Did Danny hire Brad Stevens TOO SOON!!???

[tyrone biggums]

All due respect to Vogel and others but is there any other COY candidate more deserving than Stevens right now? Has done more with nothing than anyone else.

[Jailan34]

All due respect to Vogel and others but is there any other COY candidate more deserving than Stevens right now? Has done more with nothing than anyone else.

Steven's is doing a nice job of beating bad teams, but Vogel still has my vote, IND is playing out of their minds.

[byennie]

If we're a borderline playoff team WITHOUT Rondo, have a load of 1st rounders, upcoming cap room, and it turns out we have a great coach who players want to play for... I'd say it was perfect timing.

Having a (possibly) great coach for the next decade far outweighs something like a 50/50 shot at a top-3 pick that may or may not pan out (and we WILL still have a top-15 pick).

Not to mention we could go on a slide here or there - let's say on a west coast swing - and still end up with a top-8 pick plus good mojo.

[SHAQATTACK]

If Danny did move on Stevens ....... A top ranked college program would have , if not another NBA team.

[coco]

We no longer call HIM by name.  Like the Zen Master, our Wonder Boy deserves an intro

[Drucci]

I was really impressed with Stevens at his introductory press conference but even then I didn't think he would be able to get so much of that group... not because of a lack of talent but because of all the similar pieces.

He really is the frontrunner for COY to me, regardless of the team's final record. He just does what you expect from a great coach : his players all believe/follow him like a leader, he knows how to adjust, to run effective set plays out of timeouts, to try some unexpected things, and, finally, Stevens is never satisfied. Win or lose he is always on to the next game and that's just a great mentality that's obviously working on the players.

[Celtics4ever]

We no longer call HIM by name.  Like the Zen Master, our Wonder Boy deserves an intro

I know we have Kung Fu watchers here as we had Master Powe.  What about Grasshopper for Stevens?