Brad Stevens: Those guys want to win and at the end of the day, that’s the most important thing

Boston’s President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens talked after the last loss: «When you’re in it, when you see guys at the facility and you see (Marcus Smart) and Jayson (Tatum) eating breakfast together today and talking about it, ‘How do we come to find a solution for our team?’…Those guys want to win and at the end of the day, I think that’s the most important thing».

«When you’re talking about our two young guys, Jaylen and Jayson, their next steps are hard because of where they are right now. They’re already up a ton of steps. An All-Star, two All-Star appearances for Jayson, so those next steps, they take a lot and I do trust that those two guys will make those. Their work, their care, their commitment, I believe they will make those steps».

«We’re going to find out. Last year, we were 8-3 to start the year and it didn’t feel like 8-3 from my perspective, from the seat I was in. I felt like we had a lot of things we had to account for and we had to be a lot better in, and then we got hit with other stuff. Right now at 2-5, I feel a lot better from the structural stuff than 2-5».