It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.

It's the Lockdown Podcast Network, your team every day.

Welcome back to the Lockdown Podcast.

Thank you for making the show part of your daily routine.

I am usually here for you Monday through Friday the past couple of weeks.

I've been part of a special series, a seven-part series.

Deep dive into the Brad Stevens coaching era.

Monday, I am back with a regular Monday through Friday week.

The preseason begins.

Media day is Monday.

Then practices resume that week.

Basketball is back next week, just a few days away.

But for now, we're going to wrap up the Brad Stevens deep dive.

The final couple of seasons, the end of his coaching tenure in Boston,

and his move upstairs with Mike Dynan and Chuck McKenney.

Everyone that you hear with an opinion says that Tatum is going to take

even another leap, and he could be a top 10 player in the league.

If he is, then the Celtics are going to have a pretty good chance.

One more thing is that I heard your podcast where you said that all the excuses have been removed now.

That is so true because, like, the talk, whether it was true or not, the talk was,

well, the players aren't listening to Brad anymore.

If that's the case, now they have a different person listen to him.

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