WALTHAM — The process to find the next head coach of the Boston Celtics was supposed to be open-ended, without a deadline or a timetable in place when Doc Rivers left his post of nine years and headed for the Los Angeles Clippers. Danny Ainge had an individual in mind on June 25, made a phone call to his top choice and 11 days later the Celtics president of basketball operations was sitting at a podium next to his new head coach. Brad Stevens, the 36-year-old wunderkind who guided two unheralded Butler teams to the NCAA National Championship title game, was officially introduced as the 17th head coach of the Boston...
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