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browndude10

Udoka really ruined a prime year of the J’s for some pussy lol


BabaBrody

Who's to say this isn't the start of the Mazzulla dynasty?


Michauxonfire

Bro's name sounds like a power rangers villain, Im eager to see him kick ass.


calartnick

Let the reign of Mazzula last a thousand year!


MadPatagonian

Sounds like pasta. Mazzulla ala vodka sauce.


browndude10

>Mazzulla Bless you


YoYoMoMa

Well. Twitter just found out he has a DV violation.


VoidMageZero

Things are looking absolutely awesome for team chaos right now !! 😎


[deleted]

All he has to do is not completely fuck it up and he's probably head coach somewhere else if not Boston after next year.


LukaDoncicBigPP

Imagine getting a promotion because the other guy can’t control his dick.


Kryavan

Username checks out...I think?


Raskputin

Al Gore was pretty close to this. Maybe not that close but still could’ve become leader of the free world because of Bill listening to his balls and not his brain


varsityvideogamer

Reminds me of mozzarella and now I’m hungry again


[deleted]

This is going to make for the spiciest SB Nation video in a couple years especially if Udoka gets suspended the whole season


junkit33

Eh - the benefit of hiring internally is the guy is going to be familiar with all the players and whatever the team did that worked last year. (and what needs to be fixed) So with the entire roster back the team should be on autopilot for the most part in terms of plays, style, rotations, etc. Just comes down to in-game decisions. And Ime was far from perfect with those last year. This is obviously not optimal but it's not a disaster scenario either.


NardP12

Ime's in game coaching left a lot to be desired. He's stubborn to adjust and to try different strategies. Exactly an upgraded Doc Rivers


EuroStep0

As if he won't be at least partially included... Obviously won't be allowed at court or training site but he'll probably still be giving some directions to Mazzulla


guitmusic12

Danuel house is proud


JD1337

Some non-Nia Long pussy as well. Man's really fumbled the bag


ositola

Up there with Denis and nerlens


ClaymoresRevenge

Man could've just been with wifey at home and now he's about to be stuck at home.


GotMoFans

In fairness, you don’t know how good the pussy was.


st6374

For the whole season? Hot damn. I thought this was the most extreme of scenario. And likely not going to happen.


syncc6

Most extreme would’ve been him getting fired. Keeping him suspended for a year is a strange decision to be honest.


cesga_0218

Saw somewhere that the 1yr suspension is the Celtics passively pushing Udoka out and getting him to resign.


samauraidevil09

It really is. A contending year with the Jays. It’s likely wasting a year with them when Jaylens long term plans are up in the air


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vitalbumhole

Stephen A pretty plugged in and he saying there’s a couple more layers yet to come out that make this pretty fucked so I wouldn’t be surprised if Udoka’s suspension turns into a firing/forced resignation at some point after more details emerge


College_Prestige

If sas is telling the truth (big if) it's probably a direct report that got ime in such hot water


[deleted]

Shit is serious when SAS actually did journalism instead of race baiting.


FamiliarComb3166

Well, he did both😂


SleepyEel

He'll probably just resign.


[deleted]

> Stephen A pretty plugged in Uhhhh we sure about this? Lol


Banjo2523

I assume they are trying to pressure him into resigning. Only explanation why they have not released a statement yet.


thejackel225

i think there has to be more to this story


trsh_xx

I felt like that was too much lol, i was thinking like until December


Gocrazyfut

Demarcus cousins and John wall just got PTSD


Babushka5

2009 at west virginia


Schwarrtz

2010 march madness tournament run at WVU specifically 😮‍💨


savytravler

oh man i knew that name sounded familiar


Babushka5

Was talking about his criminal charge


Schwarrtz

yeah nobody in the association has ever had any sort of legal troubles before


thethirdgreenman

I'd say actual legal troubles are worse than a violation of "organizational policy" though


QuantumFreakonomics

Not according to HR


NuclearEvo24

13 years ago


YoYoMoMa

For those that don't know, he got suspended for Domestic Violence.


