes out of Boston surprises me," James said on Friday morning after the Heat's shootaround at New Orleans Arena. Miami Herald

Boston Celtics, Chicago Bulls, Miami Heat, LeBron James, Danny Ainge 

Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge said Thursday that Kevin Garnett is still dealing with the inflammation in his left foot that has caused him to miss the past three games, but that the original estimated two-week absence should be "more than sufficient time" for the injury to heal. "It's much better today than it was yesterday and I think he just could use some rest," Ainge said during his weekly appearance on Boston sports radio WEEI (93.7 FM). "On top of that, KG has just little nicks, bumps and bruises that could use some healing time. He's got a sore calf muscle as well. It's just good for him to take some time off and get fresh. But the biggest concern right now is the inflammation in his foot." ESPN.com

Boston Celtics, Danny Ainge, Injuries, Kevin Garnett 

“I think the referees got the calls right. I don’t think it was a hard foul,” Ainge said of the mixups involving James and Heinrich, as well as another one involving James and Taj Gibson. “I think the one involving LeBron against Boozer, that was flagrant. I think the officials got it right. “I think that it’s almost embarrassing that LeBron would complain about officiating,” Ainge added. WEEI.com

Boston Celtics, LeBron James, Danny Ainge 

Floated that scenario during a call to Boston sports radio WBZ-FM (98.5 the SportsHub), Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge brushed off the suggestion while stressing how much the team likes the Rondo-Avery Bradley backcourt combination moving forward. "I don’t know what you're insinuating, because Avery is not Rondo and Avery can also play 2 guard with Rondo and those guys have been extremely effective together," said Ainge. "I know that we haven’t had them together much this year and I think that Rajon loves playing with Avery Bradley, for a lot of different reasons. I think that combination last year proved to be spectacular, they just did’t get a chance to get together much this year, so it's a little bit unfair." ESPN.com

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