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Another group of father and son in the same team! Brownie, the management team? He was directly parachuted into a superstar father and boss

4:26pm, 5 June 2025Basketball

Jazz officially announced that Austin Angie becomes the team's new president of basketball operations and will take charge of all the team's next affairs.

Under normal circumstances, NBA personnel appointments will hardly cause discussion among fans, but this time it is different, because Austin Angie's father is one of the most well-known managers in NBA history and a management superstar who has completed countless amazing operations at the Boston Celtics, Danny Angie.

Danny Angie joined the Jazz as an advisor after leaving the Celtics, and then became the CEO of the Jazz, that is, the CEO.

Many unknown fans would probably sneer after seeing this news and sighed: "Who said the US has no nepotism? The NBA is still human nature."

But in fact, Austin Angie came to the Jazz not because of her father's favor, but the Jazz boss dug Austin Angie from the Celtics through the matchmaking of her.

Austin Angie came to the Jazz not to assist her father, but to directly serve as Old Angie's boss and become the basketball operations president who led all employees under the Jazz boss.

Austin Angie is 43 years old and was a star player in high school. She averaged 22+5+4 per game in senior high school and was elected as the Carnival League MVP and the East Valley MVP.

University He followed his father's footsteps to join Brigham Young University and had a very successful college basketball career. He is a household name in Utah.

twice captained and led the team to the Mountain Western Conference Championship, three times to the NCAA Championship, leading the league with a 52.5% three-point shooting. Austin Angie was one of the best scorers in the United States at that time.

After graduation, Austin Angie, who was 188 and weighed 82 kilograms, did not continue her basketball career, but followed her father's footsteps again, starting with an assistant coach, and entering the NBA management step by step.

Austin Ange was responsible for recruiting, training, player development, video analysis and game planning for outside players when he was an assistant coach at Southern Utah University, which all provided an experience basis for his later career development. After

, he was appointed as the first head coach of the Celtics' Development League team Maine Red Claws. Two years later, he was appointed as the Celtics' personnel director with scouting experience and began his career in the Celtics' management for more than ten years. After the four giants left the team, the Celtics had only been in a season and returned to the playoffs. They have not missed the playoffs since then, reached at least six times in ten years, and won the 18th championship in team history, and have the shadow of Austin Angie.

The Jazz's position as president of basketball operations has been vacant in the past two years, and CEO Danny Angie and General Manager Justin Zanick are in a level-level cooperative relationship.

Austin Anji was directly airborne and became the president of basketball operations. The superiors of Old Anji and Zanick, Old Anji and Zanick need to report to him, and he directly contacted the boss.

Jazz owner Ryan Smith made it clear that Austin Angie has the final say in making basketball decisions.

Ryan Smith gave Austin Angie the trust of the highest specifications, just for one thing, to let the latter help the Jazz complete the reconstruction.

There is no doubt that Danny Angie made a good start for the Jazz's reconstruction. After the arrival of Old Anji, he quickly sold Rudy Gobert to the Timberwolves for a crazy price, and then waited patiently for two months, and sent Mitchell to the Cavaliers in a way that no one expected in advance, quickly entering the reconstruction period.

However, after shorting the chips in hand, the real reconstruction period is no longer the stage for Danny Angie, and Jazz's reconstruction in the past three years has not been considered successful.

The Jazz have selected five first-round picks in the past two years, but the picks are not high, with the highest being Hendrix, who is the ninth pick.

The Jazz lost completely this year, achieving the worst record of 17 wins and 65 losses in team history, ranking last in the league, but only won the worst No. 5 draw.

In the past three years, the league's worst teams in the season only won the No. 5 draw, which is probably a way for the league to curb its terrible performance.

Austin Angie made it clear at a press conference after taking office that the Jazz will no longer play badly.

The Jazz's first round pick next year will be protected by the top eight picks, which means that if they don't work hard to play badly, once they draw the No. 9 or No. 10 as they did in the previous two years, they will be useless and nothing will be left.

But Austin Angie did not agree. In the past two years, the Hawks and Mavericks drew the No. 1 pick with a probability of 3% and 1.8% respectively, giving him confidence that he doesn't have to show off his crazily.

Perhaps it's really the turn of jazz.

The Mavericks sent Doncic away and got the No. 1 pick, Wenban Yama landed in the NBA No. 1 pick, and gave the Spurs who were most ties with him, and the Pelicans got the No. 1 pick, etc. There are countless conspiracy theories about the ownership of the No. 1 pick.

Next year, the two top picks will have a deep connection with the Jazz.

Di Bansa, a first high school student in the 2026 class of 2026, studied at the Utah Preparatory Academy and will join Brigham Young University in Utah.

The second high school student is also the most popular pick in Cameron Boozer. He is the son of Jazz legend Boozer and was born in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Of course, Austin Angie doesn't care so much about the No. 1 pick.

"If you look at the playoffs, look at all the best players in the NBA, and see how many of them end up being the No. 1 pick, you'll find that getting the No. 1 pick is a better choice," Austin Angie said. "But there are many other stars in the draft, and there are many second-round picks in the Jazz's history who can become All-Stars. So, getting the No. 1 pick is not the only choice."

He has worked in the Celtics management for 17 years and rarely deals with the No. 1 pick. The team's re-emergence in recent years is due to two Tanhua Show and other high-quality role players. When the Celtics won the championship in 24 years, there was no No. 1 pick in the team.

Austin Angie has no time to consider whether the No. 1 pick will be set for him next year. He has devoted all his energy to this year's draft.

Jazz have the No. 5, No. 21, No. 43 and No. 53 in this year's draft. Austin Angie is trying out this year's rookie at a crazy speed, which will be the starting point of his great presidential career.

In addition, he has chips such as Markcanen, John Collins, Sexton and Clarkson that can be used for trading, and there are very, very many decisions that need to be made.

Austin Angie lived under his father's wings for 43 years in his life. This time he will truly step out of his comfort zone, step onto his own stage, and write his own legendary story.

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