Interview with Brad Stevens from earlier today(06/01/23):
Chris Forsberg: Brad Stevens: “I can say without a doubt that we want Jaylen Brown to be here. And he’s a big part of us. And we believe in him and I”m thankful for him.” – via Twitter ChrisForsberg
Souichi Terada: Brad Stevens: “Jaylen had a great year, All-NBA year. He’s a big part of us moving forward in our eyes.” – via Twitter SouichiTerada
Bobby Manning: Stevens: “I’ve had nothing but great conversations with Jaylen.” Won’t comment on contracts until July. “We want Jaylen to be here…we believe in him. I’m thankful for him. I’m really thankful for when those guys have success, they come back and work.” – via Twitter RealBobManning
Brian Robb: Brad Stevens on Payton Pritchard’s situation with Celtics: “I really feel for a guy like him. He’s a really good player.” Says he doesn’t know how the situation with him will shake out. – via Twitter BrianTRobb
Jay King: Among all the factors, Brad Stevens said, “if we’re over .500 at home (in the playoffs) we would have had rest and we’d be in the finals.” – via Twitter ByJayKing
Bobby Manning: Stevens said the goal every time down the floor is getting a great shot, and they’d love for that to be a dunk, but the #Celtics at times struggled to get through the first line of the defense. “Can we get dunks? Can we get to the free throw line, can we get open 3s?” – via Twitter RealBobManning
Chris Forsberg: Brad: “We love our foundation. We love our core. And that’s really our focus and priority.” – via Twitter ChrisForsberg
Brian Robb: Brad Stevens on injuries: “Jayson Tatum has a pretty decent ankle sprain. Malcolm is going to figure out what he’s doing (re: surgery).” Derrick White also hyperextended his knee in Game 7. – via Twitter BrianTRobb
Bobby Manning: Stevens said he wouldn’t have been able to do what Mazzulla did, implementing a system, plan and getting ready for training camp in a matter of days. – via Twitter RealBobManning
Chris Forsberg: Brad: “Joe’s experience now, you could probably measure in dog years, right? Because he’s now been in three Eastern Conference finals and a Finals. Now he’s been the head coach throughout one of those runs, I mean that’s an experience in and of itself.” – via Twitter ChrisForsberg
Souichi Terada: Brad Stevens says the Celtics will make at least one addition to the coaching staff: “We’ll look for somebody that’s got a lot of NBA experience.” – via Twitter SouichiTerada
Jay King: Brad Stevens on whether Joe Mazzulla is the best head coach for the team moving forward: “Yeah I think he is.” – via Twitter ByJayKing
Jay King: Brad Stevens on Joe Mazzulla: “I think when you consider the position he was thrust into and the overall accomplishments of the group, I thought he did a really good job.” – via Twitter ByJayKing
Souichi Terada: Brad Stevens on Joe Mazzulla: “I thought he did a really good job. When you look at it in the big picture, and having a team that was 2nd in offense, 2nd in defense, won 57 games … There’s a lot of direction and organization that goes into that.” – via Twitter SouichiTerada