You can hear Brad Stevens' reasons for not appointing a Celtics team captain via the tweet below. He indicated he wanted "everybody to feel ownership". He wanted to do so "without dis-empowering someone else". Good enough - but times have changed. Al Hordford and Kyrie Irving were two names mentioned by Brad, but they are all but gone. Marcus Smart is the longest-tenured Celtic - is going into his 6th season with Boston - just got two end-of-season awards (Hustle Award and First-Team-All Defensive) - achieved season-highs in FG% (42%), 3-point % (36%), steals/game (1.