Upset Brad Stevens on Jaylen Brown, Losing to Good Teams, Struggling with Prosperity

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🗓️ 7 May 2026

⏱️ 41 minutes

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Summary

Celtics’ front office hits a boiling point—are major changes looming for Boston? John Karalis of Celtics On SI reveals why Brad Stevens is openly frustrated, dissecting Stevens’ candid comments on the Boston Celtics’ struggles against elite NBA teams and their recurring failure to handle prosperity when it matters most. With Jaylen Brown’s loyalty under the spotlight and swirling rumors about his future, the episode unpacks Brown’s direct response and what it signals for the team’s long-term outlook. Key subjects include the Celtics’ troubling 3–11 record versus top seeds, why this regular season’s 56 wins might not be as impressive as they seem, and the persistent mentality issues with stars like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown. The conversation explores whether Boston needs a new veteran presence to reset the locker room culture and if Brad Stevens is ready to make the tough calls needed to revive the Celtics’ championship push.

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0:00.0	Brad Stevens is not happy.
0:02.5	Right now, what he had to say about Jalen Brown,
0:04.7	the Celtics record against good teams,
0:06.6	and why they cannot handle prosperity to save their lives.
0:21.6	Hey, welcome're starting raising benefits, how we finish. Locked on Celtics, Pie, home of the winners.
0:23.1	Big.
0:25.5	Hey, welcome back to the show.
0:29.5	I am John Corallis, and today's show is brought to you by Game Time.
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0:35.9	Use the code lockdown for $20 off your first purchase of tickets, sporting events,
0:36.6	whatever you want.
0:43.9	Brad Stevens spoke on Wednesday at the R-back Center and had a lot to say.
0:46.3	So much so that we've got two parts.
0:47.5	We're going to do this show.
0:49.3	And there's so much to talk about.
0:53.3	We're going to do another show about other things that Brad Stephen said. So two podcasts.
0:55.4	Tomorrow it's going to be about the three-point shooting, adding a player to
1:00.2	address their inability to get to the rim, and Joe Missoula's job.
1:03.7	That's going to be tomorrow's podcast.
1:05.8	Today, later on, we're going to get into why the Celtics can't handle prosperity.
1:10.1	The second segment, we're going to do the Celtics record against good teams and why that is informing him so much.
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