Tonight’s Guest: Austin Ainge
July 26, 2010
(Submit your questions for Ainge here)
This weeks guest on the Celtics Late Night Show has a very familiar name to all Celtics fans, Ainge. Now hold on for just one second, before you start coming up with questions to ask regarding the Jermaine O’Neal signing or keeping the Big 3 together I should point out that I am not talking about Danny Ainge, rather his son Austin Ainge. Austin Ainge may not be as well known as his father but certainly has the credentials to become one of the great minds in the game for years to come whether it comes as a coach or following in his fathers footsteps as a GM.
Austin is currently the head coach of the Maine Red Claws of the NBADL. Ainge has also spent time with the Celtics as a scout where his primary duties were centered around following prospects Bill Walker and J.R. Giddens during their time in the NBADL’s Utah Flash.
Ainge was a well decorated High School player for Highland High School in Gilbert, Arizona. Ainge was recognized as the Conference and East Valley MVP as well as earning First team honors in both his conference and East Valley. His playing career continued on to BYU where he lead the Cougars as a two time captain of the Mountain West Conference champions twice. His college career had him appear in three NCAA championship tournaments otherwise known as “March Madness” and one NIT tournament.
While his professional career did not take off as his fathers had following college, he did however manage to find a place in coaching. Southern Utah University took Ainge in giving him multiple responsibilities such as game planning, video diagnosis, and even recruiting.
Given Ainge’s success in the game of basketball already in his young career; both coaching and playing alike, it is safe to say that Austin Ainge is no longer under the shadow of being the “Son of Danny” and is making a name for himself throughout the sport.
Austin Ainge will join the Celtics Late Night Show this Monday, July 26 starting at 9PM.
Get your questions in for NBA’er Maurice Ager
July 6, 2010
This summer we have been busy trying to schedule top notch guest for our listeners of the Celtics Late Night Show. So far we have two guests confirmed for the month of July, both from the Maine Red Claws.
The first is former Michigan State Spartan and New Jersey Nets guard, and current Maine Red Claws guard, Maurice Ager. Ager will be joining us on July 12th, this coming Monday. He will be discussing his future plans, the Red Claws organization, and his newly established production company Ager Music.
As always we want to get Celtics nation involved with this edition of the show. With that being said we are going to open up Brandon and Nick’s Mailbag for your questions. Have you ever wondered what life is like as an NBA player? Have you wondered about the differences between the NBA and NBDL? Well this is your time to ask question like these to a guy who has played at all levels. Send in your questions by clicking the link here.
We hope you enjoy the show on Monday and look forward to having you join us for future shows!