25. 40. 48. 53.
12th. 7th. 5th. 1st.
0. 0. 2. 9.
The above represents the Boston Celtics win totals, final place in the Eastern Conference standings and playoff wins in four years under Brad Stevens.
Year one featured an impossible task after Danny Ainge sent Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry off to Brooklyn to kick off a rebuild. Stevens’ best players that year were Rajon Rondo, who tore his ACL after 30 games, and a host of role players that largely were weren’t ready for the bright lights as starters.