Jayson Tatum, Jaylen Brown reflect on Ime Udoka’s tenure with Boston Celtics

While not officially over, the pair discussed his impact as a coach — and as the source of a scandal.

More than three months after the news of the Ime Udoka scandal breaking and throwing a massive wrench into the plans of the Boston Celtics to get back to the 2023 NBA Finals, the Celtics seem to have landed on their feet and then some under interim head coach Joe Mazzulla.

But even with the team currently sitting on the best record in the league, the Udoka situation has lingered on in the background, quietly shouting into the void a series of unanswered questions that may never get their resolution outside of a court of law, an arbitration session — or, perhaps, anywhere.

In recent interviews with The Athletic’s Sam Amick and Jared Weiss, Boston’s two star wings Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown opened up on how that lingering unfinished business affected and continues to affect them and their teammates.