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in Celtics history. In his first season, he’s led the C’s to the NBA’s best record at the All-Star break, at 42-17, and got the nod to coach the Eastern Conference at this year’s All-Star Game.

“One of the things that’s pretty obvious and evident about Joe is he’s a really good coach and he’s also just an outstanding leader,” said Celtics President of Basketball Operations Brad Stevens during a conference call with the media last Thursday night. “I think he’s done a great job, right from the get-go of galvanizing a locker room around a mission.

“I give him a lot of credit, I give our players a lot of credit, and I give the staff a lot of credit,” added

Stevens. “And, as far as the timing of it, they’ve obviously done a great job, they’ve put themselves in a position to compete for the things we want to ultimately compete for thus far. And I want to give them the opportunity to finish the regular season strong, hopefully the postseason strong, and not be in a cloud of uncertainty. I think that they certainly have earned that and, Joe specifically, has just done a great job. I mean, he really has. He’s always prepared, he’s really driven, he does all of the work necessary, but he also has a pulse on when the work needs to be put aside for the people.”

Mazzulla was also on the conference call, and expressed his grati-