re: Anonymous Coach wonders why Brad Stevens gets so much media love

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Because AL horford is far from a superstar. Hayward died in the first game. Kyrie is missing in the playoffs right? Top 3 picks are such "locks" to be stars or talented? I guess philly should have been vastly better off considering their process was what? 5? Yeah he has the benefit of talent, but tell me what coach gets this far with rozier, smart, Tatum, hobbled brown, horford, Baynes, and Morris. Thats just jealousy. Cleveland had how many top picks after Lebron and couldn't do shite.

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Not enough credit goes to Ainge.

The NBA is a players league, and Ainge gets players.

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Not enough credit goes to Ainge. The NBA is a players league, and Ainge gets players.

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Absolutely but people think it has to be one or the other, either Ainge is great at getting players or Stevens is a great coach. Both are true and it's why their future is so bright.

When I look at the Celtics rotation that is playing in the playoffs this year, I feel like they are less talented than other playoff teams such as Minnesota, Portland, Philly, and a couple of others. If the Celtics can win the series against Cleveland, Stevens deserves a lot of credit. If they lose, then it's too early to put his name in the ranks of the other great coaches.

I think one of the underrated aspects of coaching is the general demeanor of a coach when things get tough. Stevens seems like a guy that is calm and will clearly communicate the game plan without getting into all of the other BS.

It’s because the media gushes over what they can’t understahd. 99% of them couldn’t draw up a basic floppy or hammer action. If you watch enough of the NBA you see most teams run the same stuff. Stevens doesn’t rely nearly as much on PnR and ISO than other coaches but he’s not some x and o wizard. His teams do seem to execute better.

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It is a valid point that the media will build it up like he's doing this with smoke and mirrors. Horford is a 5 time allstar, Tatum and Brown are top 3 picks, Smart was picked 6th, Morris 14th and Rozier 16th.

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Charlotte has something like 8 players that were drafted in the top 12. You can't use the draft order for one team and then dismiss it for another. Look at all the bad teams in the league, they're filled with top 10 picks. There's only two rounds after all.

What is Stevens throd or fourth best at worse? This is just some guy that's gotten fired 5 or 6 times bitching because Stevens doesn't come from the usual nepotism of coaching.

How about this:

Stevens does his fricking job.

You send him out to roll with an undersized PG and a Top 3 pick you have to develop on the fly? He does his job. You send him out with a premiere Free Agent he loses 10 minutes into the season? He does his job. You take out his PG for the playoffs? He does his job.

Teams screw up plays out of timeouts, developing Top 3 picks, building rotations, bridging the schedule through star injuries consistently; Stevens and Company haven't-- and they do not make excuses or surrender responsibilities to players to distract from when they're doing a comparatively bad job, either.

If Ty Lue did his fricking job as frequently as Brad Stevens has his, in his short tenure, we'd be calling him the Black Phil Jackson. Instead, Cavs fans have to suffer through being held hostage by LeBron.

Don't want people to give Brad Stevens attention for holding players accountable, working hard, and doing the every day tasks that build winning?

Then do it your damned self, NBA coaches.

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Very weird that a coach would reach out to a media member about this, right?

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Not at all, happens all the time - media is the mouthpiece for anonymous coaches/gms/players.

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udderly laughable

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Yeah, those cow teats are pretty funny....moron!!

Where did we say we weren’t impressed?

We said he is not far and away the best coach and that when you got people taking him over any player it is a clear sign that this has gotten out of hand.