EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Brad Stevens on Jrue Holiday trade | 2023 Boston Celtics Media Day

[@SamUHells]

Brad is much better in the front office. That’s saying a lot considering he was an amazing coach. Remember when he brought that Isaiah Thomas, Avery Bradley, Jae crowder led Celtics to a 1st seed? Love this guy, he’s a gem.

[@jamesssdasds]

Danny Ainge even said this too! If the win a chip they better make Brad a statue lmao

[@purpleperc1012]

And to think people were criticizing his last few seasons as coach

[@micblaze409]

Brad has done nothing but great things as the GM mad respect to the Celtics for giving him that job instead of canning him after the HC role like most teams would of

[@nikobellic2515]

Awww I’m really happy for Brad and his son! He’s such a great GM

[@emceeloot4909]

Brad Is A Beast In The Front Office 😤 Real Chess Master !

[@nickstah9184]

Jrue is gonna play this year with an extra edge and show why he shouldn’t have even been traded in the first place and I’m glad he’s goinh for that revenge season with us out of all teams that it could’ve been. Tatum brown KP and him are gonna tear up the league

[@ketrelandrade4153]

Our defense is gonna be crazy white due tatum brown and porzingis

[@nickstah9184]

@@ketrelandrade4153 yup. Gonna be explosive on both ends. Wouldn’t be surprised if we number 1 offense and defense this year. Last year we were number 2 on both ends, and we got better than last year so we can def be number 1 on both ends

[@jasonblaze5918]

Gonna take lil time too gel I think

[@storm-2773]

@@nickstah9184 #1 defense for sure, #1 offense is gonna be tough with Lillard in Milwaukee

[@nickstah9184]

@@storm-2773 they got no other offensive shooters besides Dame there. Middleton is rarely healthy and aging, if Dame is the only one consistently shooting well from 3 they aren’t a great offensove team. We have Tatum brown KP and Jrue who can all shoot consistently from 3 and all of those guys cam drive to the rim and got a mid range shot.

[@jacobmartin8896]

You can tell Brad is just such a genuinely nice and good person. Really cool to see him just be completely stone faced as House lightly criticized Marcus- you know Brad was doing all he could to make sure he showed Marcus the respect he deserves. I don't think most fans realize how lucky we were to go from Ainge to Stevens. The franchise is in good hands, crazy how good Brad has been at 3 incredibly competitive jobs in a row- D1 NCAA coach, NBA head coach, now an NBA GM. Also comes off like a great Dad with how he handled the question about his kid.

[@jasonwolfe3252]

Jrue has been on the Celtics radar for a while. Bucks can't be happy with Portland trading him to the confidence rival. I'm surprised that there wasn't some kind of under the table agreement. It is rumored that Pat Riley a known Celtics hater used to make those kind of agreements to keep players from going to Boston.

[@nickstah9184]

And hee gonna play the bucks extra hard on top of the Jays always combining for 80 whenever they play the bucks

[@daniell5740]

u listen to some stupid sht

[@cheesr2k282]

I miss brad as head coach but he’s arguably a better gm 🐐

[@jblaze1336]

BRAD IS DANNY AINGE WITH MORE BALLS, LOVE THAT BRAD ISNT A PICK HOARDER ,AND HE GOES FOR IT

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

Brad Stevens literal GENIUS no doubt 🔥🔥🔥

[@3030hp]

He's so proud of his son!!!

[@casablanca2745]

Great job Brad, welcome Jrue! I think J & J now realize the grit required to close the deal. Let’s get it #18.

[@justinccross]

Worlds greatest avoidance of the Rob Williams Question of all time 🐐 @8:05

[@kingsalomon6459]

Can’t wait to see Bucks vs Boston in the eastern conference finals 🔥💯

[@Anto90Ceravolo]

I love that he can't contain his smile, makes me hope for the best

[@VinceCraine]

He is a Fantastic GM

[@tj5378]

Can somebody pls check on Forsberg? Seriously!😂

[@MangoCapital]

That ending was hilarious😂

[@clarasundqvist6013]

Now I'm just imagining Stevens following Ainge around like a kid begging their parent for a puppy, going "can I pleeeeeease get Jrue Holiday? I'll take such good care of him!!!"

[@SGL037]

This team is gonna break the record for most wins in a season and i am so looking forward to it!

[@akoleon2431]

My team will crush them! Mke

[@silversurfer9398]

Now they should Sign Dwight Howard !

[@clav93089]

"Once you lose a little bit of rim protection, you'd better not let them get there." That will essentially be Boston's defensive motto. They have some elite perimeter defense now. Losing Rob is big, but hey, KP is 7'3 and blocks 1.5 shots per game! So they still have some rim protection in their starting five.

