Who will be the next coach of the Celtics?
There are a number of different options and good candidates, but appearing on NBC Sports Boston Wednesday, Brian Scalabrine threw out an interesting name -- Kara Lawson.
“I think they are going to hire Kara Lawson," he said. "I know the organization thinks she is unbelievable. I know the players respect her, which she went down to Duke to coach the women’s team there. I am just putting A + B = C here. To me, I think they hire Kara Lawson.”
Lawson served as a Celtics assistant from 2019-20 before taking the Duke women's head-coaching job.
“She’s insanely good as a coach," Scalabrine continued. "It’s not one of those things where, ‘Well, she’s good for a female.' No, no, no. She walked into practice and she commanded practice right from the jump. She was giving people tips and people’s jaws were dropping. She’s elite at what she does. The issue with her going to Duke and she didn’t get the chance to coach this year because of COVID.
"… To me Kara Lawson, I thought from the jump she has head coaching material within five minutes of talking with her. And that is just me meeting with her on my own. And then I started asking the other coaches about her and it was authentically like she is on a completely different level as a basketball coach. I am glad she went out there and took the Duke job because she was like, ‘I want to be a head coach. I want head-coaching experience.’
"I don’t even want to go down the road of saying this would be a historic hire. I think she might be the most qualified for the job. When you think about these players and who they already know and you’re bringing in someone the players respect and Brad respects, to me it makes the most sense.”
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