The Boston Celtics Have All Seemingly Lost Their Damn Minds

Everyone in the Celtics organization must have woken up this morning and tried crack, because the news coming out of Boston today is completely bonkers.

First, it was announced that team president of basketball ops Danny Ainge has plans to step down. After that, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski revealed that Celtics coach Brad Stevens was going to move to the front office for the role, he’ll lead the search for the team’s next head coach.

Danny Ainge is expected to step down as President of Basketball Operations for the Boston Celtics, sources tell ESPN. Brad Stevens is expected to assume a more prominent front office role with the team. https://t.co/8eR4AHcGv3

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 2, 2021

Stevens has been described as worn down with coaching since The Bubble, and welcomed the chance to make the transition to the front office, sources tell ESPN. Stevens will help lead the search for his successor as head coach.

— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) June 2, 2021

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Why Would The Celtics Give Brad Stevens A Front Office Gig?

The 44-year-old Stevens has never worked in a front office and really has limited experience in the NBA. Now, he’ll be given the keys to the Celtics organization, after failing to get the team over the hump as the head coach.

Fans everywhere reacted to the wild news from the Boston Celtics.

Stevens looking for a good head coach is like Matt Damon's character looking for the rat in the police department in The Departed @adnansvirk https://t.co/GRH4sQWzpb

— Paul Pabst (@PaulPabst) June 2, 2021

What kind of blackmail does #BradStevens have on the @celtics ⁉️ https://t.co/eKChzsair2

— Matty D “We ARE Those MotherFuckers” 🏆🏆🏆 (@McDBulldawg) June 2, 2021

https://twitter.com/KendellRedeux/status/1400097501525561346

This is real clown shit 🤣 https://t.co/ss7fQJVk7H

— Prime Tim Duncan (@Juice_Lowery) June 2, 2021

Whoaaaaaa…THIS LEAGUE https://t.co/uNXkNoFPhB

— Damon Turbitt (@damonturbitt) June 2, 2021

Zero idea how i feel about this. I think this is good? https://t.co/nkGyNurDJx

— Steve (@harbor_steve) June 2, 2021

So Stevens, people who wanted to fire because of his playoff failures, is being promoted to build the team? https://t.co/DXPfeXhqec

— Brian (@Trizellini) June 2, 2021

The NBA really is just f’ing wild sometimes. And The Celtics are proving that on Wednesday morning.

I mean, I like Brad Stevens…I have since his days at Butler. But to expect the guy to excel at building a team when he has no experience, wasn’t a great coach, and profiles as more of a college type of guy is a big ask.

I’ll be rooting for Brad, but this sure as hell feels like a recipe for disaster.

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