For the second-straight year, Brad Stevens spent a portion of the Boston Celtics’ All-Star break in Fort Myers. The head coach and his family stopped by Red Sox spring training for a welcome dose of sunshine and the opportunity to pick manager Alex Cora’s brain.
“Anytime you get a chance to get away, I think it gives you good perspective,” Stevens told reporters Sunday. “And then, when you get a chance to come here and you’re around that championship vibe — in 80-degree weather — life just feels a little bit better. I don’t know, maybe everything is a little easier with Vitamin D.