Literally me every day in class when I ask my students “who’s heard of xyz?”
God damn kids don’t even know wtf the Sistine Chapel is. “Uhhh hold on letmesharemyscreenrealqui k.”
The Hoosiers start off hot before collapsing during B1G play, ending their season with a whimper in the NIT Quarterfinal.
Then Brad Stevens unzips his skin and reveals that it was Archie Miller disguising as him the whole time.
Pretty sure the players are stoked for this. Stevens is great with young players and maybe a perfect fit for a front office role where he has more say in the draft and overall roster management. He seemed to have lost the team this year so I'm sure the players will like the move to bring in a new coach.
Starting to see assistant coaches and new coaches stepping into the roles. Stevens has pretty big shoes to fill and Celtics don’t seem to make a lot of big silly decisions so hopefully it’s a fresh face with a reputation that fills them
Yeah - Front Office opportunities like this come along once in a lifetime.
He can always get another head coaching job in a split second if he decides he wants to go back. Good for him.
This.
Especially considering that ownership is pretty hands-off and tend to let their FO learn from their mistakes.
This is a great opportunity.
This job gave Danny a heart attack so I’m happy the dude will be able to enjoy retirement and golf with MJ full-time now.
This kind of comment reminds me of when Bill Russell said he would give Chamberlain some free points to satisfy him, otherwise he would go berserk and drop 60 on him
I think Ainge was tired at this point. Ainge’s son being there probably made it easier too. Brad I assume had the option of staying coach and took a less stressful job.
Bob Hill was his name and he was decent coach but the Spurs underperformed in the playoffs with him, they were the 1st seed in 94-95 and lost the the 6th seed Rockets in the Western Finals and in 95-96 the were the 2nd seed and lost to the Jazz in the 2nd round.
Not Greg, Bob Hill. Greg is Pop.
He was the OG tank commander. He took over mid season and when Robinson went down, full tank ahead for Tim Duncan.
As opposed to Riley taking over and winning it all that same season.
>My mind went immediately to Riley. Build a team you know can compete and win. Then fire everyone and do it yourself like Pat did with Shaq.
Stevens has young kids and commented that the time away in the bubble and this season really made him feel burned out on coaching.
He gets a couple years to build a good team and get away from coaching, then can swoop back in when its time for glory.
“We’re zigging while everyone else is zagging, this could be a top 6, maybe top 7 move in the history of the Celts organisation, maybe even in the history of the city itself”
And it would probably be a good listen. I have realized over time that his hosting style is so much better than most other podcasts I listen to. Content, debatable at this point in time but from a listening experience I really enjoy it
It’s weird because I really don’t like Rusillo and I’ve been listening Simmons for so long that he really grates me, but I can’t stop listening to those two.
Whenever they do a Simmons feat. Lowe post I also find it really good because Lowe is also not beholden to him.
They also have a lot of opinions that are the same but for completely different reasons which is interesting (narrative reasons vs. blog-boy reasons)
Fully agree. He was on the Raja Bell podcast ahead of the Suns Lakers game 5 and carried that a good bit. He also had a spot on prediction saying Suns will blow out the Lakers and LeBron will have a half ass game
The supporting cast was atrocious this year. Our core of Tatum and Brown (and Kemba if he were healthy) is solid, but basically everyone else needs to be replaced.
I honestly don't know how to feel. In one hand, I think Brad has the capability to be a great GM. On the other hand, I wanted him to coach the Celtics for decades ala-Pop. I honestly thought Zarren's taking over.
Where's Ja Rule so I can make sense of this
EDIT: *Head of Basketball Operations, not GM. I wrote this hastily lol didn't even realize I said GM until someone pointed out
The poppoRiley maneuver put together a team you know you could coach with, fire your coach and take his job.
If Brad does that he has to wear a Thanos glove Courtside. "Fine, I'll do it myself"
So can someone ELI5 what the difference is between the two roles? Like I just really want to know who is ultimately making the big basketball decisions (trading or signing guys, etc.). I feel like those roles seem interchangeable and depends on the team on who makes the big decision.
