Before he molded the Boston Celtics into modern-day champions, Danny Ainge needed a point guard.



It was 13 years ago, and Ainge, just a few years into running the team, was desperate.



Boston’s primary playmakers in 2005-06 included second-year guard Delonte West as the starter, rookie Orien Greene as the backup point guard and Tony Allen, Marcus Banks and Dan Dickau providing emergency duty. With them, the Celtics finished 33-49, a season that inched star forward Paul Pierce closer to publicly requesting a trade.



Armed with the seventh overall pick in the 2006 draft, Ainge used the selection to address the glaring weakness. Only he traded the pick — which became the draft rights to Randy Foye — to Portland in exchange for third-year guard Sebastian Telfair, veteran center Theo Ratliff and a 2008 second-round selection. Ainge figured a thumb injury that Telfair sustained early in his second season marred his production and masked his...