One day this writer bumped into Danny Ainge at a fast-food joint near the Celtics’ practice facility in Waltham, Massachusetts. As he made his way through the cafeteria-style line where they were building his burrito bowl, a not-bashful store employee kept telling Ainge that he should trade Rajon Rondo to the Sacramento Kings — and Isaiah Thomas was one of the names the employee mentioned getting in return.
The people in Boston’s front office often stress that Ainge takes all advice into consideration, and maybe even those outside the organization, too. ESPN