Expect the unexpected with Danny Ainge

[BballTim]

Obviously no breaking news here but I felt it was interesting to point it out : Danny Ainge is a great GM for multiple reasons, and one of the biggest ones is that he is always surprising everybody. Not because he necessarily plans everything in advance but simply thanks to his risk-taking mentality.

From bringing KG and Ray in, to the Perkins/Green trade, hiring Brad Stevens, trading KG and Pierce for great picks, gambling on Crawford and turning him into an effective PG... What's even better about the Brad Stevens hire, outside of the fact that it is (so far) turning to be the most succesful college coach transition to the NBA, is that nobody saw it coming, not even Wojnarowski : it's really rare to get some stunning news like this one nowadays with Twitter and all the "sources".

I know I'm forgetting some other great surprises made by Danny. Il also know that some of his gambles didn't pan out but it's really great to have a GM that's willing to take risks who seem to appear calculated, and fit into a bigger/longer plan.

I feel like Danny is one of the rare GM you can feel comfortable with regarding the direction of the franchise.

That's why I think we will be surprised by his next move. Everybody seems to think he will trade Rondo, get this or that player but I'm sure he has something unexpected up his sleeve and I can't wait to see it. (Although I wouldn't be surprised to see the Stoudemire trade rumor come true : Danny would probably try to increase Amare's value by pairing him with Rondo and making him look good thanks to Rajon's passing)

I think you're romanticizing Danny and his moves a little bit.
-The Perk/Green trade arguably may have cost us a championship (I'm not in the camp that thinks so, but many cannot be convinced otherwise)
-Jordan Crawford wasn't a "gamble"... we traded an injured Barbosa and a fairly useless Jason Collins for him.
-Not signing TA to a similar deal that he got in memphis has proved to be a big mistake.

I don't know why the pessimist in me couldn't resist harping on those points... because in actuality, I do like Danny.  I think he's in the top half of GMs in the league and am happy with him being here.

  Danny wanted to re-sign TA but he didn't really get the chance.