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Boston Celtics rising star Jayson Tatum took the league by storm last season, as his productivity and postseason display made him arguably the best rookie from his draft class. The third overall pick flourished under the mentorship of head coach Brad Stevens, who had the utmost faith in the rookie, trusting him with the ball […]

For the first time in years, the Boston Celtics are the favorites to come out of the Eastern Conference and reach the NBA Finals. As LeBron James left the Cleveland Cavaliers and swapped conferences, the East has now opened up for whoever is game enough to take the next step and realistically compete for a […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens feels confident in his team’s roster for next season. In fact, coach Stevens feels that several members of the squad, even those closer to the end of the bench, are good enough to be starters for other teams. Stevens said as much on Chris Mannix’s podcast for Yahoo Sports, […]

With the official opening of training camp less than two months away, Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens is confident that both Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward will be cleared to fully participate in said camp. Brad Stevens told @ChrisMannixYS that Hayward and Kyrie are both on schedule: "I think [Hayward] and Kyrie will be […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens had the opportunity to see his star point guard Kyrie Irving as the lead star in the movie Uncle Drew alongside his Summer League team in Las Vegas. The 41-year-old admitted he hadn’t been to the movies in a while and didn’t realize that theaters now have the comfortable […]

When Isaiah Thomas was traded away from the Boston Celtics to the Cleveland Cavaliers before last season, IT had a lot of bad things to say about the team but of those comments were geared at Danny Ainge. He had injured his hip more trying to help the Celtics get farther in the playoffs and […]

The Boston Celtics managed to blow everyone’s expectations out of the water, not only getting past the first round with a hollowed-out roster but only falling one game shy of the NBA Finals — as the painful Game 7 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers still remains a touchy subject with head coach Brad Stevens. The […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens bodes to have a fully healthy lineup at some point this upcoming season, as his two biggest stars in Gordon Hayward and Kyrie Irving return from season-ending injuries. Irving recently turned down a contract extension, only a year after joining the Celtics via trade — but his coach won’t […]

Kobe Bryant is cut from a different cloth. He’s different from most NBA players. Usually, Kobe’s eccentricities are most evident in his on-court demeanor and competitive nature. But this is not one of those times. According to Lee Jenkins of Sports Illustrated, Kobe has a jingle about Celtics head coach, Brad Stevens recorded on his […]

The Boston Celtics’ first-round pick in Robert Williams III is off to a rough start with the team. After dropping in the draft due to concerns about his work ethic, he’s done nothing to silence the critics. Most recently he missed a flight to Boston and subsequently missed team practices for summer league games. According […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens wants big man Robert Williams, the 27th overall pick in this year’s draft, to emulate the work ethic of his star center in Al Horford. As reported by Jay King of The Athletic, Stevens said that the incoming rookie should look, observe, and emulate how Horford prepares for the NBA […]

Brad Stevens put on a masterful coaching performance during the 2018 NBA playoffs. He guided his team to Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals despite the fact that the Boston Celtics were missing their two best players. Stevens told Jay King of The Athletic that Kyrie Irving and Gordon Hayward are both doing well […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens would love to have stocky guard Marcus Smart back in Beantown. If it were up to Stevens, Smart would be wearing Celtics green again next season, per Mark Murphy of The Boston Herald. Stevens naturally wants Smart back: "Everybody in the building would tell you we would love to […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens gave an update about the return of star forward Gordon Hayward. As reported by Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe, Stevens says that Hayward will be fully cleared by mid-August: “All success. Everything is good and pointed toward being back exactly where he was — hopefully pain-free, because that plate […]

The Boston Celtics and superstar point guard Kyrie Irving were able to overcome a lot of adversity due to injuries during the 2017-18 NBA season, especially when Irving had to miss the entire postseason with a knee injury. The leadership of Celtics head coach Brad Stevens undoubtedly had a lot to do with it, as […]

Brad Stevens is going through a tough time right now. After failing to close out LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 of the NBA’s Eastern Conference Finals, it’s back to the offseason. At least he has one legend in his corner. New England Patriots mastermind Bill Belichick has taken notice of the […]

Jayson Tatum just completed his rookie season with the Boston Celtics, but he has already been lucky enough to be coached by two of the elite coaches throughout basketball. He spent one year at Duke with Hall of Fame coach Mike Krzyzewski and now he has spent one year with Brad Stevens, who very well could […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens was ultimately honest in his assessment of this entire 2017-18 season, hating to fall short after an 87-79 shortcoming in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. “No matter how good of a season you’ve had, if it doesn’t end in a championship, it’s a disappointing ending,” said Stevens, […]

The Boston Celtics fell short on the doorstep of reaching the NBA Finals after losing to the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Sunday night. It was an admirable effort by the Celtics to push the series to the brink, but couldn’t come through on their home floor. Much of this lack […]

The Boston Celtics are one win away from the NBA Finals and are the favored team going into Game 7, but for Brad Stevens, he knows his team needs to get back to their roots for a chance to win this game. It’s a huge game, and there is a ton on the line, but […]

