You’d think that the first official Celtics practice this preseason would be a light stroll in the park. Nothing too strenuous, just a getting-to-know-you dry run to get the blood flowing and familiarize everybody with each other. With a month of training camp to go and an 82-game season on the horizon, there’s no need to turn it up to 11 right away. Well, not with these Celtics:
"We did like a 5-on-5 kind of not live breakdown before they even stretched and I said, ‘Go 30 percent, it's a walkthrough.' If that was 30 percent we're going to be able to fly around," said Stevens.