“I think he gets a little too much praise, but I like what he’s doing,” the Celtics great told cohosts Jonathan Hood and Rick Mahorn on Sirius XM NBA Radio Monday. “They’re giving him all the love like he won three or four championships. Come on now. Win something first, with all the love he’s getting.”
Parish called Stevens “a solid coach” whose performance is worthy of proper acknowledgement, but the four-time NBA champion said the excess of plaudits is disproportionate to what Stevens has accomplished.
“I’m not saying Brad Stevens should not be getting praise for the job that he’s done, because I feel like he’s done an outstanding job,” Parish told Hood and Mahorn.