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    Brad Stevens

    been watching him closely for years and he still doesn't understand rotations and match-ups. it's bewildering how he doesn't know his own personnel despite the team having lots of continuity in their roster year to year

    he's very good at player development and relatability, but his tactics are glaringly poor. i have lots of respect for him but it's such a headscratcher how he continues to fail in these critical areas

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    Honestly, I have said it many times before.
    He needs to be less Doris Day and way more Joan Crawford in Mommy Dearest to this team.
    Being calm under pressure is a fantastic attribute, but ripping someone to shreds when they deserve it is equally important.

    I still don`t think there is 8 better coaches in the league.

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    He is a better fit in the college game.

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    Stevens a good defensive coach but it seems like he does better with low talent NBA teams than talented ones. It is impressive they are 4th in defense with that personnel to me.

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    Well there you have it

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    Quote Originally Posted by flyingillini View Post
    He is a better fit in the college game.
    He was comfortable challenging their manhood in college. I am guessing he had to lose that element of his style in the NBA. He cost them this series.

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    Quote Originally Posted by DOM-Ganador View Post
    Honestly, I have said it many times before.
    He needs to be less Doris Day and way more Joan Crawford in Mommy Dearest to this team.
    Being calm under pressure is a fantastic attribute, but ripping someone to shreds when they deserve it is equally important.

    I still don`t think there is 8 better coaches in the league.
    yes, he either doesn't know how or is too timid to send messages when needed with benchings

    the freedom he allows players in the offense is what causes all the turnovers. from one possession to the next, you never know who's going to try being the playmaker. Tatum and Brown are the worst offenders with this, for some reason they think their handles are great but they're not, especially in halfcourt sets. they're constantly going into traffic with their heads down and either getting stripped or throwing high risk passes once doubled in the block

    Stevens doesn't understand the offensive game in the NBA, how to use the bigs he does have to set screens and in the PNR. he just kinda ignores those tools to use and seems to be fine having all his guys spaced out along the perimeter to ball watch whoever's ISO'ing at the time. he doesn't emphasize or appear to value true PG play nor does he scheme around it, that's why they often look so disorganized and turn the ball over

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    mid-major to nba?

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    Lets get serious there is only one Stevens that can actually make us money LOL


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    Been Rooting for him. Hope he goes back to College

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    he is a college coach. has the college look. smart guy but looks overmatched. this is not butler.

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    Lack of discipline offensive end like Ray said

    Tatum in love with jump shots

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    Coach, you ever have a girl piss on your face?

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    kind of
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    Same man. I paid a dom $400 to wrap me up in plastic wrap and to piss all over me. She wanted to take a crap on my chest and to perform a Cleveland Steamer as well, but I'm not into that. Beckham is though.

    What was your experience like?
    Last edited by stevek173; 09-24-20 at 07:26 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    kind of

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    Well Celts have an opportunity to come back and win this series. Gonna take incredible sets of brass balls from everyone though.

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    Coach of the year!

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    Quote Originally Posted by spippen
    Well Celts have an opportunity to come back and win this series. Gonna take incredible sets of brass balls from everyone though.
    Winning 2 games straight is a tall order.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stevek173 View Post
    Same man. I paid a dom $400 to wrap me up in plastic wrap and to piss all over me. She wanted to take a crap on my chest and to perform a Cleveland Steamer as well, but I'm not into that. Beckham is though.

    What was your experience like?
    Start a thread about this Stevek. I can't wait to hear these stories. I'm sure it will be more entertaining than Donk's porn write-ups.

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    nothing to do with coaching

    Players win games

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    kind of

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    saying he is bad at rotation and match up is just disgrace

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    I don't see him going back to college with Boston a consistent 50-plus win team talent wise. The only college job I could see him taking is Duke whenever that opens.

    Quote Originally Posted by Otters27 View Post
    Been Rooting for him. Hope he goes back to College

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    Brad Stevens is not the coach that takes talent to the next level. In the Heat series the Celtics basically lost every game in the 4th quarter (that's all on coaching).

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    Pretty amazing that all 4 Miami wins, I think, they trailed by at least 4 or 6 points at some point in the 4th quarter.

    Quote Originally Posted by NardVa View Post
    Brad Stevens is not the coach that takes talent to the next level. In the Heat series the Celtics basically lost every game in the 4th quarter (that's all on coaching).

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    Heat had too many horses for Boston

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    Heat had too many horses for Boston
    guys were hungrier overall on the heat. spolestra got more out of his players too.

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    Quote Originally Posted by pologq View Post
    guys were hungrier overall on the heat. spolestra got more out of his players too.
    yep

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    Quote Originally Posted by Donkmaster View Post
    Lets get serious there is only one Stevens that can actually make us money LOL

    This guy is the only fade better than Lang, what a bunch of bluster. He disparages "systems' or "algorithms" at 1:10 precisely because he has none, just a big mouth, and it's not like he gets paid due to his results, which have already been shown to be awful on that money talks show with Pirelli. I wish JJ could have gotten Darin Notaro (Stevens real name) on the line for one of those calls, lol. If this guy averaged $1000 a wager for a year, I bet he would be down $150k easy, probably even more because he would start chasing once he had a month where he went 5-30.

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    Why is this guy still coaching the Celtics? When you have studs like Brown and Tatum you don't lose to Pistons, Wizards and Hawks (3 of the worse teams in NBA) within a one week time frame. Brad Stevens has clearly lost this team.

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    This is why you don't sign a cancer. T.Thompson, J.Teague both proven losers. Poor job Ainge, but no big deal. They'll get Smart back soon. Big question is can they get a frontline scoring talent?

    Stevens is a top 3 coach imo. Stevens/ Nurse/ Spolestra. Neither one having a good season but this is a player's league after all.

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    Ainge seems to always skate by without any real blame, never seen a guy so scared to make a big move though

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    Quote Originally Posted by Orbison View Post
    Ainge seems to always skate by without any real blame, never seen a guy so scared to make a big move though
    He can afford to be patient; Tatum is still only 22yo. Worst thing he can do is make a panic trade, penetrate up the future, then watch Tatum leave as a FA.

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    I'd like to see them - or any decent team - trade for Vucevic. He's too good to be spending the last years of his prime on a team that has two starters out with torn ACLs.

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