As the Boston Celtics restart the NBA season, they’ll be relying on their youth to fill key roles. That’s normally a precarious position in the playoffs, but Boston’s youngsters have benefited from the pause of the season.
Brad Stevens said that several of his rookies have improved their games. Stevens said he doesn’t have all the stats on players making their biggest jumps from their rookie season to their second season, but that his experience says “that is probably the case. Your head is spinning so much in the first year. It was the same for me in my first year in the NBA as a rookie coach.