Open Extended ReactionsThe Utah Jazz have hired Austin Ainge, the son of team CEO and alternate governor Danny Ainge, away from the Boston Celtics as the team's president of basketball operations, it was announced Monday. "We're absolutely thrilled to welcome Austin Ainge as our new president of basketball operations," Smith said in a statement. "As I look out into the future, there's no one I would rather have run this organization than Austin. Austin Ainge, who has worked in the Celtics' front office for the past 14 years, has been named president of basketball operations for the Utah Jazz, where he'll join his father Danny (left), who is the team's CEO and alternate governor. Over the past 14 years, Austin Ainge has been part of a Celtics front office that has consistently been hailed as among the league's best.