The Celtics have been a fixture in the playoffs for a long time, but they’ve never been able to get over the hump. They’ve come a long way since their embarrassment against the Cavaliers in the Conference Finals of 2017,
They’ve finally made it to the mountaintop that is the NBA Finals where they’ll play the Golden State Warriors, but making it here comes with one huge change.
Brad Stevens used to be the Celtics’ head coach and the architect of what the team did on the court. He came into the NBA from Butler just turning lemons into lemonade with a roster that wasn’t up to snuff with the rest of the league.
As the Celtics got more talent, the results obviously improved. But they could just never get over the hump.
Now, Stevens isn’t on the bench anymore. It’s former NBA player Ime Udoka leading the charge now. And Stevens has a completely different role with the team moving forward.
But what is it? And how does it work? Let’s break it down below:
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