Asterisk On NBA Title? Coaches, Players Say Not A Chance
An asterisk-bearing champion? Not a chance.
Watch CBS News
An asterisk-bearing champion? Not a chance.
The Celtics had perfect attendance on Wednesday, and better yet, no players have tested positive for COVID-19 since they started testing everyone -- players, coaches and staff members -- back on June 23.
There are a lot of moving parts to the NBA's return to play plan, and one of those parts is not sitting well with Celtics head coach Brad Stevens and other teams around the league.
It's almost a foregone conclusion that when the NBA and other leagues return to action, they will do so without fans in the stands. Brad Stevens hopes the NBA uses that as a chance to let the game provide its own soundtrack for those watching at home.
Celtics head coach Brad Stevens is saddened by what is going on in the country at the moment. But he is extremely proud of his players for standing up and taking an active role in the fight for racial equality in America.
Brad Stevens hadn't tweeted for over three years before sharing a pair of tweets supporting change following the death of George Floyd on Monday.
The NBA may be on hiatus during the coronavirus pandemic, but that hasn't kept Brad Stevens from coaching.
The Celtics are in a funk. They have let two extremely winnable games slip away over the last week, two losses that will likely come back to haunt the team as playoff seeding shakes out over the next six weeks.
The coronavirus outbreak has everyone's attention in the U.S., including the NBA. Many teams are already taking precautions as more and more cases are being reported around the country, including the Boston Celtics.
The Celtics got a much-needed road victory on Wednesday night, but Brad Stevens was not pleased with his team's effort against the Dallas Mavericks. At least not on the defensive end.
Thursday night was a fairly solid evening for the Boston Celtics. Kemba Walker was welcomed back to Charlotte with an outpouring of love and adoration, Gordon Hayward played like a superstar, and the Celtics rolled to a 108-87 win to improve to 6-1 on the season. It was all good ... for the most part.
Both were born and raised in Indiana.
It's hard to take anything away from an NBA preseason game, but Celtics head coach Brad Stevens may have given us a hint at his regular season starting five on Sunday night.
The Boston Celtics have not forgotten last year's disappointment. But they aren't going to harp on it with the new season set to begin next week.
When a team has as disappointing of a season as the Boston Celtics just had, no one can escape criticism. That includes a head coach once viewed as the NBA's boy wonder.
Brad Stevens was willing to accept the lion's share of the blame.
Things weren't going great for the Celtics in the first half. Al Horford and Brad Stevens lost their cool.
Are you getting a little miffed that we still don't know when the Celtics and Bucks will tip off their second-round playoff series? So is Celtics head coach Brad Stevens.
All it took was a little playoff basketball for the Celtics to finally arrive.
Brad Stevens has often been lauded for being a mastermind at drawing up successful after-timeout plays. But on Monday night, the Celtics head coach drew up a play that may go down as the worst to ever be scribbled on a whiteboard.
Of all the positives to emerge thus far from the first half of the Celtics' four-game West Coast swing, none comes close to the surge from the man sporting No. 20 in green. (And white.)
The Boston Celtics are rested and ready for the post-All Star break stretch. Everyone except Gordon Hayward.
The Boston Celtics can beat good teams. The Boston Celtics can beat good teams on the road. The Boston Celtics can beat good teams on the road without their star player.
Marcus Morris said his Celtics teammates agreed with a lot of what he had to say following Saturday's embarrassing loss to the Clippers.
According got a report, Celtics players "aren't that close" and are trying to "coexist politely."