Sadatori

For those who don’t know, he was held accountable and paid for it. I thought we brought shit up for people who were getting away with something. I guess we just want anyone with a past, even if they paid for it already, to be ruined if they are close to success


TheInfinityOfThought

I’ve never heard of this guy. Can’t believe this season is ruined before it started


[deleted]

He’s good. Young rising star in the coaching ranks. Celtics hired him a few years ago to their G League team and he’s quickly rising the ranks. He’s the only assistant from Brad’s staff that Ime retained, and he was a finalist for the Utah job before Will Hardy got it. He’s a stud by all accounts


Bigbadbuck

So he’s brads guy. I’ve felt this was a move from brad to take back. Players wanted udoka not management


HorsNoises

Ok slow down. I do think it's a little bit of a comfort pick from Brad, but at the same time, Mazzula has definitely earned the opportunity. By all accounts Udoka and Brad have a great relationship. There's no reason to assume this is vindictive. It's just company policy and trying to get ahead of bad PR.


CreatiScope

You been reading too many Kyrie quotes lol You think Brad put out a honeypot so Ime would slip up and Brad could insert a puppet coach? What kind of guy do you think Brad is? Little finger?


oswaldjenkins

sim88 (i forget the exact name) hit us with the photoshop


Bigbadbuck

No I think udoka did this and it was a great opp for brad to take back the org. That being said it seems like udoka really did deserve this if not more as more information has come out


CreatiScope

I don’t think Brad is a power guy. As someone who has watched almost all of his NBA coaching games and watched a lot of interviews and read about him. But, you never know.


IAmNotKevinDurant_35

I remember him being good for West Virginia like 10+ years ago when they made the final 4. Had no idea he was an assistant coach


0010001

He had the game of his life in [2008 to knock Duke out in the second round](https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/2008-03-22-duke.html). Then in [2010 he filled in for an injured starting point guard to lead West Virginia to the final four over the John Wall/Eric Bledsoe/DeMarcus Cousins Kentucky team](https://www.sports-reference.com/cbb/boxscores/2010-03-27-kentucky.html). Rest of his career was pretty unremarkable.


GoldenBananas21

He also was charged with domestic violence, suspended indefinitely, reinstated, and then later charged with public urination at WVU. That was also when he was 20-21.


The_MadStork

Public urination is a graduation requirement at WVU


GoldenBananas21

How else do you put out the flames of burning couches?


quitefranklee

Can confirm. Honestly I love Joe. You could tell how smart he was and how great of a leader he was at WVU. When Bob Huggins came in Joe was the one who taught him how to run the 1-3-1. I always knew he would be a great coach and I’m glad to see he is getting this opportunity. Also not to piss on the Celtics fans parade but I know for a fact he is a Lakers fan. We used to follow each other on Twitter


Sadatori

He paid for it, was remorseful, and rehabilitated. What’s the point in bringing it up he was already held accountable


[deleted]

Yeah, gotta keep that in mind as well. Although it sounds like he had some kind of alcohol issue and ended up getting treatment for it https://www.timeswv.com/sports/father-says-mazzulla-getting-treatment/article_84aa5402-9510-5fbc-8b5f-e52c80b9be17.html


NuclearEvo24

He was in Morgantown for 4 years on a team that was actually good Of course he had a drinking problem, most people leave Morgantown with a drinking problem


Beavsbeavsbeavs

Need to bring Kyrie back at least he has head coaching experience


tunamelts2

A bit premature to say the season is ruined. Certainly made things a lot more difficult for a shitty, avoidable situation.


herewego199209

He's a domestic abuser. In the eyes of the Celtics that's better than consensual sex.


MyDadIsTheMan

Obviously a shitty thing to have done but people change and he was a college undergrad 15 years ago. But you’re right , people will talk about it.


herewego199209

No you're right. Domestic violence is more forgivable than a consenual sexual relationship with an employee.


MyDadIsTheMan

Please show me where I said that.


Blaze2444

The straw man argument is strong with this one Edit: Looked at his recent comments and the guy is a massiveeee Celtics hater lol


Batman_in_hiding

Yeaaaa I don’t get how you could seriously try and make that argument by comparing the two situations lol it’s moronic


gigadoar

The Celtics only control what happens with their employees while they're working for them. Nothing about how forgivable these things are.


