BOSTON – Greg Monroe has unofficially become the first player-coach of the Boston Celtics since Dave Cowens in 1978-79.
OK, not quite, but Moose does have a side gig of teaching the Celtics everything they need to know about Milwaukee’s deer.
“He knows all their plays,” Terry Rozier said of Monroe’s knowledge of the Milwaukee Bucks, Boston’s first-round playoff opponent. “He knows all the players’ tendencies.”
When Rozier uses the word “all,” he’s not exaggerating. Monroe, who spent two-plus seasons with the Bucks, including all of this season’s training camp and the first two weeks of the regular season, made that clear to Celtics.