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Brad Stevens - the duct tape in Celtics disaster kit & COY candidate


How does Coach Brad Stevens keep doing this? Injuries? He finds replacements. Hurt player feelings. He soothes them. Lack of confidence among the troops? Gives it a boost. Tough match-ups? Finds a way to win. Do-everything NBA players are often referred to as Swiss Army knives for their versatility. Brad is Boston's duct tape coach, and that is high praise. The tape belongs in everyone's disaster kit, and it has even been used for repair in outer space and foreign wars (per Wikipedis):

Usage in spaceflight
A workaround used duct tape and other items on board Apollo 13, with the ground crew relaying instructions to the flight crew.