Brad wins EOTY!

[Donoghus]

What he's done with this group and the salary cap is nothing short of amazing.

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Boston Celtics president Brad Stevens has been named the 2025-26 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year. Stevens also won the award in 2023-24.

[jpotter33]

Absolutely amazing job by Brad this year. Much more impressive than even his 2024 year.

[aefgogreen]

Wow! Who could have predicted that??

[Donoghus]

Voting

[jambr380]

Sell off talent, cut salary, win EOTY apparently.

I?m super hyped, but this has to be a first for this award. You usually don?t win EOTY by getting worse

[Roy H.]

I didn't think he'd win but I did think that he'd be the near unanimous choice of all 30 owners.  Getting the team out from under the second apron to beneath the luxury tax while also contending is essentially a miracle.

[Roy H.]

Sell off talent, cut salary, win EOTY apparently.

I?m super hyped, but this has to be a first for this award. You usually don?t win EOTY by getting worse

I think it will become more common under the current CBA.  Teams are going to have relatively short windows, and then will have to tear their teams down and reset.

[aefgogreen]

Sell off talent, cut salary, win EOTY apparently.

I?m super hyped, but this has to be a first for this award. You usually don?t win EOTY by getting worse

I think it will become more common under the current CBA.  Teams are going to have relatively short windows, and then will have to tear their teams down and reset.

Yup, it's going to be the smartest moves over the biggest ones.

[Donoghus]

Sell off talent, cut salary, win EOTY apparently.

I?m super hyped, but this has to be a first for this award. You usually don?t win EOTY by getting worse

I think it will become more common under the current CBA.  Teams are going to have relatively short windows, and then will have to tear their teams down and reset.

The fact that Brad was able to do this without giving up much of real value was incredible.

[jambr380]

Sell off talent, cut salary, win EOTY apparently.

I?m super hyped, but this has to be a first for this award. You usually don?t win EOTY by getting worse

I think it will become more common under the current CBA.  Teams are going to have relatively short windows, and then will have to tear their teams down and reset.

The fact that Brad was able to do this without giving up much of real value was incredible.

To be fair, he was giving up more talented players for less talented players/contracts. KP for Niang is a definite downgrade. So is Jrue for Vucevic.

Funny that if he never signed those guys to longer contracts, they would have just walked and he likely wouldn?t have been credited with cutting so much salary

[Donoghus]

Sell off talent, cut salary, win EOTY apparently.

I?m super hyped, but this has to be a first for this award. You usually don?t win EOTY by getting worse

I think it will become more common under the current CBA.  Teams are going to have relatively short windows, and then will have to tear their teams down and reset.

The fact that Brad was able to do this without giving up much of real value was incredible.

To be fair, he was giving up more talented players for less talented players/contracts. KP for Niang is a definite downgrade. So is Jrue for Vucevic.

Funny that if he never signed those guys to longer contracts, they would have just walked and he likely wouldn?t have been credited with cutting so much salary

Shedding $325 million of salary without giving up a first round pick is an utter miracle. To do that and still be the leading contender to come out of the east in a so-called gap year is utterly insane.  They're still contending this season while also preserving the future.  You really can't ask for more.  Griping about it now just seems odd.   

What could they have possibly done better to get to this situation with the offseason and in-season moves?

[SparzWizard]

Brad the GM > Brad the coach

Kudos and well-deserved for his moves.

[jambr380]

Sell off talent, cut salary, win EOTY apparently.

I?m super hyped, but this has to be a first for this award. You usually don?t win EOTY by getting worse

I think it will become more common under the current CBA.  Teams are going to have relatively short windows, and then will have to tear their teams down and reset.

The fact that Brad was able to do this without giving up much of real value was incredible.

To be fair, he was giving up more talented players for less talented players/contracts. KP for Niang is a definite downgrade. So is Jrue for Vucevic.

Funny that if he never signed those guys to longer contracts, they would have just walked and he likely wouldn?t have been credited with cutting so much salary

Shedding $325 million of salary without giving up a first round pick is an utter miracle. To do that and still be the leading contender to come out of the east in a so-called gap year is utterly insane.  They're still contending this season while also preserving the future.  You really can't ask for more.  Griping about it now just seems odd.   

What could they have possibly done better to get to this situation with the offseason and in-season moves?

I?m not griping, I just find it funny that Brad is the one who signed these contracts that he is now being congratulated for getting out of.

They?re not contending because of Brad (this year), they?re contending because of Joe. Our team has less talent this year than last year. Executives aren?t typically rewarded for cutting salary unless they were to also get better.

And I can?t believe I?m singing Joe?s praises since I was one of his  harshest critics.

[aefgogreen]

Brad the GM > Brad the coach

Kudos and well-deserved for his moves.

Which shows how great a GM he is

[rocknrollforyoursoul]

Brad, I'm sure you read this site frequently, so congratulations!