Media Day officially marks the start of the NBA season. Across the league, It’s a time of enthusiasm and optimism and Media Day bingo. Every team talks about getting better and playing for a championship, but in all the canned responses and coach-/GM-/player-speak, there are little nuggets of truth and insight that could predict how the team approaches the upcoming year and how they could look differently after an off season of trades, free agency, and the draft.
The headline of the Celtics’ summer was adding Al Horford and head coach Brad Stevens reiterated how well he’ll fit in in Boston:
"We’re not asking Al to be anything more than him," Stevens said at Media Day Monday.