Which Latter-day Saints have played in the NBA playoffs? Not very many members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have participated in the NBA playoffs, let alone reached the conference finals or beyond. Here is a short list of players and what they accomplished. Danny Ainge: The former BYU star and later NBA executive won NBA titles with the Boston Celtics in 1984 and 1986 and contributed to several deep playoff runs by Boston from 1981 to 1989. Ainge also reached the NBA Finals with Portland in 1992 and Phoenix in 1993. As an NBA executive, Ainge was with the Celtics when the team won another NBA championship in 2008.