CHICAGO — What Brad Stevens remembers most is that one of his last acts as head coach at Butler was to fly to Santa Ana, Calif., in an attempt to recruit Elijah Brown, the son of then-Lakers coach Mike Brown.
As part of the visit he met Stanley Johnson, a wired, muscular forward who is now considered one of the best 10 players in this year’s NBA draft, via the University of Arizona.
Though the Celtics would have to leap approximately 10 picks to have a chance at drafting him, they interviewed him Wednesday on the first day of the NBA draft combine.