The Celtics have a Butler? Great. Is that what they do in Arabia, Thorny?

Looks like the Celtics, and more importantly Danny Ainge, have their man.  Brad Stevens, the former Butler University coach, is now the 17th coach in Boston Celtics history.  Danny Ainge signed him to a six year, $22 million contract, which will be made official on Friday, July 5.  During a press conference on June 25, 2013, Danny Ainge said, "We have no urgency and we'll take all the time we need to make this decision..." when talking about choosing a new head coach.  Apparently, "urgency" means something completely different to him than all of us.

Brad Stevens, the new Boston Celtics coach.

And for the record, I love this move. And I don't think Danny ate "...like, a hundred bucks worth of pot, and, like, 30 bucks worth of shrooms man."  I think Danny Ainge made a very bold, shrewd move.  He decided to hire Brad Stevens to coach a college aged team to play a college-style game.  This Celtics team is going to be the best conditioned team in the NBA because they are going to run up and down the court.  Think East Coast version of the "Showtime" Lakers!  And this is just what the (no pun intended) Doc(tor) ordered.  Brad Stevens is going to be able to coach a team of young talent and mold them into the team he wants.  This will mean Rajon Rondo is gone: which I am perfectly fine with.  I want to build this team around Jeff Green, Avery Bradley and Jared Sullinger anyway.  Put those three with some young talent and this team will be fun to watch.  And in a few years, Brad will have them vying for Banner 18.  The Celtics have the room to make trades to bring in quality talent and flexibility to move around the draft with ease over the next few years.  In the trade for Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, the Celtics got back the Brooklyn Nets 2014, 2016 and 2018 first round picks and the have the right to swap picks with the Nets for their 2017 first rounder if the Nets pick is higher than the Celtics.  And if they can trade Rondo, there may be more picks for Danny to use or trade.

Danny knows it's going to take a few years to get back to being a good team in the Eastern Conference and he also knows that the Miami Heat aren't going to be what they are now in a few years.  So why not hire a young coach that can help with the rebuilding process?  Get his system installed with some fresh, young players that are going to listen to him as a coach.  Who cares if they don't win a lot of games, Brad Stevens gets to mold these players into the type of team that he wants.  If the Celtics are just terrible enough, they could end up with the #1 pick in next years NBA draft, which by all indications will have Andrew Wiggins, a "can't miss" prospect.  Andrew Wiggins right now is being compared to the likes of Kevin Durant, who doesn't suck.  You add a player(s) like that in the next few years, along with some veteran leadership, the Celtics have the potential to rebuild, get younger overall and get back to being a dominant force in the Eastern Conference in a very short amount of time.

And if I'm wrong,  then I'll just say, "Okie silly dilly dokie-o.  I'm an idiot."

George L. Mitchell, Jr.