Tag: 2021-22 boston celtics

Ime Udoka revealed he told Celtics players what led to his suspension

Udoka, now the head coach of the Houston Rockets, faced a tough night as his team fell 145-113 to the Celtics on Saturday night.

In his first return to TD Garden since leaving the Boston Celtics after being let go due to his workplace misconduct scandal, Ime Udoka, now the head coach of the Houston Rockets, faced a tough night as his team fell 145-113 to the Celtics on Saturday night.

This emotionally charged game not only highlighted Udoka’s past contributions to the Celtics in terms of developing young players and a culture (not always in a good way, either) but also underscored the Celtics’ continued excellence on their own home court, enhancing their record home winning streak to an impressive 19-0, the longest such streak in franchise history.

Following the blowout win, CLNS Media reporters Bobby Manning and Josue Pavon took a deep dive into the dynamics of Udoka’s return and its impact on both clubs postgame for the “Garden Report” podcast.

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Damon Stoudamire laments ‘what could have been’ under Ime Udoka with the Boston Celtics

“We went to the Finals and had a team coming back where we tweaked it just a little bit, and we looked every bit the part,” Stoudamire said.

While he wouldn’t speak for Ime Udoka, his friend and former head coach of the Boston Celtics, ex-Boston assistant coach Damon Stoudamire believes it would be hard to not feel regret for the unfinished business that was Udoka’s tenure with the Celtics.

Speaking with the Boston Globe’s Adam Himmelsbach, Stoudamire weighed in on Udoka’s exit from the Celtics over workplace misconduct, and shared his thoughts on the situation ahead of Udoka’s return to Boston at the helm of the Houston Rockets. “I would say the regret is what could have been, because we had something special going,” said Stoudamire, who now himself coaches the Georgia Tech men’s basketball team.

“More than anything, it’s basketball related. A lot of blood, sweat, and tears were put into that (2021-22) season,” he added.

“We went to the Finals and had a team coming back where we tweaked it just a little bit, and we looked every bit the part,” Stoudamire explained. “So that would be the regret. Anybody would feel that, not being able to see that situation through.”

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What are the best NBA teams of the last five years that did not win a title?

More importantly to most of you reading this, which among them were versions of the Boston Celtics?

What are the best NBA teams of the last five years that did not win an NBA championship? More importantly to most of you reading this, which among them were versions of the Boston Celtics? According to Bleacher Report’s Andy Bailey, three of the last ten such teams happened to be an iteration of the storied ball club.

To evaluate these ball clubs in terms of their contend-ability with regards to what we might otherwise expect from such a team, the B/R analyst uses four key metrics: Simple Rating System (SRS), Relative Offensive Rating (Rel ORtg), Relative Defensive Rating (Rel DRtg), and Win Percentage (W%). These metrics help rank and sort the teams over the last five seasons.

Let’s take a look at where each of the trio of Celtics squads made the final cut.

Ex-Celtics forward Malik Fitts on his time with Boston, Joe Mazzulla’s elevation to coach

The master of bench celebration had plenty to say about his former ball club in a win over the Mexico City Capitanes on Sunday.

Though his time with the Boston Celtics was not long, Celtics fan favorite forward Malik Fitts cherishes his time playing with the team in the 2021-22 season. The Celtics Wire caught up with Fitts after his current squad, the Ontario Clippers (the G League affiliate of the Los Angeles team of the same name), beat the Mexico City Capitanes 103-96 on the road.

Still visibly exhausted from the win, Fitts made a point of noting how the elevation of Arena de Mexico at 7,350 feet impact his and the Clippers’ game against the Capitanes, requiring considerable effort to pull out the victory.

“It’s a tough slog here because of the elevation,” admitted Fitts. “It’s actually my first time in Mexico.”

NBA’s top 100 dunks of 2022 highlight video features the Boston Celtics

The fun specifically for fans of the Celtics kicks off in a tilt against fellow Eastern Conference title contenders, the Milwaukee Bucks, with one of the Most Valuable Player candidates making a statement above the rim.

With hyperathletic superstars on their roster like Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, and rim-rattling big men like Robert Williams III a part of the ball club, the frequency of posterizations at the hands of the Boston Celtics is high compared to many teams around the NBA.

So it probably should not surprise fans of the team to see their favorite ball club well represented in a new highlight reel put together by the Association taking a look back to pay homage to the 100 very best dunks of the 2022 calendar year that was recently released on the NBA’s official YouTube channel.

