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Brad Stevens won’t step on Ime Udoka’s toes

Brad Stevens won’t step on Ime Udoka’s toes

This offseason was all about change for the Boston Celtics. Danny Ainge retired, Brad Stevens became the President of Basketball Operations, and Ime Udoka was hired as the new head coach. Now, with the trade deadline less than a month away, most fans expect January to be all about change, too.

But this time, a very different kind of change.

The general consensus around the Celtics is that they’ve been extremely disappointing. Change is needed if they want to make anything of this season. Right now, they are jockeying for a play-in spot when most believed they had the talent to be a bonafide playoff team.

Recent struggles have put a lot of pressure on Udoka and on the latest episode of Celtics Beat on CLNS Media, Evan Valenti brought up the relationship between the first-year head coach and Stevens.

“I know that Brad is going to be this hands-off, try and take the approach of ‘let the coach do the coaching. I’m the President of Basketball Operations. My job is to improve…

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