I love how Ainge scoffs at early under-performance of Terry and Pierce saying they were due to injuries.
Well Danny if you were to tell us that a player was hurt while he is struggling fans/media might be less likely to jump all over said player.
Its not Danny's job to keep the fan base and his competitors informed about the physical limitations of his players. If you want to speculate about why a team is doing something and think its because of certain players or coaches or whatever, that's on you(or me for that matter, I do the same thing). Danny and Doc knows what is really going on and I trust them to do what's best for the Celtics.
I'm not sure I would want the Celtics being run by a guy that runs out there every week telling the fan base not to worry about Pierce because he is playing through a bad back, or that Terry's inconsistent because he is fighting through a bad shooting slump and bad hamstrings, or that it's taking Bass a while to get in shape after not working out over the summer and showing up out of shape. I don't want my team's GM letting the entire world know this, especially the team they will be playing next.