Marcus Smart has always been a pitbull of a basketball player. Even if his stat line doesn’t show a ton of success, he is always playing good defense, trying to take charges, and diving on the floor for loose balls. Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens said before the morning shootaround that what most people […]

The Boston Celtics have struggled on the road this postseason. Against the Cleveland Cavaliers, they really haven’t had a chance in any of the games away from TD Garden. In Game 6, the whole team struggled, but Al Horford, their veteran leader, was nearly invisible for most of the evening.  Horford played 37 minutes and all […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens saw his team get reduced to a bundle of individuals all ill-equipped to handle the destructive basketball force that is LeBron James Friday night when the Cleveland Cavaliers carved out a 109-99 win at home to keep their title hopes alive. Following the game, Stevens tried to sum up […]

The Boston Celtics were unable to close out the Cleveland Cavaliers in a pivotal Game 6. Fortunately, they managed to avoid an injury scare involving small forward Jayson Tatum. Tatum was involved in a collision with power forward Kevin Love early in the game. According to Keith Smith of RealGM, head coach Brad Stevens said the […]

The Boston Celtics are only one win away from unseating the Cleveland Cavaliers as Eastern Conference champions, and coach Brad Stevens still thinks his teams has adjustments to make. The Celtics blew out the Cavaliers on Wednesday to take a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series. The series shifts back to Cleveland in a win-or-go-home […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens is known for not revealing his starting lineups prior to a game. He gave out his reason why, and it seems to be a pretty valid one. As reported by Jared Weiss of The Athletic, Stevens said he doesn’t reveal the starting lineups mainly because nobody told him that […]

For a competitor like Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving, being reduced to a mere spectator in the playoffs is a predicament that is very tough for him to accept. Celtics head coach Brad Stevens is among the first ones who will say that about Irving, who has not played in a game since undergoing […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens was quick to reflect on what went wrong in their Game 4 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers. As reported by Scott Souza of GateHouse Media, Stevens blamed the loss to lack of efficiency and poor transition defense: There is no doubt that our lack of efficiency on offense, and […]

Boston Celtics rookie Jayson Tatum was named to the All-Rookie first team on Monday, but there was a teeny tiny slight in his award. When the number of votes were released, it was revealed that Donovan Mitchell of the Utah Jazz and Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers were unanimous selections to the first team. […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens isn’t showing signs of frustration after losing a second-straight game to the Cleveland Cavaliers on the road and finding himself in a tough position, forced to defend home court to come out alive from these Eastern Conference Finals. The Cavs made use of a massive first-quarter lead and rode […]

Boston Celtics big man Aron Baynes is having a pretty lucky NBA career. In his first three years in the league, he played under Gregg Popovich, considered to be among the all-time great coaches in history. He even got a ring in the process. Now, in his sixth year in the league, he’s being coach […]

The Boston Celtics, Cleveland Cavaliers, Golden State Warriors, and Houston Rockets have each taken different paths to the NBA Conference Finals, but each share enough common threads to weave the tapestry that is basketball’s future. First and foremost, an old coaching adage is holding up this postseason: the team that shoots better tends to win […]

The Boston Celtics lost by 30 points to the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals. They still lead the series 2-1, but it was definitely a bad look. But when teams have an off night and get blown out, there is something coaches like to do in order to […]

Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens is still considering the possibility of making a change in the starting lineup after taking a 30-point mollywopping on the road against the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 3 of their Eastern Conference Finals series, according to Jay King of The Athletic. Yet their young and veteran players have remained […]

When it comes to the Boston Celtics this 2017-18 NBA postseason while playing games on the road, it is no secret that they have noticeably struggled compared to their home games at TD Garden. However, Celtics head coach Brad Stevens is not going to let Boston’s lopsided 116-86 loss on Saturday night to the Cleveland […]

Brad Stevens is years removed from his playing days but he just did the improbable by blocking Kobe Bryant. The Boston Celtics head coach playfully reacted to the Los Angeles Lakers legend’s latest installment of his Detail series where he picked apart the game of rookie phenom Jayson Tatum. Of course, the first-year player appreciated the […]

The Boston Celtics have made their way to Cleveland for Games 3 and 4 of the Eastern Conference Finals against the Cavaliers. With a 2-0 series lead, the Celtics will be looking to close the proverbial door. However, it sounds like they’ll continue to be without the services of point guard Shane Larkin, according to […]

If Mark Wahlberg shouts the words, it must be true. This is especially the case for every Bostonian walking God’s green New England region. Now, the man formerly known as Marky Mark has introduced a new chapter to the Bostonian Sports Gospel, courtesy of the folks at TMZ who caught up with Wahlberg while he […]

It is no secret that Boston Celtics head coach Brad Stevens is one of the best, if not the best, coaches in the entire NBA, gaining a heavy amount of respect from fellow coaches and players across the league. However, even Celtics players like guard Marcus Smart tend to question Stevens’ play-calling from time to […]