I guess I should have said to check back in 1 year, not 4. It is amazing how quickly Stevens went from genius coach to overrated. It is a very similar track that Coach Calipari was taking on this board until our recent run.
Brad Stevens - Celtics
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BS is on contract for 6 years @22 million which is well less than half what Cal and the cheater at puke make. Why wouldn't he leave for either job?
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All of the top competitors in the east got a lot better last week at the trading deadline. The lone exception was the Celtics. The C's could fix this by picking up Enes Kanter who was waived by the Knicks. They need help at C/PF.
76's- got Tobias Harris (just missed out on being an all-star this year) plus 3-4 guys for their second unit
Raptors- Marc Gasol is a big upgrade at center
Bucks- added solid stretch 4 Mirotic to a already good lineup.
http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nba/86205/45/dose-easts-elite-make-moves
76's- got Tobias Harris (just missed out on being an all-star this year) plus 3-4 guys for their second unit
Raptors- Marc Gasol is a big upgrade at center
Bucks- added solid stretch 4 Mirotic to a already good lineup.
http://www.rotoworld.com/articles/nba/86205/45/dose-easts-elite-make-moves
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Celtics are playing in a ultra competitive eastern conference and have played without their only all-star for a significant amount of games. They have certainly underperformed based on what they were projected to do, but I’m not ready to take any credit away from Brad Stevens just yet. The real NBA season starts after the all-star break. They’re going to finish above the Pacers for sure and they’re only a game back from the sixers. So. Yeah.
I have no dog in this fight, but this is a disgrace performance by the Celtics. They're playing an elimination game with all the intensity you'd expect on the 2nd night of back-to-back road games in January.
Stevens might be running into the reality for all NBA coaches. No matter how good they are, they are hostages to their best players.
The Celtics need to wave bye-bye to Kyrie. He's a headcase, and a not easy to play with. They played better without him last year. Then shop the 2 young guys with value (Brown and Tatum). They'll still have a lot of good parts, and room for a big free agent.
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Does he make as much money as Cal? In the pros you can be here today and gone tomorrow in the coaching ranks
He might not leave Boston, but if I were the U.K. Athletic Director after Calipari's gone, I'd make Stevens turn down becoming the highest paid coach in college basketball.
Sticking with a gun-shy Gordon Hayward for so long down the stretch was not only a bad call but a clouded judgment one as well. He stuck with his guy, when someone like Baynes should have gotten more minutes.
I think Brad Steven's is still a great coach.. But maybe he's not the next Red Auerbach some though.
I think Brad Steven's is still a great coach.. But maybe he's not the next Red Auerbach some though.
As a Celtics fan I'm cool with him staying put.
He'd be a dream replacement for Cal but there is less than 1% chance he ever returns to college.
IMO Kyrie hurts that team. He is a very good player, but he does not match that team or what Brad Stevens is trying to do. I say if they would have added Hayward back and left Kyrie off the team this year they would have a lot better chance at the Finals.
The thing is, if he were to come back to college, to UK, after a successful stint in the NBA, he would not be begging anyone.. He would likely get his pick. Cal and K would be gone and Stevens would likely be king of the country. Imagine someone with the recruiting of Cal and not just good but GREAT Xs and Os.
With everything that’s going on in college basketball I can’t imagine Stevens would want to go back to college. The only way he’d do it is if Boston fired him and even then I’m sure another NBA team would offer him. I just can’t see Stevens wanting to come back to college with all of the corruption bribery stuff going on.
Coaching in the pros is significantly less work and significantly less bullcrap to deal with. In the NBA you basically just have to coach, scout, and develop, in college that's practically a small part of the job relative to the # of hours working. With the way NBA teams like to eventually recycle failed coaches, I can't imagine why even a fired coach would want to leave the pros to go to college.
For a good laugh on all things Brad stevens and billy Donovan, look no further than the Indiana board. They feel stevens is tired of the nba and they need to go after him. LOL
