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Danny Ainge is a good GM. When he took over the team they had hardly any assets. He did a great job of accumulating assets by trading crappy players and getting first-rounders back, and using the first-rounders wisely, all while keeping the team in the playoffs every year but one. Then when the right time came he cashed in those assets. I think a lot of people just pick on Ainge because it's the popular thing to do.

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I disagree. People pick on Ainge because he is not very good. For everything you listed I can name just as many terrible moves. 3 million for 5 years to Scalabrine, the Telfair mess, the fact that Doc Rivers is still coach, etc. The only reason he might be considered a 2nd tier GM right now is because he luckboxed his way into Garnett.