People who don't watch the C's will say "it's the same bad habits". It's not that. They've had bad habits since Stevens but it's more than that. They got to game 6 of the NBA Finals last year and lost because of those bad habits but also because Steph played a great game 4.
This team isn't sniffing the NBA Finals and that's because of the coaching. The subs are completely fukked. The defense is a huge step down as well and there's no rhyme or reason to the offense on most possessions.
Coaching ain't got shyt to do with Jaylen going 7-23 from the field.
Coaching ain't got shyt to do with Horford having one foot in the grave and not being as effective as he was last season
Coaching ain't got shyt to do with Tatum only showing up every other game
Coaching ain't got shyt to do with Smart losing his head during pivotal possessions.
This is just an excuse for y'all Celtics fans to use just in case your team doesn't win this season. You can lay an empty claim about how y'all would've won if Udoka was still coaching.
Painfully transparent.