Delonte West reportedly did not receive Danny Ainge phone call on opening night of free agency; guard interested in Lakers

On the first night of free agency, Danny Ainge was presumably busy calling a myriad of potential targets, looking to fill Boston’s roster as well as he could. According to SLAM, none of those calls went to Delonte West.
Reportedly snubbed by Ainge on the first night of free agency, West is interested in joining the Los Angeles Lakers and has previously told SLAM he would love to reunite with Mike Brown.
Delonte West may be going Hollywood.
The 28-year-old free agent spent time during the lockout working on a self-produced reality show. Now, according to a knowledgeable source, the guard is entertaining calls from the Los Angeles Lakers.
If he were to sign with L.A., West, who spent the 2010-11 season with the Boston Celtics, would be reunited with Coach Mike Brown, who was the head coach of the Cleveland Cavaliers when West played there from 2008-10.
“I love Mike Brown,” West told SLAM when we spent time with him this past summer. “I mean, he’s a great guy. Too good. what else can you ask from a coach? He tried to do everything to keep everybody happy, keep the personalities happy [in Cleveland].”
Meanwhile, according to the same source, the Boston Celtics did not contact West on the first day that teams were allowed to reach out to players directly (though they have reached out to his representatives).
Call West, Danny. Call him over and over again. Call him when you’re drunk. Call him when you’re sober. Call him when you’re hungry and want a platonic date for dinner. Call him when you need someone to watch the football game with. Call him just to hear his voice. Call him and tell him you like his latest rap song. Whatever. Just let him know you’re interested, Ainge. Delonte West is a winner, he could come reasonably cheap, and the Celtics could really use him. This isn’t the time to play hard to get.
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Danny reached out to his representatives, that’s not like he didn’t call anybody from Delonte’s camp…
Besides West shouldn’t have to be reassured that Danny and Doc appreciate him. After all, when Cleveland traded him and Minnesota eventually cut him, the Celtics were the only ones to “reach out to him”. They did so in spite of his legal issues and kept him after he went crazy at Von Wafer.
I don’t think he needs more than that.
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Yes, they showed him loyalty last summer. But a call at midnight just to say they want him couldn’t have hurt.
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So true. The Celtics are SUCH humanitarians. Delonte owes them his life, his first born, his dog, his cat….
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I agree with Sam, but what I find more troubling is his glowing comments about Mike Brown and the back-handed slap, as I do not remember any such
favorable comments ever about Doc, who is a vastly superior coach to Brown and supposedly a great ‘players’ coach. Go Cs…
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I love it that you don’t think that the way the Celtics punched Perkins in the face, followed by the vicious lockout/negotiations(=mugging) shouldn’t have any influence on player loyalty…
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For the last f’in time Perkins SUCKED and never could average 10 rebs a game and his offense/fouls/TOs were way below par and often very costly to Celtic efforts for someone you deem a center ‘god’. Get over it. Go Cs…
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I love it that the new Celtics fans attitude is that Rondo can go to hell, but we need to wine and dine and lovebomb Baby and Delonte… and it’s so funny too, because just a few months ago, everyone hated Baby! The wheel of fortune is always turning, and group think is always churning.
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I don’t think anyone is saying Rondo can go to hell. It’s just that he’s rumored to be traded for a better player. Why would you not want that? As for Delonte, he provides added depth at a reasonable price so why wouldn’t you want him? and baby provides some value even if it’s only in a sign and trade. All these moves are for the good of the franchise. How do you not see that?
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I agree with you James, especially with Shaq saying in his book Delonte openly confronted Brown with his tip-toeing around LeBron..
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