

“I will say that Sam Cassell for me was one of the best assistant coaches in the NBA,” Adam Taylor said on the latest Green With Envy Podcast episode. And then, news broke of Sam Cassell joining the team - awesome! A week or so later, another big-time assistant is confirmed with Charles Lee also heading to the Celtics. With Ben Sullivan and Aaron Miles re-teaming with Ime Udoka on the Houston Rockets, the Celtics bench was looking mighty thin. One of the more pressing topics, though, was rebuilding Boston’s coaching staff. As soon as the Celtics players were packing their bags for vacation, we were debating whether Jaylen Brown should be given a supermax contract extension and whether Malcolm Brogdon’s time with the team has come to an end after just one season. Since the Boston Celtics season came to an abrupt end in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, the media cycle has gone into overdrive.
