Coach Brad Stevens is a top 10 NBA Coach (ESPN article)

[D.o.s.]

I'm pretty sure what Stevens did has never been done before.

I'd say it's most similar to what Doc did in his first year coaching:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ORL/2000.html

Except they had a slightly better record but didn't make the playoffs.

The post-script to that year was that they were able to draw T-Mac and Grant Hill to sign there in the offseason, though Hill unfortunately had some brutal injury issues once he got there.

They almost got Tim Duncan, too.

[fairweatherfan]

I'm pretty sure what Stevens did has never been done before.

I'd say it's most similar to what Doc did in his first year coaching:

http://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/ORL/2000.html

Except they had a slightly better record but didn't make the playoffs.

The post-script to that year was that they were able to draw T-Mac and Grant Hill to sign there in the offseason, though Hill unfortunately had some brutal injury issues once he got there.

They almost got Tim Duncan, too.

Oh yeah I forgot about that.  He's such a fixture in SA that it's easy to forget he very seriously considered leaving that year.  But while Orlando has other advantages, it's likely the team's overachieving helped at least a bit with those FAs.  Let's hope it's the case here too.

[D.o.s.]

Can you imagine what kind of a Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline.show the 'tanking/not tanking' threads would be (moreso than usual) if Duncan had just bailed for Orlando four years after being drafted?

[celticmania]

I think he is the best

[ViolentGhandi]

pretty sure CBS has good chances to be awarded with the coach of the year award.

[Chris22]

Top 10 coach?

Stevens is top 5 at least.

[NYDan]

He's up there with the best already. Does a good job managing egos and personalities, young and old. Gets the most out of his players - reclamation projects like Crawford and Turner have flourished under him. Offense is beautiful when it's clicking and he's implemented a defensive scheme that's excelling without an interior presence.

Comes prepared each game and calls the most creative ATO's in the league. Cool and even keeled on the sideline but a killer underneath. Got the team to buy into his philosophy and play for each other (and the ones that didn't aren't around anymore). Brad Stevens is the man.

[Ogaju]

They had me until Doc is better than CBS. Utter nonsense, Doc would never have this team in the playoffs.

[Tr1boy]

Look for CBS to watch a million of tapes on Lebron moving fwd. Watch how teams like Dallas, Spurs beat/frustrated him

You need to make Lebron shoot the ball. Make him go left.  Get him in some foul problems

This will take a big group effort. We need IT to score .  KO to bring out mozgov etc

[RAAAAAAAANDY]

Thibs and Doc should be lower than Vogel and Stevens.

Thibs grinds his players into dust all regular season and Doc's team is so undisciplined ITX be a miracle if the refs don't officiate the Clippers right outta the playoffs.