Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Danny Ainge suffered a mild heart attack Tuesday night in Milwaukee, as the Celtics were hosted by the Milwaukee Bucks for the second game in their Eastern Conference Playoff series. As stated by the team, Ainge received immediate medical attention and is expected to make a full recovery. The news of Ainge’s heart attack is the second sustained by the 60-year-old executive, having suffered another in April 2009.
Danny Ainge suffered a mild heart attack in Milwaukee on Tuesday night. He received immediate medical attention and is expected to make a full recovery. He will return to Boston shortly. Further updates will be provided as appropriate.
— Boston Celtics (@celtics) May 2, 2019
Ainge also had a mild heart attack and underwent surgery at the age of 50 in April 2009.
— Ben Rohrbach (@brohrbach) May 2, 2019
Danny Ainge has been lauded for his success in leading the Celtics organization, serving in an executive capacity in Boston since 2003 and being promoted to President of Basketball Operations in 2008, the same year he won the NBA’s Executive of the Year Award. Ainge’s tenure has been highlighted by the Celtics’ acquisitions of Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen to form the “Big 3” with Paul Pierce, the trade which saw the Celtics part ways with Pierce and Garnett in a package that included three first-round draft picks, and the trade in which the Celtics obtained Kyrie Irving from the Cleveland Cavaliers.
