chinesefox97

200 | 9 hours ago

He got Boston under the tax, signed young cheap guys who contribute, all while getting the number 2 seed. And he did that without Tatum most of the year. Amazing.

jkwah | Celtics

86 | 9 hours ago

He also signed Joe Mazzulla to a multiyear extension last summer when there was a lot of talk whether or not Joe was a stacked roster merchant.

WhoWhatWhenWhom | Lakers

35 | 8 hours ago

I still can’t believe that you fired a coach that brought you to the finals in 22 to hire a relatively unknown coach and came out ahead. The only thing giving me solace is the fact that I’m happy with our “podcaster” hire

Gekthegecko | BOS

14 | 6 hours ago

Huge asterisk on firing Udoka. You can’t keep a guy like that around your organization, in any field or industry. I’m so glad Mazzulla worked out even better than Udoka, that was totally unexpected.

Rrypl | Celtics

24 | 9 hours ago

Without trading a first!

SquimJim | Celtics

40 | 9 hours ago

Cutting over 300mil in salary and tax without trading a 1st when everyone knows you are trying to cut money is insane

Charming-Check5605

13 | 9 hours ago

The fact we still control a lot of our draft assets is huge going into this next phase of the roster. Very underrated.

perseks | Cavaliers

20 | 9 hours ago

Boston is lucky to have him

dev_vvvvv | Celtics

12 | 9 hours ago

I’m curious whether player development will fall under EOTY or COTY for voters, because that’s really been the key for Boston this season.

Maybe Mazulla is right and there needs to be a “coaching staff” award instead of the COTY award.

ilikekittens2018 | Nuggets

20 | 8 hours ago

Mazulla the type of dude to throw the award in a woodchipper if he wins and hand out the scraps to every staff member in evenly portioned vials.

WhoWhatWhenWhom | Lakers

12 | 8 hours ago

Straight up, I love how Mazulla coaches blowouts when their end of bench players are in. It’s gotta create so much buy in for development to have a coach just as involved in your play time even if it won’t show up in the win-loss column.

alexm42 | Celtics

20 | 8 hours ago

He took some heat for burning a challenge in garbage time a couple years back and when the media asked, he said it’s his responsibility to coach all 15 men on the roster. It wouldn’t be fair to the effort they put in if he doesn’t have their backs. Now it’s paying dividends with how many depth pieces stepped up this year.

dev_vvvvv | Celtics

7 | 7 hours ago

I really enjoy “garbage time” because the guys are all hustling and fighting for a spot/minutes. They obviously aren’t as skilled as the Tatums, Lukas, etc of the league but I think the effort makes up for it.

I think I’ve been spoiled, though, because I get really annoyed when I see other coaches (I don’t think JJ does this, but Kerr and Ime are two I notice who do) who just sit down (and sulk, if they’re losing) without saying anything while in garbage time.

asonkidd

101 | 9 hours ago

Hilarious how he was considered the best coach in the league and then moved up and has been even better as the dude running the whole thing. Crazy career arc.

AoE2manatarms | San Diego Rockets

45 | 9 hours ago

And was a top college coach with an incredible run

alexm42 | Celtics

25 | 8 hours ago

This is why he’s a good GM. You don’t take Butler to the Finals unless you’re really fucking good at the scouting and recruitment part of the job. And specifically, as we’re seeing this year, really good at finding mid-tier talent with coachable upside.

FloweredWallpaper | BOS

5 | 3 hours ago

You don’t take Butler to the Finals

Twice.

azuredrg | Warriors

25 | 9 hours ago

He probably got mad that he didn’t get the players he needed to win a chip and decided to do it himself

Charming-Check5605

21 | 9 hours ago

He was fairly open that he began to dislike coaching more and more and the bubble was sort of the straw that broke the camels back.

We are just very lucky he still wanted to be involved and not outright retire.

fffate | Celtics

23 | 8 hours ago

What coaching peak mental Kyrie does to a man

atp2112 | Wizards

4 | 6 hours ago

I don’t think he even began to peak in Boston

BartolosWaterslide | Celtics

5 | 8 hours ago

The reverse Popovich

StupidName111111

51 | 9 hours ago

Very fair. Being able to keep the ship righted and be the scariest team in the conference all season is no easy feat.

3rd-party-intervener

20 | 9 hours ago

Gap year . lol. Winners never quit. Well deserved

DogsWillSaveUs

12 | 9 hours ago

Quitting ain’t gonna fly with Mazzulla…there would be blood….on the court, in the pressers, everywhere

alexm42 | Celtics

5 | 8 hours ago

Quitting ain’t gonna fly with Brad either. He’s just less likely to cut a motherfucker for suggesting it. When he was interviewing for the Head Coach role here he said he wouldn’t take the job if they expected him to tank. And this is hot on the heels of the KG/Pierce trade with a depleted roster.

