Add Jazz forward Jae Crowder to the growing list of players who have spoken highly of coach Brad Stevens.
Crowder, who played three seasons in Boston before getting traded to Cleveland and then again to Utah, called Stevens both a “wizard” and a “magician” in an interview with NBA TV’s “GameTime” Friday.
“He puts guys in position where they can be successful on the basketball court,” Crowder said of his former coach. “He knows players down to a T and he does a great job of putting everybody on the court in a position to succeed.