The Boston Celtics are an absolute wagon of a contender by all early appearances, but based on how some projections of regular season hardware winners, the Celtics might be surprisingly bereft of awards for a team that is seen as among if not the favorites to win the 2024 NBA Championship.
One such assessment, put together by Bleacher Report has All-NBA forward Jayson Tatum losing the Most Valuable Player award to Nikola Jokic, and Clutch Player of the Year going to Trae Young over Jrue Holiday. It has Defensive Player of the Year to Evan Mobley instead of Kristaps Porzingis, Sixth Man of the Year to Josh Hart and not Al Horford, and Most Improved Player to Tyrese Maxey over Derrick White.
While these are all defensible takes, there is one award among them all projected to go to a member of the Celtics organization — Brad Stevens taking home the 2024 Executive of the Year award.
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