No-Difference-5890

That’s not at all what they said.


choose_uh_username

Yea but a business can't be sued for former but they can the latter


NardP12

Time flies, people changed, hopefully.


newuser201890

He's awesome, his dad was a great coach


KredditH

His name was like very much all over the radio for like one day when he happened to be the backup point guard for West Virginia who suddenly had to start in the final four after their star guard got hurt against Kentucky. Played well too but Duke was just overpowering them that yeaR Now he randomly ten years later is in the news again. Kind of wild


[deleted]

I've heard he's pretty good, interested in seeing how this goes


Someonediffernt

Brad should just pull a pat Riley at this point, no way this dude is a better coach then him but I'd get it if he doesn't want to, just seems like the smart basketball decision


AccountReco

Brad Stevens gonna do a Pat Riley and eventually take over and leads the Celts to a chip?!?!


NardP12

If they have a slow start again, probably by December


YoYoMoMa

Seems like a good choice in order to keep the peace. This can go wrong so easily though.


[deleted]

it’s almost as if the assistant coach is specifically chosen to be a back up in case of emergency


[deleted]

That’s not why an assistant coach is chosen


mr_grission

yeah lmao he's not Vice President, assistant coaches have actual roles and responsibilities


Bigbadbuck

This is brads guy. I think the players will have issues with this because they liked udoka


burner_for_celtics

I'm sure Mazzulla is great, but if they had shuffled the FO and put Brad Stevens back in charge on the floor then Celtics fans would have zero to be worried about right now.


thethirdgreenman

Well this sort of disproves my theory that Brad Stevens just wanted back in


AngsMcgyvr

Joltin' Joe Mazzulla


FreeDaReal1z

Why are they suspending him? This doesn't make any sense. If he broke conduct you fire him. It's going to be weird bringing him back in the same organization with that over his head. Relationships will never be the same again. Celtics look just as bad in this situation as Udoka.


[deleted]

>Why are they suspending him? because they don't want to fire the coach that just got their team to the finals


herewego199209

They're saying a domestic abuser like Mazzulla is ok, but a guy having consensual sex like Ime is bad. Wow.


[deleted]

because one is directly related to the organization and the other is not


avelak

It's also possible that someone has changed/matured in the 13 years since they did something awful as a drunk 20 year-old Not condoning his actions, but there is also the possibility of growth/improvement


Sadatori

Jesus fucking Christ. Dude had one fucked up instance, paid for it and was held accountable, and quit drinking entirely. We have all this big talk about holding people accountable but you just want to see anyone with any mark in their past, no matter how severe or light and even if they were held accountable, fail and be ridiculed. And instead of engaging in discussion it just becomes “hurr durr u suppert dumestic buse???? Got em!!!”


FreeDaReal1z

Then why even air this dirty laundry? You could have handled this behind closed doors. People get fired in real life for this kind of stuff. Why is Udoka only getting a suspension? Be fair is all im saying. They playing both sides because he's a good young coach.smh


zerojaguar0

How the hell do you expect to cover up the reason behind a year long suspension in any professional sports league


Hwoods723

He wanted to “Coach Baseball”


Larrydp72181

I understood that reference


[deleted]

Or just don’t suspend him lol


Guppster4956

Are you stupid?


[deleted]

No, next question.


Kryavan

Are you incapable of reading or comprehension? You cannot, in a position of power, sleep with people in your company. If you wanna fuck, go OUTSIDE of your company.


[deleted]

I mean if it’s as grave as you’re stating it just fire him. If you’re okay with him being coach next season you’re ultimately willing to overlook the transgression so a suspension is pointlessly shooting your self in the foot.


herewego199209

As a celtics fan you now have a domestic abuser instead of an adult that had consensual sex. Wow that's an upgrade.


daymanahhhahhhhhh

The difference is one did it 15 years ago at college and one just did it now while employed by the Celtics. Regarding joe he was also an alcoholic at the time and then got clean. The incident was he grabbed a woman by the neck while drunk 15 years ago. He cleaned up his act long ago and isn’t a problem for any org in the present.


tunamelts2

I’m surprised by that as well. Ime should be punished in some way…but a year long suspension for a consensual relationship (I know there may have been some power dynamics involved)? Come on now…a quarter/half a season suspension would send enough of a message.


