Boston Celtics: Team awards for each season of the 2010s

2013-14 Awards

Defensive Player: Gerald Wallace

This was the first season in which the Boston Celtics played without Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and/or Ray Allen. Because of this, the 2013-14 season can be classified as a rebuilding year.

That leaves us with Gerald Wallace as the defensive player of the season.

The other people in consideration were Avery Bradley and Rajon Rondo, but Wallace was marginally better in some categories.

Wallace was always known as an above-average defender, and his stats weren’t the worst in his first season with Boston.

He tied Rondo for team lead in steals per game (1.3), only committed 1.4 fouls per contest, and the team was two points worse in defensive rating when he was off the court.

His offense left a lot to be desired, but luckily for Gerald, this is not an offensive player award.

He did his thing on the uglier end of the court, and his talents throughout this season will forever be recognized here.

Fan Favorite: Rajon Rondo

With nearly all the members of the championship run officially off the Boston Celtics, Rajon Rondo was one of the few left standing.

The 2013-14 season saw him injured for more than half of it, as he only appeared in 30 games.

When he did play, though, he put up solid numbers. He averaged 11.7 points and 9.8 assists in those 30 games, maintaining his most valuable part of his game with the assists.

As mentioned before, he tied for the team lead in steals with Wallace.

Rondo always played with heart when he took the floor in his limited action. That is most certainly a trait he adapted from KG and Paul Pierce.

He represented the identity of the championship run, and fans embraced that.

This award typically goes to the player with the best storyline/season, and Rondo’s storyline was definitely one that Boston Celtics fans could get behind.

MVP: Jeff Green

From fan favorite to team MVP, Jeff Green’s comeback story is nothing short of amazing.

After playing 81 games the year before, he played all 82 games in this campaign. He led the team in minutes at 34.

While the team was not successful, Green embraced his role as primary scorer, and put up nearly 17 points a night (16.9), had 4.6 rebounds per game, and was average on the defensive end.

There were a few other players that this award could have gone to, like Rondo and Avery Bradley, but both had flaws in their game that prevented them from taking the MVP from Jeff Green.

This was easily Green’s best season with the Boston Celtics, and until Game 7 of the 2018 Eastern Conference Finals, he never saw consistent minutes.

All the credit goes to Jeff Green, though, for the 2013-14 season. Despite the rough season, he did his thing and played to his hardest every night.