Celtics GM Ainge suffers heart attack
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Boston Celtics president and general manager Danny Ainge suffered a minor heart attack earlier Thursday and was rushed to the hospital. The Celtics released a statement saying Ainge, 50, is recovering nicely at Massachusetts General Hospital and that he is expected to remain in the hospital for a few days, most likely through Boston's playoff opener with Chicago on Saturday. The ABC news affiliate in Boston, WCVB, reported that Ainge woke up Thursday morning with chest pains and was rushed to hospital, where doctors had to insert a stent to unclog an artery that was 100 percent clogged. Ainge orchestrated Boston's run to an NBA-record 17th Championship in franchise history last season, having acquired All-Stars Kevin Garnett and Ray Allen in trades and pairing them with Paul Pierce to form the "Big Three." For his work, Ainge won the 2007-08 NBA Executive of the Year.
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http://www.seattlepi.com/scorecard/nbanews.asp?articleID=258194,http://nba.fanhouse.com/2009/04/16/danny-ainge-resting-after-heart-attack/,http://www.celticsblog.com/2009/4/16/840720/danny-ainge-suffers-mild-heart,http://www.gmanews.tv/story/157382/Celtics-GM-Danny-Ainge-has-mild-heart-attack
