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Is Brad Stevens looking out west for his blueprints? The Celtics have recently traded with the Spurs for guard Derrick White to fit a similar defense-first minded scheme, while playing under former Spurs assistant coach Ime Udoka. Can the Celtics be the new Spurs? Would former GM Danny Ainge have made this move? Brad Stevens has long praised Greg Popovich. former SI NBA reporter Ian Thomsen joins Celtics Beat to discuss…<\/p>\n

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Is Brad Stevens looking out west for his blueprints? The Celtics have recently traded with the Spurs for guard Derrick White to fit a similar defense-first minded scheme, while playing under former Spurs assistant coach Ime Udoka. Can the Celtics be the new Spurs? Would former GM Danny Ainge have made this move? Brad Stevens<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":131990,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[48],"tags":[1649],"class_list":["post-99344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","has-post-thumbnail","category-nba","tag-celtics","post_format-post-format-video"],"yoast_head":"\nCan the Celtics be the Spurs of the East? - CLNS Media<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Can the Celtics be the new Spurs? 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