WALTHAM — At one point last night, after one of his many pauses, Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge looked straight ahead in mild disbelief. “I still don’t think it’s hit me,” Ainge said of losing his colleague of the last nine years, his friend almost since the first time they faced each other as players. Doc Rivers, who will be introduced as coach of the Clippers today in Los Angeles, left Ainge and the C’s because of the lure of a better team and a glamorous, warm city where he can play golf whenever he wants. The Celtics receive an unprotected 2015 first-round draft pick, and an NBA mandate that they refrain from any further trades...
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