Ainge: "It's the Best Frontcourt That We've Had Maybe Ever... "

Via the Providence Journal:

“We feel like we have one of the best frontcourts in all of basketball,” Celtics director of basketball operations Danny Ainge said Monday in a news conference to introduce Williams and reintroduce Davis. “We have a great deal of depth.”

In fact, Ainge said the frontcourt the Celtics will field this season could be the best in team history.

“It’s the best frontcourt that we’ve had maybe ever in this franchise – since [Larry] Bird, [Kevin] McHale and [Robert] Parish probably. … Since that era, it’s the best frontcourt we’ve had,” Ainge said. “We think we have good depth and with Scalabrine and Shelden and Glen Davis playing behind the three guys, we have rebounding and we have defense. Big Baby is a very versatile player. Rasheed spreads the floor and we obviously know about Perk and KG. They’ve done a great job for us the last few years.”

No need to include the "maybe" Danny. The Celtics current frontcourt is the best we've seen since Bird, McHale and Parish. Here are some of the jokers to roam the paint in a Celtics uniform:

• Acie Earl
• Eric Montross
• Frank Brickowski
• Alaa Abdelnaby
• Dwayne Schintzius
• Jerome Moiso
• Andrew DeClerq
• Vitaly Potapenko

Leon Powe's agent, Aaron Goodwin, spoke with the Herald. Goodwin says the team showed mixed signals to Leon:

“I think there was a lot of confusion going on, in fairness to Danny Ainge,” Goodwin said. “I don’t think that they initially showed enough interest. I think at some point there was a desire for the Celtics to keep him, but I just think that it was a little late in the process.”

IMOP, Danny was surprised so many teams were willing to take a chance on Powe. He tried to get back in the game, but it was too late.