2021 nba offseason draft free agency etc

everyone went insane after they saw the logo get stomped on

the leprechaun demanded a sacrifice

hahah

i feel like ainge decided to step down and brad saw the opportunity to get away from coaching without leaving the franchise. but he’s 44 not 65 so it strains the imagination that he’s not going to coach again.

also we dont know how real brads position is, curious to see who is above him, maybe theyre kicking him up stairs in the hopes of having him coach again, or maybe just because hes still under contract

i have a feeling that brad does not want to relocate his family right now, they're pretty ensconced in wellesley and his kids are not at the age where moving wouldn't be disruptive. that has to be at least a small part of this.

if brad wanted to still be coaching he could’ve just left and been the top coaching candidate in both the college and NBA markets, he could’ve just taken a year off too if that’s what he felt like he needed, the break would’ve been natural with ainge leaving. so he must genuinely want to be in a front office i just think he’ll coach again and it’s weird for a coach to be hired by the team’s ex coach especially one who didn’t accomplish all that much in reality even tho brad is widely respected and acknowledged to be very good at his job. it’s not like brad can go out and hire some thibs like figure whoever that is who is out there, it’s gonna have to be someone less accomplished than him, prob a guy who has never been an NBA head coach before, who understands he’ll be coaching in the shadow of his boss, it all sounds kind of awkward

yeah wild to me that both indiana and north carolina hired new coaches this year and now brad stevens is working in the celtics front office

who didn’t accomplish all that much in reality

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, June 2, 2021 10:53 AM (thirteen minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

went to four easter conference finals all with teams that i think reasonably couldve been called overachievers

yeah i’m not trying to disparage brad’s coaching record i’m just saying it’s not like a riley situation where the guy had coached for 20 years and won 4 titles before moving into an executive role. there’s just a certain number of coaches with more experience than brad who prob won’t wanna work for him

he’ll prob have to find “the next brad stevens” which could be great but it’s different than if they had just hired a normal GM and were looking for a coach, it would prob be the no 1 job on the market and open to the d’antoni level coaches who’ve been around for a while and accomplished a lot

idk i dont think it matters coaches want jobs and there arent very many of them, much less jobs with a couple young stars on board

the bigger concern for me is brad stevens has no front office experience, tho im sure hes in on the conversations and whatnot, but also who knows where hell actually end up in the hierarchy, if mike zarren is his boss then its more reasonable

question of mike zarren is perplexing, i googled him to see if anyone was reporting around that and got like 4 years worth of articles talking about him being the heir apparent to danny lol

open to the d’antoni level coaches who’ve been around for a while and accomplished a lot

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, June 2, 2021 11:23 AM (two minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

fwiw stevens is more accomplished than thibs or diantoni lol, also hes been in the league for a while now, tho he does have a baby face

btw i’m reading the pat riley wikipedia and this sounds like some crazy shit

Six games into the 1981–82 season, Magic Johnson said he wished to be traded because he was unhappy playing for Westhead. Shortly afterward, Lakers' owner Jerry Buss fired Westhead. At an ensuing press conference, with Jerry West at his side, Buss named West head coach. West, however, balked, and Buss awkwardly tried to name West as "offensive captain" and then named West and Riley as co-coaches.[10] West made it clear during the press conference that he would only assist Riley, and that Riley was the head coach.

lol buss tried to publicly shame west into coaching

ha! I imagine that press conference will be reenacted in the hbo series, sounds like gold.... blue and gold

i really hope zarren takes over as president cause if stevens is the shot caller idk this is a pivotal time for the celtics and its not like there are easy answers someones gonna have to make good calls to get them to the next level

not really the spot you want to be learning on the job

the press release has stevens as president. zarren's not going to be above him.

this is a yikes guys

thats a pretty big finger to zarren if he's not in charge now

this has the feel of an internal power struggle that ainge and zarren lost and brad won

maybe brad was always right about personnel moves one can hope

i know he's on the permanent candidates list when a GM gets canned but has zarren ever said that he actually wants the top job?

gotta think that with years of people saying hes next after danny theres something there

but if he got fucked over in this deal well prob see if he wants to be the gm of a different team pretty fast

man they better hire the right coach

also a bunch of tricky personnel decisions upcoming, they have to figure out what to do about kemba and upgrade the bench

kidd or mark jackson please

not funny

the boston celtics have died

as far as ex players tho billups always seemed like a smart even keeled good dude who was also all about the winning

wonder if brad would go the ex player route

i hope they get someone who is good at making up offenses

billups would be good imo

feel like its a weird spot to put a rookie coach in but also not sure who else is out there

hard to know how good various assistant coaches are as a non insider since they dont do anything public

yeah and even for insiders its prob anyones guess how theyll do in the big chair

Ainge says he is looking forward to not being stressed and getting out to golf more.

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) June 2, 2021

Danny Ainge said he can get out and play golf a little bit more now.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) June 2, 2021

Ainge talking about when Wyc Grousbeck and Steve Pagliuca hired him in 2003.

Ainge: “I was pretty happy, I was playing golf every day —”

Wyc: “You still do.”

Ainge: “Not enough.” *Laughs*

— Jared Weiss (@JaredWeissNBA) June 2, 2021

everyone so crispy right now

Danny Ainge said this was his decision. Said he started thinking about it when he had his heart attack two years ago.

“Then these last two years have been tough” with the bubble and all of the protocols. Said the job hasn’t been as much fun because of that.

— Jay King (@ByJayKing) June 2, 2021

Wyc is a hell of a name

I didn’t know about the heart attack. He lost a lot of weight afterwards.

Brad Stevens is asked about potentially coaching and being in the front office.

Wyc Grousbeck interjects: "At the Celtics, that's two separate jobs."

— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) June 2, 2021

Wyc is a hell of a name

― J0rdan S., Wednesday, June 2, 2021 12:22 PM (ten minutes ago) bookmarkflaglink

pronounced "wick" lol, if it were wike that sounds kind of normal but wick cmon

Brad Stevens is asked about potentially coaching and being in the front office.

Wyc Grousbeck interjects: "At the Celtics, that's two separate jobs."

— Tom Westerholm (@Tom_NBA) June 2, 2021

yeah thats good to hear

i mean the celtics have been a well run franchise with wyc so that gives me hope the current moves will work out but still it seems pretty dicey

I have two word for Brad Stevens: Brett Brown.