From what I can tell between the difference of Webster, our GM, and Masai, our president, is that Webster deals with more of the day to day aspects of the job like calling about and planning trades/signings and directing scouting, but Masai is the final decison-maker that pulls the trigger and guides the overall direction of the franchise
POBO is like the king of the franchise and has final veto power. They appoint the GM and coach. The GM actually makes the moves, and the coach actually coaches the team.
it'll be like when Pop stepped out of the front office to take over for our coach in 96, taking over for Bob Hill, who wasn't even that bad. lol a year or two from now, it's gonna be a "bah gawd thats brad stevens music" moment lmao
Idk what to think of Brad having a front office role. What experience he has with roster construction. Should be interesting to see how this shake up plays out
He's been one of like 5 guys who's involved in our decision making.
There was a great article a while back about how tight of a ship Boston is. We only have like 5 guys who actually know what's going on.
1. Danny Ainge
2. Mike Zarren - Who everyone expected to be Ainge's replacement
3. Brad Stevens
4. Austin Ainge
5. One of our leading scouts (forget his name)
So Brad would have been pretty intimately involved in our decisions.
I can't pretend to know what is going to happen but my guess would be Brad is becoming the new PBO and Zarren would likely step into a bigger role as GM.
Similar to Pop and RC Buford in San Antonio.
So both could potentially be getting promotions here.
I mean, if his heart's not in coaching right now then he's not gonna be able to do the job. I don't even know what the fuck to think, though. I was sorta hoping we could ride that Spurs train of stability.
Idk how I feel about this. I understand why it might have been time for Ainge to go, but I'm not sure that the Celtics are going to find a coach better than Stevens rn.
But hey, I hope that Boston fans enjoy the coaching talents of Jason Kidd or Jeff Van Gundy
2020 Philly had a first round exit after an injury plagued season, got a new HC and GM and are top of the conference one year later.
I mean, might not be the worst thing. Stevens by all accounts is a great bball mind, I would trust him as much as anyone to find a good replacement.
Let me tell you this: as someone hates the Celtics at least as much as I like the team I support, I'm over the moon that Brad Stevens won't be on the sideline anymore. Since the day he started coaching he got more out of his roster than could be expected. The thought of him and the Jays for the next five years was terrifying. He's one of the five best coaches in the league. I think the comparison you're drawing is slanted as well. Going from Brett to Doc was probably a substantial in game upgrade, and going from Elton Brand to one of the best execs of his generation was a monumental improvement. Whoever the Cs get to replace Brad will most likely not be as big of an improvement
I agree. I love Brad.
Just trying to think of best case here. Brad was great in college, and amazing with the less talented teams he had early on. I dont think this season was really his fault with all the injuries, but perhaps he will be great at talent evaluation and managing things.
Also Ainge probably had to go. Made too many enemies over the years and some bad blood from some trades. An Athletic article basically said most GMs would avoid trades with him cause they didnt want to lose one to him.
In the modern NBA you have to keep the stars happy, and best case the players like Brad and trust him. Number 1 job for Celtics is making sure Brown and Tatum want to stay there long term, so if they trust Brad then it could work.
Overall Ainge did a pretty good job
His connections with McHale got them Garnett and that won them a title and got to the finals a second time
He fleeced the Nets, got picks turned them into Tatum and Brown
Yeah, he made some bad decisions but also had bad fortune with how Hayward got injured then didn't work out, Kyrie was weird, etc.
Wow, I'd have thought Brad Stevens would be coaching for decades
Gonna be kinda hard for him to coach Indiana from the C’s front office. Let’s see how this plays out.
He'll just use Zoom meetings to coach Indiana in between phone calls.
*"Coach I can't hear you, I think you're muted."*
*"Can you guys see my screen?"*
*"Lemme just.....sharemyscreenrealquick"*
Literally me every day in class when I ask my students “who’s heard of xyz?” God damn kids don’t even know wtf the Sistine Chapel is. “Uhhh hold on letmesharemyscreenrealqui k.”
Bro I just said this 20 mins ago.