[@davidkliewer2114]

Brad has more Balls than I ever thought he’s on par with trader Danny😂 I like how he’s pulling the trigger and not holding back! But…. Brad Rob was part of the heart of this team man KP just as much an injury risk but I have about 50 Rob Rc cards I hope he stays healthy and causes regrets but I’m excited

[@alejandromartinez7363]

Brad is playing a whole different sport

[@justinccross]

Brad Steven’s has restored the reputation of Celtics GM negotiations. I feel that Danny Ainge was not well liked in the last few years

[@aviaforrester1481]

push it

[@sencillo96]

Brad been playing Chess while almost every GM been playing Checkers 👌

[@mikeh2129]

James Jones acquiring Bradley Beal was an excellent move on his part in my opinion. Beal on the Phoenix Suns with Devin Booker and Kevin Durant is scary

[@jayceltics9345]

How great is Brad?!? Seriously. People forget what an awesome coach he was because that last season, we went out in the 1st round after losing JB to that hand injury for the Playoffs, but before that, 3 Conf Finals in the 5 years?!? Brad was an AWESOME coach and now he's showing he's just as good as our GM We are lucky to have GOAT Stevens

[@g..._anthony27]

What people?

[@nbapbaupdate8338]

I hope Brad Stevens sign Noel or Biyombo 💪💪💪

[@howdyneighbor3569]

We all want AL to win 1

[@miguelbraz2629]

I feel bad we lost our Timelord. A true differenciator in rim protection and overall hustle. Great addition in Holliday and a huge inprovement over Brogdon. This might be our year I'm looking forward

[@davidkliewer2114]

Gonna miss all the crazy lob dunks I don’t see anyone else having that ability and that’ll hurt

[@g..._anthony27]

All those words mean nothing. Lmaooooo differenciator...

[@davidkliewer2114]

And he does know when to get rid of a player like most the players we traded were all the injury prone except Smart

[@tendesouza007]

I will miss Timelord

[@tristanhenry4847]

"Kristaps and Al can play with any of our bigs" What other bigs are you referring to Brad 🤣

[@darrenwilliams8376]

Brad Stevens is about to put you all on notice he’s about to unleash a new Era in Boston it’s called the 3Js exspress yah herd meh

[@huckleberry12]

what E House said.

[@vakejargas]

Unfortunately Timelords post up game offensively and defensively was very weak for what the Celtics need his explosiveness and close out ability masks that he could be at times a liability with his lack of on ball skill

[@argiepiloton8235]

what about having Dwight Howard off the bench

[@michaelemery1497]

I hate to lose Time-Lord, fan favorite..It's a jump shooting league now and he is injury prone..We will see

[@David878]

If Smart wasnt traded a few weeks back, he would have deffs be traded for holiday.

[@willread8376]

Jrue is not a true PG as Eddie house stated he is also a Two guard playing the 1

[@tyrisanders]

Sign Boogie or Dwight !!!

[@levitankersley597]

REBOUNDING GOING TO BE A ISSUE

[@CarelessAmbition]

You don't know ball

[@ClaxtonBay123]

Nah. Won't be.

[@jammer9941]

I mean between the 4 guys the Celtics sent out in those trades and the 2 guys they brought in the difference in total rebounds last year is only 2.91 rebounds per game so idk if asking the team to pick that by increasing other numbers slightly is a huge drop off....

[@BaldBuffalo]

Tatum and Brown are some of the best rebounding wings, use your head.

[@josephrafferty6763]

Fun fact: Boston lead the league in defensive rebounding last year and Tatum and Brown were the top 2 on the team in defensive rebounding %. Also, Porzingis only averaged about 1 defensive rebounding per 36 min less than Williams last year. I don't see it being an issue.

[@_Apache]

All of this roster management only to have a twerp hc ! Brad's going to regret not removing Sleepy Joe. Best wishes to Rob 🍀🙏 Another expensive, old point guard....🤞? San Antonio wouldve taken Brogdon and the the two picks for D Murray last summer !!! Murray lead the NBA in steals and was 25 years old!! Holiday is a high risk/high reward player that cost Boston its most elite defensive star. Brads calls haven't yielded anything. TBD.

[@nolanhall8519]

Hey way to look at the bright side

[@kylemoneymitch9791]

Hands down the worst interview setting they could have chosen, how tf you gonna have crew workers and production staff making all types of noise banging and clanking metal whole time they having an interview. It’s clear when you see one of the interviewers looks in the background because he gets distracted

[@johnsmith1474]

Stevens is obnoxious, always playing nice, no hard edge in analysis. Horrible to listen to.

[@aviaforrester1481]

DDQU7E4M3A, now.