DogsWillSaveUs

0 | 7 hours ago

Ok……but if I was talking about Brad Stevens, I would have said so. So sit yourself down and unclench

bigawesome2000 | Celtics

21 | 9 hours ago

Greatest “gap year” in NBA history

Ld511 | Bulls

6 | 7 hours ago

Its like the first year since he was a gm that he hasn’t actively improved the squad and it still got the 2 seed without tatum while tearing down the team contracts

ob_knoxious | Wizards

18 | 9 hours ago

As Brad Stevens once said “I’m Brad fucking Stevens”

DogsWillSaveUs

20 | 9 hours ago

He found Mazzulla at fight club……the perfect coach for Stevens to shop for

HokageEzio | Knicks

10 | 9 hours ago

You’re not supposed to talk about that.

DogsWillSaveUs

9 | 9 hours ago

I am Brad’s smirking revenge

rocket_beer | Celtics

9 | 9 hours ago

His name, is Joe Mazzulla

DogsWillSaveUs

3 | 9 hours ago

Right after the Tatum injury: “Only after disaster can we be resurrected. It’s only after you’ve lost everything that you’re free to do anything.”

Ok_Blacksmith_9916 | Raptors

19 | 9 hours ago

Well deserved imo

Kristina-Pope

13 | 9 hours ago

Ngl, it’s actually insane how he transitioned from a top-tier coach to a legendary GM almost overnight. Danny Ainge left a gold mine, but Brad turned it into a dynasty.

HokageEzio | Knicks

9 | 9 hours ago

Best team in the East of the last decade since Bron left but they’re not a dynasty.

SubstantialJunket239 | Celtics

5 | 9 hours ago

Yet.

stalememeskehan | Celtics

9 | 9 hours ago

Dudes friggin good

Nuclearsunburn | Heat

5 | 9 hours ago

Well, well deserved, Mazzulla COTY should follow

JoJonesy | Celtics

7 | 6 hours ago

pretty crazy that Brad won EOTY by trading for Jrue Holiday and Kristaps Porzingis, then won EOTY again by trading them away

drygnfyre | Lakers

2 | 5 hours ago

“Tell ownership I’ll pay for Holiday and Porzingis, but when I sell them for twice as much next season, I’m keeping the money.” —Brad “Pitt” Stevens

fearofaflatplanet | Celtics

5 | 9 hours ago

Man I want to admit that as a Cs fan when Ainge handed the gm position to Brad, I was super skeptical of a rookie gm, as smart as I knew him to be as a coach, who had supposedly ‘tired of coaching’ (really he had sort of lost the team his last year), being able to manage an incredibly critical point in our evolution.

It gives me no end of delight that Brad has turned into the best or 2nd best exec in the league.

JaylenBrownAllStar | Celtics

2 | 8 hours ago

Yeah it didn’t make any sense at the time to me because I liked Brad as a coach and was worried who would take over

Jonny_Stranger | Thunder

-8 | 8 hours ago

He’s been a GM for 5 years and has had the same core for it’s entirety, “best or 2nd best exec” is a pretty homer take imo

Tasty_Cream57 | Pistons

13 | 8 hours ago

He’s won best exec twice in that span, so the voters seem to agree with OC here.

Jonny_Stranger | Thunder

-10 | 8 hours ago

Boston is a massive market, their moves get more attention in general.

Stevens has the benefit of single strong core of players, and equally strong coaching staff & culture in an otherwise weak East, and again, only 5 years experience.

jkwah | Celtics

10 | 8 hours ago

Brad is the guy who hired the coaches and sets the culture throughout the organization.

It’s also disingenuous to say that they’ve had the same core throughout his tenure.

Jonny_Stranger | Thunder

-8 | 8 hours ago

It’s also disingenuous to say that they’ve had the same core throughout his tenure.

No it’s not.

jkwah | Celtics

7 | 8 hours ago

Why?

slap-my-crevasse |

5 | 8 hours ago

Jesus Thunder fans are so insecure

Dar4125 | Thunder

6 | 9 hours ago

If we didn’t have Presti I’d kill for Stevens

pdizo916

3 | 9 hours ago

Goat

heat_fan_ | Raptors

2 | 9 hours ago

He’s done hell of a job, well deserved

Me_975 | Celtics

2 | 9 hours ago

I remember going to celtics camp when i was little and getting to meet him. I didnt like him when i was a kid cause i liked doc rivers as a kid… boy i was dumb little child

Klaw95 | Thunder

2 | 8 hours ago

Well deserved honestly.

salmon10 | Pistons

2 | 7 hours ago

Called that one

Perceval_009 | Hornets

1 | 9 hours ago

Shoutout to our guy Jeff Peterson, turned the franchise around in one season only. Can’t wait for draft night and can’t wait to see how the Hornets are gonna look next season.

Professional-Fee6914 | Lakers

1 | 8 hours ago

How did Rafael Stone get votes for not adding a pg?

igby1

1 | 7 hours ago

Why didn’t Nico win?

He drafted ROTY!

And got rid of some guy that drinks too much sweet tea!

CheatedOnOnce | Raptors

0 | 5 hours ago

Gonna wait for the day Brad wants to move onto newer things 👀

[NBA PR] Boston Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens has been named the 2025-26 NBA Basketball Executive of the Year. Stevens earns the honor for the second time, having previously received it in 2023-24. He is the 12th executive to win the award multiple times.