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30 biggest answers for the 2017-18 NBA season

By Jeremy Lambert

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17. Does Kyrie Irving fit in Brad Stevens’ system?

What I Said Then: Brad Stevens is a smart coach. He’ll utilize Kyrie in a way that maximizes his talent, it’s up to Kyrie to maximize his teammates. That’s something we haven’t seen Kyrie do in the past, but as the #1 option on his new team, it’s something he must do if the Celtics hope to make it back to the Conference Finals.

What I’m Saying Now: Has anyone talked about the coaching job Brad Stevens did this season? That’s been an under-reported story.

Irving fit perfectly into Stevens’ system. He went nuclear when he needed to and he got his teammates involved when he needed to. He did what was asked of him and nearly had the Celtics as the top team in the East.

I was honestly disappointed that we didn’t see Irving go into business for himself and average 40 points a game on 25 shots. He took less shots this season than he did last season even though LeBron James never passed him the ball last year. I wanted Irving to combine 2016 Steph Curry with 2017 Russell Westbrook to create a flat earth time continuum. Instead, we got globe sharing Kyrie.

It’s disappointing that we won’t get to see Irving in the playoffs. While it’s fun to hate on Boston because they’re Boston, they were an exciting team this season. Jaylen Brown is the next Kawhi Leonard according to Boston fans. Jayson Tatum is the next Kevin Durant according to those same fans. Terry Rozier is already better than John Wall.

Come to think of it, Boston fans are still annoying.

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