 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Ainge akagamuchira kutsoropodzwa kwakawanda nekuputsa timu yapfuura, asi akaedza kuzvinunura pachirongwa. Mushure mekusarudza Mabhangi uye pakati Kendrick Perkins muna 2003, Ainge akawedzera chikoro chepamusoro simba mberi Al Jefferson, St. Josephs University standout Delonte West neMavericks sarudza kubva kuAntoine Walker kutengesa, uye mutambi Tony Allen nePistons 1st-round sarudza yakawanikwa muAtkins-James swap muna 2004.. Munguva yake yechipiri-off-mwaka, Ainge akakwanisa kuburitsa imwe payroll paakawana veterans Gary Payton naRick Fox kubva kuLos Angeles Lakers mukutsinhana naMihm, Atkins uye bhenji mutambi Jumaine Jones. Fox akasiya basa pane kuti adzokere kuchikwata uye Payton akatyisidzira kuti haazopinda musasa wekudzidzira, asi akazopedzisira atamba nechikwata panguva ye2004-05 Mwaka. 