How to Win Friends and Influence People

[truthteller]

One more interesting side note about this team under Stevens is that: I can't pick out anyone, player or coach, as being outwardly negative.  Even Crawford has become a consummate professional.  Not so coincidentally, his game has taken off.

This year, they have made an obvious effort to stay away from complaining or criticizing each other or the refs.  As a result, the chemistry is flowing and they don't have drama surrounding them.  It is allowing the team to grow as a TEAM and just keep improving.

Just another explanation of why Brad Stevens is a fantastic coach and gets so much out of these guys.

[PhoSita]

Well, aside from Gerald Wallace at the start of the season, sure.

[hwangjini_1]

Well, aside from Gerald Wallace at the start of the season, sure.

in all fairness, he did say the team "under stevens" which we cant honestly say was the case before training camp even begins.

[PhoSita]

Well, aside from Gerald Wallace at the start of the season, sure.

in all fairness, he did say the team "under stevens" which we cant honestly say was the case before training camp even begins.

Wallace was yapping well into the first few weeks, but he's settled down since then.  Probably because he seems to have realized he can play a bench role and give maximum effort for maybe 5 full minutes in any given game and just kind of coast the rest of the time.

[incoherent]

Lee must have read this and decided something had to be done.

[truthteller]

Wallace is another example of Stevens leadership.  He was sticking out like a sore thumb with all that yapping early in the season.  The more he did, the odder it sounded, because it didn't fit in with this group.  On another team, Wallace would be very damaging to team morale. He seems to have respect for the coach and he's trying to do. 

Well, aside from Gerald Wallace at the start of the season, sure.

in all fairness, he did say the team "under stevens" which we cant honestly say was the case before training camp even begins.

Wallace was yapping well into the first few weeks, but he's settled down since then.  Probably because he seems to have realized he can play a bench role and give maximum effort for maybe 5 full minutes in any given game and just kind of coast the rest of the time.