With LeBron heading to an eighth straight NBA Finals, you can add Brad Stevens to the long list of coaches slain by the king.
Stevens will return as Boston’s head coach, but the reality of his team coming up short against the one-man show Cleveland Cavaliers team should, at the very least, cause dissent and second-guessing among another Eastern Conference team’s fan base – the Toronto Raptors.
When team president Masai Ujiri announced Dwane Casey would not return for the 2018-19 season, many questioned the decision, the result of a second consecutive playoff disappointment. Casey, for all his regular season successes, sports a rather unimpressive playoff resume as a head coach, having posted a career playoff winning percentage of .