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The Utah Jazz have hired Austin Ainge, son of Danny Ainge, as the President of Basketball Operations for the Utah Jazz. The Jazz held an introductory press conference today, where Ryan Smith sat down with Austin Ainge as they took questions from the media.

Austin Ainge is the Utah Jazz's new president of basketball operations, the team announced Monday. While he is the son of Utah Jazz CEO Danny Ainge, team owner Ryan Smith wanted to make sure everyone understood that this was not some nepo baby hire.