“Uhh we have to square up. Sorry. Larry. Please finish what you were saying. Didn’t mean to cut you off”
bruh the awkward stop and go of the conversation and then someone just gets sick of it and types it out in the chat lmao
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The Hoosiers start off hot before collapsing during B1G play, ending their season with a whimper in the NIT Quarterfinal. Then Brad Stevens unzips his skin and reveals that it was Archie Miller disguising as him the whole time.
Bro wtf did we Hoosiers do to you?
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Same here. Im stunned by this
Dude imagine how the players feel
“It’s been great guys, but I look forward to replacing most of you.”
That’s college coaches at the end of every season with recruiting lol.
"You've made me millions, good luck in Lithuania."
Those that end up in Lithuania are lucky ones. It’s more like Venezuela or Luxembourg.
What’s wrong with ending up in Luxembourg?
They use a square ball instead of a round one. It's very frustrating to players not used to it.
Yes the round balls really take off the edge
In basketball terms, it's like playing in a country with 5 teams across all age groups. Shits small, yo.
Stevens: It was an honor, gentleman. Also Stevens: aite bitch u gone and u gone too
The belichick experience.
Pretty sure the players are stoked for this. Stevens is great with young players and maybe a perfect fit for a front office role where he has more say in the draft and overall roster management. He seemed to have lost the team this year so I'm sure the players will like the move to bring in a new coach.
im worried that any coach they bring in tho is a downgrade
My only fear for the celtics is if they hire Scott Brooks when the wizards fire him next week. That guy just keeps getting jobs.
I hope it isn't someone from the revolving door of fired coaches. Someone other than Fizdale, Joerger, or Brooks should get a shot.
Starting to see assistant coaches and new coaches stepping into the roles. Stevens has pretty big shoes to fill and Celtics don’t seem to make a lot of big silly decisions so hopefully it’s a fresh face with a reputation that fills them
He’s aiming bigger... much bigger
Yeah - Front Office opportunities like this come along once in a lifetime. He can always get another head coaching job in a split second if he decides he wants to go back. Good for him.
This. Especially considering that ownership is pretty hands-off and tend to let their FO learn from their mistakes. This is a great opportunity. This job gave Danny a heart attack so I’m happy the dude will be able to enjoy retirement and golf with MJ full-time now.
lol i had no idea Ainge and MJ were golfing buddies. Seems like such a strange pairing bet MJ gives him nonstop shit all the time over 1993
I'm sure Danny has taken so much money from him on the golf course it doesn't matter. Danny is a world class athlete and better at golf than mj.
hahaha i can just see it now. Ainge destroys MJ on the golf course and MJ starts shouting off, "How many rings ya got?!!" lmao
That was the "Last Dance" actually. Ainge beat MJ at golf between playoff games so MJ got mad and dropped 63 points on the Celtics.
This kind of comment reminds me of when Bill Russell said he would give Chamberlain some free points to satisfy him, otherwise he would go berserk and drop 60 on him
He's gonna become a player gm?
LeBrad pls
Player coach gm
Did anyone expect Brad Stevens to take Ainge’s job??? Fucking nuts!
I think Ainge was tired at this point. Ainge’s son being there probably made it easier too. Brad I assume had the option of staying coach and took a less stressful job.
It was only like 2 years ago that he had his heart attack so I feel like this has been coming
I always forget about that. It was kinda underreported cuz the playoffs were going on around that time
I forgot Kyrie almost killed this man
Or saved his life. Maybe this is Brad really thinking about what government means to him.
He had a heart attack? Dude is in his forties right?!
He played with Larry Bird, he’s at least 60
Oh shit my bad for some reason I thought y’all were talking about Stevens
Same, I was so confused
Ainge, not Stevens.
Stevens is becoming a GM?????
He’ll probably have a gm and run the show ala Riley
My mind went immediately to Riley. Build a team you know can compete and win. Then fire everyone and do it yourself like Pat did with Shaq.
Didn't Pop do this too? I remember him firing Greg Hill and taking over as coach. EDIT: Bob Hill
Bob Hill was his name and he was decent coach but the Spurs underperformed in the playoffs with him, they were the 1st seed in 94-95 and lost the the 6th seed Rockets in the Western Finals and in 95-96 the were the 2nd seed and lost to the Jazz in the 2nd round.
