The Utah Jazz have hired Austin Ainge away from the Boston Celtics to make him their president of basketball operations, the organization announced Monday .

Ainge spent 16 years with the Celtics organization, including the last six as the assistant general manager. He is the son of Jazz CEO and alternate governor Danny Ainge. The two worked for over a decade together in Boston; Danny served as Boston’s president of basketball operations from 2003 until he left the franchise in 2021.

The younger Ainge first joined the Celtics organization in 2009 as head coach of the franchise’s G League affiliate, the Maine Red Claws. He transitioned into a front office role in 2011. Ainge also played four seasons at BYU from 2003-07.

This is the second big move the Jazz front office has made th

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