The former head coach didn't hold back after the Celtics won the NBA title.
The Boston Celtics are NBA champions and Brad Stevens, head coach turned president of basketball operations, is as much to thank as anybody.before moving to the front office. Once there, Stevens reconfigured the roster around the franchise's talented wings and hired Ime Udoka, leading to an NBA Finals appearance.
After Udoka was replaced by Joe Mazzulla and Boston fell to the eight-seed Miami Heat in the 2023 Eastern Conference Finals, Stevens blew up the roster yet again. He traded away Marcus Smart, Robert Williams, and Malcolm Brogdon to bring in Kristaps Porzingis and Jrue Holiday. Those transactions ended up his master stroke as the new and improved Celtics clicked right off the bat. He was named Executive of the Year for his efforts.
After Boston finished the job last night by beating the Dallas Mavericks in Game 5 at TD Garden, Stevens decided to get some things off his chest about how his team is perceived. Specifically, as champagne splashed around him in the locker room, he told Rachel Nichols he felt the criticism of Tatum and Brown is "stupid."A normally-reserved Brad Stevens lets loose on Open Run: "The criticism is stupid. achieved more than most 25, 26-year-olds ever had.
Whether the criticism is indeed "stupid" is a matter of opinion, but Stevens is right on the money when it comes to how much the Celtics' duo has accomplished at such a young age. Tatum and Brown won a title younger than LeBron James, Stephen Curry, Michael Jordan and Shaq. It is undeniably impressive to reach the mountaintop so soon into their careers, even after taking into account the necessary context.
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