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Smith dismissed concerns of nepotism, stating the hire was made independently.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have a ton of options and picks. It\u2019ll take hard work, but I\u2019m ready,\u201d said Ainge. His hiring marks a new chapter in Utah\u2019s rebuilding project.<\/p>\n<p>Source: Deseret News<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Utah formalizes its leadership structure: Ainge becomes president of basketball operations with final say on roster decisions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":146,"featured_media":394789,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_spbk_hide_featured":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[92],"tags":[],"rumors":[],"typology":[],"posizionamento":[],"class_list":["post-444789","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site 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