What do you consider "successful" to mean in the NBA? The Hawks won 60 games in 2014/2015, and the Raptors won 56 games in 2015/2016, but I wouldn't really consider either of those seasons successful.
The Celtics have one of the best coaches in the league who has implemented a great system. They finished first in the conference last year with Isaiah freaking Thomas as the #1 guy. You could say that Boston has overachieved this year, but I believe that has more to do with Stevens than it does Kyrie. He's a phenomenal scorer but he's not a #1 guy on a successful (by that I mean championship contending) team, and I'm sticking with that opinion.
Bro, you said he can't be successful as a number one guy. Your words, you should clarify what you mean is all.
I disagree, that just because you can't win a championship, as the number 1 guy, that means you're not successful at being a number one option on a team. Is having a winning record not successful?
And how does it have more to do with Stevens, when the Celtics are on the pace to win more games, than they ever have since Stevens has been the head coach there.
Stevens is a great coach, I give him a lot of credit, but no, he doesn't get ALL the credit. Makes no sense. You still need some players, to have some success in a league where players have to play.
They're not on pace to win more games than when IT was there, no?
If you meant a team that can win a title, yeah, okay, but again, there aren't MANY players in the league that can.
So that's hardly a knock on Kyrie. There's only a handful of game-changing franchise players in this league.