Celtics Continue to Strengthen Their Coaching Staff

After adding two of the NBA's top assistant coaches, the Celtics continue fortifying Joe Mazzulla's staff.

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The Celtics already hit back-to-back home runs, hiring two of the NBA's top assistant coaches, Sam Cassell and Charles Lee.

Regarding those additions to Joe Mazzulla's coaching staff, in a wide-ranging interview, Marcus Smart told Inside The Celtics, "I'm very excited about Coach Cassell and Coach Lee coming on board. Both have championship pedigree and know what it takes to get there. Coach Cassell won three championships as a player, and Coach Lee won with the Bucks. Hopefully, the Boston Celtics are next!"

As the Celtics continue fortifying their coaching staff, according to Adam Himmelsbach of the Boston Globe, they're bringing Phil Pressey on board.

Despite being undersized and undrafted, the five-foot-11 point guard made it to the NBA, where he spent two of his three years in the league in Boston playing for the organization's current president of basketball operations, Brad Stevens.

The former floor general with a high basketball IQ was most recently an assistant coach for the Missouri Tigers, his alma mater. As this author previously noted, Pressey spent time around the Celtics during the playoffs.

If the franchise is sincere in its belief "small tweaks" are the best path forward, strengthening the coaching staff, a box they can already feel good about checking off, may prove the most significant change from last season to the 2023-24 campaign.

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