Wright "The reality is that Danny Ainge oversaw the least successful 20 years in the history of the Celtics franchise. ... Danny Ainge's biggest strengths ended up becoming his biggest weaknesses."

Celtics owner Bill Chisholm on the Jaylen Brown trade I truly believe we have the best front office in the NBA But man as a fan that was tough I really needed to be convinced to take the fan passion out of it because I'm a super fan

Bill Simmons does a quick breakdown of the Clippers organizations lowlights through the years What more could we have expected from the most incompetent sports franchise of all time

Philadelphia 76ers President of Basketball Operations Mike Gansey Jaylens a huge piece to them so they Celtics were asking for a lot and I think we did give up a lot in this deal Paul George is still a really good player We gave up some valuable picks

Mike Wilbon in January of 2026 talks about hearing early rumblings that the Celtics might have to break up Tatum and Brown months before the trade happened

Willie Cauley-Stein says he regrets not being more of a businessman in the NBA That's the thing I regret most not staying at those little parties I needed those relationships I'm still in my prime32 should still be playing My house is foreclosed on living month to month That shit matters

Ben Wallace says that if the team had drafted Carmelo Anthony Melo and his agent would have disrupted the teams chemistry actually making the team worse and ensuring they never won a championship He says they were better off drafting Darko Milicic instead