Brad Stevens’ Newfound ‘Anger’ Impressed Celtics’ Avery Bradley This Season

Brad Stevens is known for being mild mannered on the sidelines, but the Boston Celtics head coach apparently developed a mean streak this season.

Speaking with the media Friday, Celtics guard Avery Bradley revealed Stevens made strides in not being so nice to his players.

In Stevens’ defense, there wasn’t too much to get angry about with the Celtics this season. Boston exceeded expectations and grabbed the No. 1 seed in the Eastern Conference for the 2017 NBA playoffs.

And considering how good the Celtics’ 2016-17 campaign was, Isaiah Thomas has no idea how Stevens isn’t a finalist for the NBA Coach of the Year award.

“That’s BS,” Thomas told USA Today. “That is — I was thinking about that the other day. Like, we’re the No. 1 seed in the East, and everybody in the world thinks we’re half as talented as anybody in the NBA. It’s weird he’s not even in the conversation. That’s, I don’t know, that’s crazy. He should definitely be in the running, and if you ask anybody in this league, he should definitely probably be the Coach of the Year.”

Maybe if Stevens ups the ante on his anger next season he’ll take home the hardware.

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