With the arrival of Austin Ainge as President, jazz cleared his hierarchy. Indeed, before this appointment, the franchise worked with a GM, Justin Zanik, and a general manager, Danny Ainge. The two men then had to work together and ultimately, either the decisions were made with several, or it was the second who made orders.
Ryan Smith, the owner of the franchise of Salt Lake City, therefore solved the problem by finding a president, which is more son of Danny Ainge and, too, former Celtics. He is now the boss.
“I am sure there are undoubtedly a lot of questions about our organization and I learned, in the business world and also in the NBA, that each franchise is different. With us, Austin Ainge will direct the program “,, announcement the owner. “It is up to him to send me the decisions to be made. It is our work, in Danny, Justin and myself to connect to him. I hope this will answer a certain number of questions about the person who makes the final decision concerning the workforce. »»
Welcome to the “Austin's Show”
It seems quite clear, but the owner summed up his thinking in a sentence, so that it is even more clear and easy to remember: “It's the Austin's Show. »» Also, if Justin Zanik remains GM, he is now under the Cup of Austin Ainge.
The latter will quickly have choices to make, just with the draft that arrives very quickly and during which jazz will speak in fifth position.
“I spent a lot of time on this draft. I had interviews with many of the players during the Draft combined so I feel ready “indicates the new president, who also slipped that there would be discussions concerning transfers with the other members of the franchise. The idea is to launch the reconstruction of a team that has only won 17 games this season.
“There are major decisions that arrive. It's a good time. We have tons of options, a lot of draft laps ”warns the president, who cannot give a calendar on the recovery of jazz. “It is difficult to predict. The fairest thing to say is that there is a lot of work. »»
