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New coach Ime Udoka vows to push Boston Celtics stars Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown and Marcus Smart

New Boston Celtics coach Ime Udoka said Monday that he's excited to get the chance to work with the team's young stars, forwards Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown - and, specifically, to push them as hard as he can to get even better than they already are.

"They're going to allow me to coach them, push them," said Udoka, who was introduced alongside his predecessor, and now Celtics president of basketball operations, Brad Stevens, along with owners Wyc Grousbeck and Steve Pagliuca, at a press conference at the team's practice facility Monday morning.