“I told our players at Butler, 'I hate to break it to you, but you aren't playing beyond here. That's reality. So why are you so concerned with yourself?' It's a hard lesson, but I told them, 'How you handle your role on this team will be remembered by your coaches and your teammates. It will define you.'”

American basketball executive and former coach

Bradley Kent Stevens is an American basketball executive and former coach, born in 1976. He is the president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics in the National Basketball Association. Stevens became known through coaching before moving into front-office leadership with Boston. In that role, he helps guide the team’s basketball decisions at the highest level of the organization.