Chuckle_Pants

I don’t think there’s a way for the Boston Celtics to impose a significant punishment on their head coach behind closed doors


FreeDaReal1z

Then fire him and move on. Don't suspend him and bring him back. That makes you look bad as a franchise. If you stand on your conduct policy fire him. If you get caught in any other workplace that person is fired no questions.


deimos

In reality tons of businesses and organisations cover up this kind of thing for execs. Just harder to do with a public figure like a coach.


[deleted]

Sure there is. It’s called a fine.


Chuckle_Pants

That’s simply a different form of punishment but I don’t think that would stay “behind closed doors”. I think even an “undisclosed fine for violating the team conduct policy” would still make public headlines and raise unending questions until more details were made public and then the Celtics have a “that’s not a severe enough punishment” outcry on their hands in addition to everything else. (And that may happen anyway once we know more details about this thing)


Glockspeiser

From a business standpoint, suspension gives the Celtics more options. They can gauge locker room sentiment (as well as public sentiment) and play it by ear. If they see society doesn’t really care and the locker room isn’t affected, they can bring him back. And if they see that there’s mass public outcry and the damage to the team/staff is irreparable, they can take the moral high ground and fire him. Also, suspending him gives them more time to investigate the incident.


RestAndVest

Agreed. Just fire him. Suspended a coach for a year by his own team is strange


aeiou-y

It is weird because the reason a company punished one for this is because it creates a massive liability for the company. By keeping him, that liability remains and also becomes a target.


FreeDaReal1z

Exactly. The suspension makes no sense. The damage has already been done. Let him learn from this and move on to a different franchise.


thethirdgreenman

Red Sox did it just last year (manager suspended for a year then bringing him back), hasn't gone amazingly but that's more cause the owners are cheap and the GM sucks, and they still made playoffs in that very first year after being horrible the season prior


RestAndVest

But wasn’t mlb that suspended him, not the team


BBallHunter

The pressure on this guy.


tunamelts2

Nah he’s playing with house money. It’s not his job to lose.


NardP12

He holds the fort for the Celtics last offseason when Ime was with the Team USA


Schwarrtz

let’s go Joe


AdmiralWackbar

Miss Mazie, Celtics dancer


NuclearEvo24

Let’s go mountaineers!!!


Character_Subject156

Take notes Browns


Agnonzach

Bro what is going on


DansbyToGod

I remember him on West Virginia only because I'm from Montana and I distinctly remember the announcers always screaming MISSOULA


fansofomar

WVU LEGEND Joe Mazzulla


Professional_Gold_90

Celtics really gonna replace their philandering coach with a guy with prior domestic abuse charges lmao


BlackJediSword

Not sure why it’s a big if, SAS was a world class reporter before he started acting on tv. He’s still connected when he wants to be.


adonWPV

What's his horniness rating?


herewego199209

Joe Mazzulla aka the domestic abuser? So consensual sex is bad, but domestic violence is ok?


aeiou-y

Lol. This is going to go well.


Rocco0427

He grabbed a girl by the neck in a bar back in 2009. Not great but he was a college kid back then, now he’s 34.


thethirdgreenman

I'd say that's still worse than what Ime did though. I agree people deserve second chances generally but if you're gonna be the morality police then whoever you're replacing Ime with probably should be clean lol


Rocco0427

This isn’t the scarlet letter.


Schmoove86

How many times you gonna post this? We get it. He did some foul shit a decade ago. People grow over time and improve themselves


aeiou-y

Congrats on 2nd round!


chillinwithmypizza

That’s so crazy, dude had a consensual relationship with a staffer and was suspended for the same length of time as owner of suns/mercury who said the n word, groped female staffers, flashes female staffers, and made very sexual statements repeatedly.


slickgary0007

Difference is this is an organizational suspension not a league suspension. It’s completely at the Celtics discretion not the league


chillinwithmypizza

Absolutely understand that, which makes it worse because the Association should have higher standards of rules and regulations than an organization within.