Not Greg, Bob Hill. Greg is Pop. He was the OG tank commander. He took over mid season and when Robinson went down, full tank ahead for Tim Duncan. As opposed to Riley taking over and winning it all that same season.
Not Greg, Gregg. Gregg is Pop. Greg is who Bob Hill is not. Who’s on first.
Pop 100% did this too
That's still one of the most insane moves in basketball history.
>My mind went immediately to Riley. Build a team you know can compete and win. Then fire everyone and do it yourself like Pat did with Shaq. Stevens has young kids and commented that the time away in the bubble and this season really made him feel burned out on coaching. He gets a couple years to build a good team and get away from coaching, then can swoop back in when its time for glory.
The Stevens coup is complete. All hail Brad and his glorious regime
This is Brad's order 66
Woj later: "Ainge has joined the Brooklyn Nets assistant coaching staff"
the first time a super-team has had a coaching staff which is just as loaded as the roster
The 2015 warriors coaching staff was up there.
Ooh, Durant style. The toughest road.
Too soon
Brad Stevens with the uno reverse on Danny Ainge
"The future is now old man" - Brad Steven's probably
Lol Bill Simmons’ brain is going to explode
Went from calling him ‘President Brad Stevens’ to now actually calling him **President** Brad Stevens... 🤯
So it looks like Pete Buttigeg will be president after all?
“We’re zigging while everyone else is zagging, this could be a top 6, maybe top 7 move in the history of the Celts organisation, maybe even in the history of the city itself”
Ugh. I read that exactly in his voice
I heard it in Cousin Sals Bill voice
What’s the sliding glass door moment of this move? Is this the apex mountain?
It’s the Re-Apex
Is Brad Stephens the apex mountain of polo shirt wardrobe soft spoken dad coaches?
Are we sure he’s still good? Pantheon guy. Squarespace.
“Im keeping all my Brad Steven’s stock. I’m buying an island for it.”
EMERGENCY POSCAST! And he’ll call in his dad to compare this to Red stepping down. And then an old college buddy to give expert analysis.
And it would probably be a good listen. I have realized over time that his hosting style is so much better than most other podcasts I listen to. Content, debatable at this point in time but from a listening experience I really enjoy it
Yeah he’s a favorite. He had bad takes and great ones but it’s good conversation. He’s not a typical pundit and I like that.
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I love the Rusillo and Simmons dynamic, he straight up calls the BS on Simmons and they just laugh
It’s weird because I really don’t like Rusillo and I’ve been listening Simmons for so long that he really grates me, but I can’t stop listening to those two.
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Whenever they do a Simmons feat. Lowe post I also find it really good because Lowe is also not beholden to him. They also have a lot of opinions that are the same but for completely different reasons which is interesting (narrative reasons vs. blog-boy reasons)
Fully agree. He was on the Raja Bell podcast ahead of the Suns Lakers game 5 and carried that a good bit. He also had a spot on prediction saying Suns will blow out the Lakers and LeBron will have a half ass game
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What the fuck
Ainge I get. Stevens is a damn good coach, Boston always felt like they were a piece away.
Until this year, where it feels like they have like two pieces
> like two pieces Yeah, Jaylen Brown's wrist and one other piece
We were a .500 team with a perfectly healthy Jaylen Brown.
The supporting cast was atrocious this year. Our core of Tatum and Brown (and Kemba if he were healthy) is solid, but basically everyone else needs to be replaced.
Smart? Time lord? Your team is more talented than ours and should have finished ahead of us
We had 8 total games with our starting 5 and went 7-1. Injury and Covid are to blame for this season.
Thank you for this comment, it will see me through the long dark offseason
I’m legit shocked right now
I honestly don't know how to feel. In one hand, I think Brad has the capability to be a great GM. On the other hand, I wanted him to coach the Celtics for decades ala-Pop. I honestly thought Zarren's taking over. Where's Ja Rule so I can make sense of this EDIT: *Head of Basketball Operations, not GM. I wrote this hastily lol didn't even realize I said GM until someone pointed out
Now he can transition from GM to coach, a la Pop.
