When the Celtics were at their worst this season, the coverage of the team was deafening.
Some members of the media called for Brad Stevens’s job, while reporters in other locales speculated that he might be on the move. Others argued Danny Ainge was at fault for the Celtics’s odd assembly of talent. Others opined that Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown weren’t doing enough, or that Kemba Walker was done for, or that Marcus Smart was taking too many shots, or that the Celtics couldn’t overcome their second-unit issues. Many of the opinions contradicted one another, but as the losing continued, the noise grew louder.