Well then. I wrote exactly one paragraph before learning that Danny Ainge was stepping aside and Brad Stevens was taking his place. How much does that change things? Does it change anything at all?
Ainge traded Antoine Walker right after taking the job in 2003; could that be an omen for his successor? Front office shakeups rarely precede simply running it back, but at the same time, this isn’t a roster that needs yet another rebuild.
We won’t have any answers for a while, but... wow. What a week. Either way, I think the Celtics’ list of priorities is mostly unchanged, with the obvious added item of finding a new head coach.