When the Boston Celtics officially suspended head coach Ime Udoka, the club simultaneously named assistant Joe Mazzulla the interim head coach. The 34-year old has been with the team since 2019, and has known president of basketball operations for even longer. This will be Mazzulla’s first stint as an NBA head coach.
At Boston’s Media Day All-Star Jayson Tatum shared how he felt about Mazzulla as a coach, especially in this moment. Not only is Mazzulla stepping in as interim coach on extremely short notice, but he’ll be leading a Celtics team eager to make another deep postseason run. Tatum knows it will be a collective effort.
“We’re going to have to help him,” Tatum said. “And he’s going to have to help us.”
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— The Celtics Wire (@TheCelticsWire) September 26, 2022