Ainge hopes that Fournier’s addition can give Celtics a “jolt”

The Boston Celtics are playing below expectations and there is a sense of frustration inside the team, as president Danny Ainge said.

But Ainge hopes that Evan Fournier’s arrival can give the jolt to the team.

Per ESPN, “I talk to [coach Brad Stevens] mostly every day. I talk to the players. I’m around the team, in the locker rooms, and I can just sense a feeling of discouragement and frustration, like would happen with any team that feels like it is playing below what it can play,” Ainge said Friday morning. “So it’s not any one incident or any one personality, but there’s a difference when things are going really well, and when things aren’t.
“But when you’re not living up to your expectations, the opportunity for discouragement and frustration creeps in and I think that happens with every team. It’s happened with every team I’ve been associated with. And so there is optimism and we get our team together and we have team meetings and film sessions and we go on a little run but we’re not able to sustain it.

“I just hope that by adding another veteran player that’s a versatile shooter with size and versatility that’s just going to give us a jolt.”