Brad Stevens didn’t know what to expect after the Celtics lost five of last year’s eight rotation players in the offseason. Stevens knew that the team was bringing back several proven, championship players — Jaylen Brown,

We will not put a ceiling on this group,” Stevens said after practice Wednesday. “If it makes sense for us to look for things that can help us, we certainly will. But it all has to be within good deals,

Brad Stevens has said it so often, he probably has a built-in hot key at the ready. Asked again Saturday morning at shootaround for the Boston Celtics' game Brad Stevens has said it so often, he probably has a built-in hot key at the ready. Asked again ...

— -- HOUSTON -- The day after The Players' Tribune posted a video highlighting Gordon Hayward's rehab from a fractured ankle, Boston Celtics coach Brad Stevens offered his most definitive comments of the year by saying Hayward will not play again ...