Boston Celtics president of basketball operations Danny Ainge believes head coach Brad Stevens is “really excited for the year.”
The Celtics have a fairly new group. Boston replaced Kyrie Irving with Kemba Walker and Al Horford with Enes Kanter. The Celtics also drafted Romeo Langford, Grant Williams and Carsen Edwards in the 2019 NBA Draft.
“I think that Brad is really excited for the year,” Ainge said, via NBC Sports Boston. “There’s still some uncertainty what’s gonna happen. We have a new group. He really likes the spirit of the team. He likes how many people have come to offseason workouts, much more than we ever had in my 17 years here in Boston. We have a lot more players in the gym. We’d probably have a lot more if we didn’t have six playing in the World Cup.”
The Celtics will go as far as Kemba Walker, Jaylen Brown, Jayson Tatum and Gordon Hayward can take them next season.
Danny Ainge wants Brad Stevens to have more fun next season, something which didn't happen last year.
“My biggest concern through all of this was, I want my coach to be happy who he’s coaching and that’s the hardest job,” Ainge said. “I’ve been at this business a long time. It’s…you gotta have fun. You really have to have joy. That doesn’t mean every minute is going to be happy. Everybody is going to face adversity and challenges and trials through the course of a season. But, it still has to be fun.
“And not just Brad, all the coaches. I want them to have fun and enjoy the job. The whole organization, our fans, enjoy the product on the court; our owners who invest millions, hundreds of millions of dollars into our team. I want all those people to enjoy what we have going.”
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