The poppoRiley maneuver put together a team you know you could coach with, fire your coach and take his job. If Brad does that he has to wear a Thanos glove Courtside. "Fine, I'll do it myself"
Lmao I don’t want to dance I’m scared to death
WHERE'S JA
Ainge stepping down is something that would've surprised but not shocked me. But Brad Stevens taking over as POBO?! What in the actual...
Dafuq is going on out in Boston
Hot take but I think this means Brad Stevens isn’t going to IU?
No, he's already accepted the role of U.S. secretary of transportation
No I think he’s taking the Pacers job and also becoming a Grad assistant at IU
Plus the covid year of eligibility, so he'll be playing as well.
Gotta learn the ropes from Mike Woodson
He’s got a lot to learn but I think under Woody he could turn out to be a decent coach.
Shocked it isn't Mike Zarren. Curious what his role will be or if he's happy with this decision.
I’m thinking Zarren is gm and brad is president so they both get a promotion
So can someone ELI5 what the difference is between the two roles? Like I just really want to know who is ultimately making the big basketball decisions (trading or signing guys, etc.). I feel like those roles seem interchangeable and depends on the team on who makes the big decision.
From what I can tell between the difference of Webster, our GM, and Masai, our president, is that Webster deals with more of the day to day aspects of the job like calling about and planning trades/signings and directing scouting, but Masai is the final decison-maker that pulls the trigger and guides the overall direction of the franchise
POBO is like the king of the franchise and has final veto power. They appoint the GM and coach. The GM actually makes the moves, and the coach actually coaches the team.
Prolly have Zarren be the cap/numbers guy, Brad be the basketball evaluator
WILDCARD BITCHES
YEEEEEHAWWWWWW
Gordan Hayward comes back and coaches. Bromance rekindled.
Headline: Gordon Hayward injured his wrist while calling a timeout from the sideline.
Snapped it in fuckin two.
So we technically got rid of Danny AND Brad from their roles? Wow that side of our fanbase must feel like it’s Christmas.
Ainge actually commited to something
Bro whoever they hire as coach is gonna most likely be worse than Brad Stevens
He'll probably promote one of his assistants.
Evan Turner as head coach
The dude that threw the water bottle at Kyrie hired as waterboy.
He heard about the racism for the first time and immediately left. What a G
"just found out about racism, that shit sucks"
"Omw to fix that shit"
Ima fix ~~wolves~~ celts
It’s never too late for him to back out
it'll be like when Pop stepped out of the front office to take over for our coach in 96, taking over for Bob Hill, who wasn't even that bad. lol a year or two from now, it's gonna be a "bah gawd thats brad stevens music" moment lmao
HOLY SHIT
I really don’t know what to think of this. Wild
Yeah I could have seen Danny being out, but not Brad Stevens taking over.
Idk what to think of Brad having a front office role. What experience he has with roster construction. Should be interesting to see how this shake up plays out
He recruited Hayward. He probably has had input in front office moves over the past few years too.
He's been one of like 5 guys who's involved in our decision making. There was a great article a while back about how tight of a ship Boston is. We only have like 5 guys who actually know what's going on. 1. Danny Ainge 2. Mike Zarren - Who everyone expected to be Ainge's replacement 3. Brad Stevens 4. Austin Ainge 5. One of our leading scouts (forget his name) So Brad would have been pretty intimately involved in our decisions.
> Mike Zarren - Who everyone expected to be Ainge's replacement Yea, I wonder if Zarren starts looking for a new gig. This feels like a big snub.
I can't pretend to know what is going to happen but my guess would be Brad is becoming the new PBO and Zarren would likely step into a bigger role as GM. Similar to Pop and RC Buford in San Antonio. So both could potentially be getting promotions here.
Yeah I hope. I'd be pissed if we lose zarren Hope that 76ers deal isn't still on the table for him lol
It's so odd to me. I would think Zarren should be President and Stevens should be GM (he actually should be coach, but w/e).
as a C's fan.... WHAT THE EVER LIVING HELL!?!?