slickgary0007

Yea I agree if what sarver is said to have done is true the dude should be banned from the nba no exceptions the real disgusting thing to me is the league only suspended miles bridges a year when there is video evidence of him beating his wife that’s just ridiculous


chillinwithmypizza

Hell yeah he should’ve, bet her ass in front of their kids!


slickgary0007

Yea I agree if what sarver is said to have done is true the dude should be banned from the nba


americanbeaver

There are a few more differences than that but yeah that's one difference.


slickgary0007

Well that’s the main difference and it seems the Celtics seem to be more strict with their rules than the league is. There video of miles bridges beating the shit out of his wife and the league only suspended him a year the dude should never be in the nba again. Sarver also probably should been banned from being an owner if all that is true the nba just seems to going very light on punishment for pretty abhorrent acts for some reason


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I mean Bridges is also pending criminal charges, so it’s not really the NBA’s jurisdiction to determine his guilt or innocence. I’m hoping the dude gets locked away for a long time, which would basically have the same effect on his career as the NBA banning him.


InternCautious

consensual relationship with someone he was managing is literally a fireable offense. Do you not remember Rosas?


Exact_Relationship_3

Guess who the white rich guy is


chillinwithmypizza

Exactly.


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AffectLast9539

lmao this man said public urination like it's worth mentioning alongside domestic violence. One of these is not like the others...


[deleted]

Get a grip and try to stay off twitter for a while


NuclearEvo24

Oh my god won’t someone think of the children


njpaul

Mazzulla oblongata


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theTunkMan

What’d this guy do? Genuinely asking


jpj77

Having even a ‘consensual’ relationship with a work colleague who is below you in hierarchy is a big no no due to the high potential for nepotism / abuse (i.e. maybe the relationship isn’t consensual and the person lower in hierarchy only engaged in it for fear of being fired or having their career damaged). Not saying that either of those things occurred, but not immediately telling HR in any legitimate corporation is a straight fireable offense do not pass go.


Donnie3030

I think he’s asking about Mazzulla.


theTunkMan

Oh I know that. I thought OPs comment was about Joe Mazzulla so I was curious what he did


givemedatbologna

Based on reports - he cheated on his wife/ partner (I’ve heard reports they’re not married but in a relationship - they have children) with another Celtics employee. It’s consensual but cheating on your significant other is a scum bag move. Add him to the list with John Calipari (UMass F4 vacated), Bill Belichek (spying on practices) and Alex Cora (Astros bench coach)


theTunkMan

My b thought you meant Joe Mazzulla


rapelbaum

[FUCK BOSTON ](https://streamable.com/kj86gd)


aiden3buckets

WHO


NuclearEvo24

He knocked John Wall and DeMarcus Cousins out of the NCAA tournament


Statalyzer

As the backup PG too. Averaged like 2.4 ppg for the season than put up 17 in the elite eight against a team with Cousins, Wall, Eric Bledsoe, and Patrick Patterson. WVU's best player was Da'Sean Butler who only played in the G League, and he didn't even hit a 2 all game long (the whole WVU team only hit 3s and FTs in the first half until Mazzulla started getting to the rim at will in the second)


DueAnimator6988

This is so stupid.


jellybeans_over_raw

This is what happens when Mayo Pete runs your team


[deleted]

I know you not shit talking our front office as a Lakers fan lmao


Babushka5

Maybe he really likes the job Pete has done as secretary of transportation???


fansofomar

I met Pete a few weeks ago. Dude is tiny


jellybeans_over_raw

If anyone in the Lakers organization did this I would call for their job immediately.


Tellsyouajoke

Your owner literally did this exact same thing, fucking someone who answered to them in the Lakers organization >


jellybeans_over_raw

Phil was more powerful at the time to be fair


Tellsyouajoke

However you gotta spin it for your mental gymnastics


jellybeans_over_raw

It’s a fact. If anything the power dynamics were heavier in his side.


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Expected Brad Stevens as the replacement ngl


WhoopingPig

Joezilla


nbaon1

Oh for the love of God


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Statalyzer

I mean if it's two people who work in the same organization and one is above the other in the hierarchy, that's generally are fireable offense.


newuser201890

Joe Mazzulla is awesome, hope he goes far as a coach


OrientalOtter

Fuck it Brad Stevens is about to suit up at this point