Has anybody ever seen Brad Stevens and Pete Buttigieg in the same room?
From social media to “Meet the Press,” the Celtics coach’s resemblance to Buttigieg has become a running joke — especially as the South Bend, Indiana mayor’s 2020 presidential campaign caught fire this spring.
“I get this a lot, but if you ever saw me attempt to play basketball, the comparisons would end,” Buttigieg joked on Twitter back in 2017.
But that’s hardly the truth; it turns out Stevens and Buttigieg have biographies that share parallels as uncannily similar as their appearances — as well as mutual admiration.