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Brad Rock: Danny Ainge is driving to the rim once again


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SALT LAKE CITY — The way Steve Trumbo told it, there wasn’t much to discuss with Danny Ainge.

BYU was trailing Notre Dame in the Sweet 16 of the 1981 NCAA Tournament, with eight seconds remaining. Coach Frank Arnold had, moments earlier, told his team to “just play street ball.” He believed they could take the Fighting Irish head-on. Following the late-game timeout, Trumbo, a starting forward and free spirit nonpareil, admitted he hadn’t been listening.

“Danny,” he said, “What am I supposed to do?”

Said Ainge, “Don’t worry about it. Just get the ball to me.”

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