Bill Walton thinks Danny Ainge should be in Hall of Fame
Should champion Boston Celtics guard and former Celtics team president Danny Ainge be in the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame? If you ask his teammate from the 1986 Celtics title team, Bill Walton (himself a Hall of Famer), the answer is an unequivocal yes. “I got to know Danny over some of his life,” shared Walton in a recent interview with Bally Sports’ Brandon “Scoop B” Robinson. “He’s quite a bit younger than I am. And then I got to rebound for him on the Boston Celtics; (there) wasn’t a lot of rebounds to be had there. “I also got to guard his man and … got to inbound the ball to him as well.”
Source: Justin Quinn @ Celtics Wire
Source: Justin Quinn @ Celtics Wire
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