There have been a lot of changes to the Boston Celtics since even before the offseason began, and while second year shooting guard Carsen Edwards is happy he hasn’t been one of those changes after a rough rookie campaign, the Purdue product will be missing one particular face as the 2020-21 season begins to take shape.
The person would of course be his player development coach Kara Lawson, who left the team while it was just starting its playoff run in the Disney-hosted restart at Lake Buena Vista, Florida to accept the (then) vacant head coaching gig for the Duke women’s basketball program.
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The former Boilermaker was asked what kind of impact Lawson might have as a college coach during his media week availability session, and Edwards was rightfully effusive in his praise.
“First off, Kara knows the game really well,” he explained. “And so at that point, anyone can learn from her — she’s been through it.
“She’s played at the highest level, so people will be able to be coached by her; I know that they can really listen in and and soak in everything she says because she’s been through it, and she knows the game from both aspects as a player, and as a coach. So at the end of the day, she’s caring and she does want to see everyone do well so I feel like she’s going make a huge impact for Duke.”
“She’s just a good person to be around,” he added.
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Hopefully, Lawson helped Edwards enough before her departure that he is able to find a role with this iteration of the Celtics, who need the sort of shooting he was brought on to provide even more than last season with the decampment of veteran guard Gordon Hayward to the Charlotte Hornets.
Add in that All-Star point guard Kemba Walker and second-year wing Romeo Langford likely won’t be available until some time in January, and it quickly becomes clear the team will need every bucket it can find to start the season.
No matter how the season pans out for Edwards however, the bond Lawson forged with her players with Boston will endure — and we also expect the former Celtics assistant to thrive in her new home.
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