Brad Stevens
Brad Stevens
Bradley Kent "Brad" Stevens is an American professional basketball head coach for the Boston Celtics of the NBA. He was previously the head coach at Butler University in Indianapolis. A former basketball player, he grew up in Zionsville, Indiana, where he starred on the Zionsville Community High School basketball team, setting four school records. After high school, he attended DePauw University, where he played basketball and earned a degree in economics. He made the all-conference team multiple times and was...
ProfessionCoach
Date of Birth22 October 1976
CityIndianapolis, IN
How good can we expect to be if our best player is not our best teammate
When all of our games are on, that's when we've played at our best.
It was a little too close for comfort because we beat them by over 30 points at our place. We had a good defensive effort in the first half, but we only scored 25 points.
This time of year is tough. We would be getting ready for the season.
It's totally a family of athletes. They've just been blessed athletically. No doubt about it.
That hurt us. He does a lot of things for us.
As a coach I think that's one of the things we have to exude: the ability to move on regardless of the result.
The game honors toughness
The difference between a good defensive team and a bad defensive team is as little as three possessions
The key is to maintain an evenness. Try to play one possession at a time, regardless of what happened on the last possession
You have to earn your right to win the game with effort and togetherness
You have a choice to make when you're not playing. Either you're invested and a great teammate, or your not
My goal is to win the next game one possession at a time. That's it. I don't have any other goals
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