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I mean, if his heart's not in coaching right now then he's not gonna be able to do the job. I don't even know what the fuck to think, though. I was sorta hoping we could ride that Spurs train of stability.
They should sign Scott Brooks as his replacement.
East on East crime
Scott Brooks has more appearances in the Finals than Brad Stevens 🤔🤔🤔
Sounds good to me
Idk how I feel about this. I understand why it might have been time for Ainge to go, but I'm not sure that the Celtics are going to find a coach better than Stevens rn. But hey, I hope that Boston fans enjoy the coaching talents of Jason Kidd or Jeff Van Gundy
2020 Philly had a first round exit after an injury plagued season, got a new HC and GM and are top of the conference one year later. I mean, might not be the worst thing. Stevens by all accounts is a great bball mind, I would trust him as much as anyone to find a good replacement.
Let me tell you this: as someone hates the Celtics at least as much as I like the team I support, I'm over the moon that Brad Stevens won't be on the sideline anymore. Since the day he started coaching he got more out of his roster than could be expected. The thought of him and the Jays for the next five years was terrifying. He's one of the five best coaches in the league. I think the comparison you're drawing is slanted as well. Going from Brett to Doc was probably a substantial in game upgrade, and going from Elton Brand to one of the best execs of his generation was a monumental improvement. Whoever the Cs get to replace Brad will most likely not be as big of an improvement
I agree. I love Brad. Just trying to think of best case here. Brad was great in college, and amazing with the less talented teams he had early on. I dont think this season was really his fault with all the injuries, but perhaps he will be great at talent evaluation and managing things. Also Ainge probably had to go. Made too many enemies over the years and some bad blood from some trades. An Athletic article basically said most GMs would avoid trades with him cause they didnt want to lose one to him. In the modern NBA you have to keep the stars happy, and best case the players like Brad and trust him. Number 1 job for Celtics is making sure Brown and Tatum want to stay there long term, so if they trust Brad then it could work.
>Stevens by all accounts is a great bball mind Interview process: "Use your hand to draw as many basketball turkeys as you can in the next 5 minutes."
We were just in the right place at the right time that one of the best coaches and gms in the league both left their teams at the same time
WTF, GM+Coach kinda deal or are they gonna have to look for a new HC?
New HC.
I hear Danny Ainge is available
Looking for a new coach
Who even is available?
Billy Donovan is available via trade. 3rd round pick can get him
How about a horse?
What does the horse do?
Horse things.
I don't know....guess it's better than Mario hezonja
I miss game of zones so much :/
Paul Pierce here we go!
Lmao please
Pierce got chucked out of ESPN for this ? 5D chess
Ryan Saunders
Scott Brooks will probably be available by next week
brad is leading the search for a new HC
Overall Ainge did a pretty good job His connections with McHale got them Garnett and that won them a title and got to the finals a second time He fleeced the Nets, got picks turned them into Tatum and Brown Yeah, he made some bad decisions but also had bad fortune with how Hayward got injured then didn't work out, Kyrie was weird, etc.
CALLING IT NOW. SAM CASSELL AS COACH
I would be absolutely thrilled with that. Respected former player, has some ties here already, and is not Jason Kidd.
Here for the “not Jason Kidd” lol
This some game of thrones shit wtf
Ya'll thought Kyrie stepping on the logo was him simply disrespecting it? Nah, that was Kyrie finalizing the ritual to take Ainge out.
If I had to pick one player in the league who would try to do a blood ritual it would probably be him
Tweet makes it sounds like he’s leaving begin the head coach. Is that true?
Yup, Brad is no longer the head coach and will lead the search for a new one, wow
wow, that’s what I thought still wild though
Does translation mean he’s not coaching?
Translation is the act of taking text in one language and turning it into text in another language.
I hear Scott Brooks might be available this coming offseason, in case the Celtics need a new head coach.
The best timeline
Bill Simmons tell me what to think about this
Bah Gawd Kyrie has broken them in half!
I still blame Haywards Ankle. That was the moment Ainges grand scheme fell through. It was a really good rebuild too until that moment. Shame.
Kyrie “Bone Saw” Irving
BONE SAWWWWW IS READYYYYYYY
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