Waltham, Mass. • When Brad Stevens accepted the Celtics head coaching job five years ago, he didn't allow himself to get caught up in thinking about how he could add his name to the franchise's rich history.
"You realize that if you're going to break records here, you're probably going to break bad ones," he recently said. "Because none of the good ones are reachable."
While achieving Red Auerbach status may not be on Stevens' radar, in just his fifth season there's no question the 41-year-old is also beyond being the wide-eyed former Butler University coach who arrived in Boston.