Celtics co-governor Wyc Grousbeck shares how he had to throw Danny Ainge out of the locker room in East semis vs. Bucks

It’s not as bad as it sounds, we promise.

There have been a lot of fans and analysts looking back on the work done by Danny Ainge during his tenure as the team’s President of Basketball Operations in a much fairer light given the former Boston Celtics chief has his fingerprints all over this iteration of the team about to kick off a Finals series against the Golden State Warriors.

But there remains a subset of both who still wonder about his exit, which came to fruition while the team was still fighting to figure things out in a season that fizzled frustratingly, leading to Ainge stepping down as team president. Asked about that exit on a recent appearance on the WEEI “Greg Hill” show, Celtics co-governor Wyc Grousbeck had plenty of good things to say about his former top exec — and one key caveat regarding the state of their current relationship.

“He was so instrumental while he was here,” explained Grousbeck.