COMMENTARY
In 2017, just three days after Danny Ainge rocked the Celtics’ world with a trade that sent Isaiah Thomas to the Cavaliers for Kyrie Irving, Brad Stevens stood in front of a sizable crowd at the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield and fielded a tough question from a young fan named Shea.
Stevens was making an appearance as part of a summer program at the Hall of Fame, which ended with a fan Q&A. Shea approached the microphone, and Stevens bantered briefly with him about colleges before Shea got down to business.