Brad Stevens

Boston Celtics fans woke up Tuesday morning still stunned that their team lost by 19 points to the Miami Heat in TD Garden on Monday night in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals. Any hopes of back-to-back trips to the NBA Finals were…

I have seen some ass whuppings administered in my lifetime. I remember in the fifth grade baseball playoffs beating the top overall seed by about 20 runs. To put a championship cap on Alabama’s 2012 football season the Tide ran through…

Lamont Butler’s dagger as the buzzer sounded in Houston was a coup de grâce to Florida Atlantic’s storybook season. From being picked fifth in the preseason conference tournament to blitzing through their schedule, the Owls served wake-up…

After guaranteeing he’d sink his free throws, Grant Williams missed bothPhoto: Omar Rawlings (Getty Images)The Boston Celtics have had a pretty shitty go of it the past week or so. They’ve lost four of five — two to the New York Knicks (one…

Illustration: Getty ImagesFacebook hadn’t been invented yet, Zion Williamson didn’t exist, Mad Cow Disease was the “pandemic” of the time, and Y2K is what so many thought would be the end of modern civilization. The year 2000 feels like it…

No more interim tag for Joe MazzullaImage: Getty ImagesWhen Joe Mazzulla was announced as the Boston Celtics interim head coach in September, many had no idea who the 34-year-old was. But, I did. Back in 2008, his 13 points, 11 rebounds,…

What is in the water in Salt Lake City.Image: Getty Images“What is going on in Utah?” was the Brian Windhorst query that ruled the summer as the Jazz’s CEO of basketball operations Danny Ainge jettisoned Rudy Gobert to the Minnesota…

The Celtics are back in the NBA Finals, but they can’t beat Golden State.Image: Getty ImagesThe Boston Celtics have torn through the playoffs, eliminating each team that’s ousted them in the last three postseasons. After a seven-game…

Ime Udoka is leading the Celtics to the promised land.Image: APIme Udoka is who so many fans — and media members — desperately wanted Brad Stevens to be.Ten months after Stevens left Boston’s bench to replace Danny Ainge as the team’s new…

A Smart decision.Image: Getty ImagesThe most surprising aspect of the Boston Celtics in-season turnaround was that the team did it with a position change rather than trading a major asset. Acquiring Derrick White helped with some…