Joe Mazzulla is officially the head coach of the Celtics, with the interim tag now removed from his job title, the team announced (via Twitter). Mazzulla also received a contract extension, although terms of the deal weren’t released.
“As he has shown, Joe is a very talented coach and leader,” said president of basketball operations Brad Stevens. “He has a unique ability to galvanize a room around a mission. We are thankful for the work he has done to help get us to this point, and excited that he has agreed to lead us into the future.”
Mazzulla took over when Ime Udoka was suspended in September following an inappropriate relationship with a staff member. Mazzulla has guided the Celtics to a league-best 41-17 record, winning Coach of the Month honors for October and November, and will coach Team Giannis in this weekend’s All-Star Game.
The team’s official announcement acknowledges that Mazzulla replaces Udoka, who led Boston to a 51-31 mark and an NBA Finals appearance in his only season at the helm.
Despite the circumstances that led to his dismissal, Udoka is expected to be a strong candidate for any head coaching jobs that open up after this season, tweets Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated.
Mazzulla, 34, joined the Celtics staff as an assistant in 2019. After playing college basketball at West Virginia, he held coaching jobs in the NCAA and with Boston’s G League affiliate.
Mazulla gets the Mullah
Let this be a lesson kids. You can choke a women and still get paid!
Let this be a lesson kids. If you get semi-famous people on the internet will continue their pearl clutching and pretend to know exactly what occurred in a situation that happened almost 14 years ago. This will continue even after you receive treatment and maintain a clean record since the incident.
Let this be a lesson kids. People will make excuses for others behaviors, usually to cover up the fact the probably do the same thing.
Oh and they will make up lies like you “maintained a clean record” ignoring the fact he was arrested a year later for whipping his weewee out in public.
Oh and again remember, it’s ok to choke women. Just let some time pass and enough people will make excuses for you.
Oh and it’s ok to be best friends with a rapist.
A public urination charge? Grasping at straws while continuing to clutch those pearls. Consider me impressed by your manual dexterity.
Public urination isn’t even a misdemeanor just an infraction and a fine. The domestic battery charge alleged that he grabbed a woman by the neck. In no way does it say he choked her.
In a league that celebrates Jason Kidd and Derek Rose you choose to vilify the guy that sought help and cleaned up his act?
Tough guys get really upset by people who urinate in public.
Who’s upset?
Was I talking about you?
Oh right, you call yourself a tough guy. I see how you might be confused.
Choking is literally grabbing a woman by the neck. Speaking of manual dexterity, the guy did not celebrate Kidd or Rose so nice “Whataboutism” you got there. If the person called out Mazzulla what possible reason, other than your own team bias and general incompetence, gives you any clue as to them glorifying Kidd/Rose? Maybe take a moment and reflect on how poor of a moral compass you have and also reflect on just how lowly you view the victims in each of these cases. This isn’t pearl clutching to believe that you, personally, are an amoral individual and need to grow up. You are the problem in the world and it’s really sad how much you deflect from problems within it and blame others.
It’s definitely good to know Tacocat is the problem in the world.
I had been wondering who it was.
There’s got to balance between good and evil, Just doing my part Curtis.
That’s some funny stuff there SpaceJam.
Grabbing someone by the neck isn’t the same as choking someone
Depends on the state. Some states, MA being one, will put you on the sex offender list for public urination.
The only thing I’m grasping is facts.
This article is about Kidd or Rose.
“The domestic battery charge alleged that he grabbed a woman by the neck. In no way does it say he choked her.” Haha, what? Ok you’re either a troll or just straight up delusional.
Thanks for all the super cool info bro. But it isn’t correct.
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link to massachusetts.staterecords.org
Is Public Urination a Sex Offense in Massachusetts?
No, public urination is not a sex offense in Massachusetts.
Grasping at fact? Do you really think urinating in public ONE TIME in Mass will put you on the sex offender list?
Find one dude that has happened to.
I’ll wait.
Said infraction didn’t even happen in MA, it occurred in WV.
Lol no state label’s you as a sex offender for public urination. Where do you come up with such nonsense?
Part 2 of this story – how did the Celtics terminate Ime Udoka?
How? They fired him. I mean it was obvious it was going to happen whether or not they did it mid season or not. He was not coming back to the Celtics.
But they haven’t officially announced his firing, and a team can not have two HC’s concurrently in the NBA. I am curious to see how they were able to do this, I don’t think the suspension holds up as a way to do this.
My guess they could either come to some sort of settlement with his contact or terminate him for cause
I thought they had let him go to pursue the Nets job that he didn’t get, but I guess not? Interesting.
Celtics are front runners without udoka
Think this says more about Ime Udoka’s coaching ability than anything.
As a lifelong diehard Boston Celtics fan, I’ve been slow to warm up to Joe Mazzulla. First, letting players play thru opponents runs bothered me. Then his arrogant remark about the visiting British royals (who I’m not a fan of!) somehow turning it religious. Now, more arrogant answers to questions like why he brought TimeLord off the bench.
But seems he’s a players coach & if Brad Stevens is happy I’m good. So Go Coach Mazzulla! Go Celtics!
Well deserved…go Joe go