The fun specifically for fans of the Celtics kicks off in a tilt against fellow Eastern Conference title contenders, the Milwaukee Bucks, with one of the Most Valuable Player candidates making a statement above the rim.

Take a look for yourself at the clip embedded above to see all the best dunks from Boston and the rest of the league that took place in 2022.

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NBA’s best plays of 2022 highlight video features the Boston Celtics

One of the bigger on-court developments for the Celtics was the growth of Boston’s star wings in terms of their playmaking ability, coupled with the addition of former Indiana Pacers floor general Malcolm Brogdon.

The 2022 NBA calendar year was an intense one for the Boston Celtics, who had a roller coaster of a season that spanned the gamut of disasters and successes on and off of the court.

From the proverbial treadmill of mediocrity to the 2022 NBA Finals, with road bumps in terms of leadership and a roster in flux, there were plenty of things going on to keep fans of the ball club busy.

One of the bigger on-court developments for the Celtics was the growth of Boston’s star wings in terms of their playmaking ability, coupled with the addition of former Indiana Pacers floor general Malcolm Brogdon to the team in the 2022 offseason.

This all blossomed into some seriously elite playmaking as veteran point guard Marcus Smart expanded his game as a distributor as well, creating the synergy to make Boston into one of the top teams in the NBA last year.

Take a look at this highlight clip of the best plays in the league from 2022 put together by the NBA’s YouTube channel, which of course features the Celtics for the reasons highlighted above — and a few that were not.

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Boston Celtics featured in NBA’s best games of 2022 compilation

The league has recently put together a compendium of all the best games that took place in the 2022 Calendar year.

The 2022 calendar year was an absolutely wild ride for the Boston Celtics in terms of off-court issues. These issues ranged from trade rumors sparked by Brooklyn Nets star forward Kevin Durant’s ask out to currently suspended Celtics head coach Ime Udoka’s misconduct and the fallout it subsequently caused.

There were setbacks from recoveries, as we saw with starting center Robert Williams III, and players getting severely injured, as we saw with vet forward Danilo Gallinari and his ACL tear in FIBA World Cup qualifier play. And we haven’t even touched on what happened for Boston on the court.

Thankfully, we have the NBA for that. The league recently put together a compendium of the best games from the 2022 calendar year.

Take a look at the clip embedded above to see what the Association has assembled to such an end courtesy of their YouTube Channel, kicked off by your favorite basketball team.

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What should be the Boston Celtics’ biggest regret of the 2022 calendar year?

For one analyst, it can’t be other than 2022 NBA FInals-related.

What should be the Boston Celtics’ biggest regret of the 2022 calendar year? According to a recent article by Bleacher Report’s Dan Favale, it is the ball club’s turnovers and poor defensive rebounding in the 2022 NBA Finals. Per Favale, those costly errors might have been the difference between heartbreak and hanging a banner for the team.

“The Celtics coughed up the ball on more than 20% of their non-garbage-time possessions during Games 4 to 6 while allowing the Warriors to clean up 29-plus % of their own misses,” writes the Bleacher Report NBA analyst of Boston’s play against the Golden State Warriors last summer on the league’s biggest stage.

“Game 6, in particular, ended up being even more of a dumpster fire,” suggests Favale of the tilt that secured the title for the Dubs on the Celtics’ home court of TD Garden to add insult to injury.

“Boston committed a turnover on nearly 25% of their offensive possessions, and Golden State boarded 37.3% of their friendly misfires,” he adds.

Here at the Celtics Wire, we’re content to let the Celtics pull from whatever fuels their play moving forward most efficiently, but we suspect Favale may be right on the money regarding what it is the team most wishes they could change about last year.

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After a wild 2022, what can we expect from the Boston Celtics in 2023?

If fans of the Boston Celtics could have seen into the future in 2021 regarding just how bumpy of a ride their favorite team would be looking at in the next year, they very well might have dismissed everything that has happened as pure fiction.

If fans of the Boston Celtics could have seen into the future in 2021 regarding just how bumpy of a ride their favorite team would be looking at in the next year, they very well might have dismissed everything that has happened as pure fiction.

In the course of one calendar year, the storied ball club went from a struggling young team with an unproven head coach beset with calls to split up their star wings to a title contender losing in the finals in 6 games. But even that wasn’t all 2022 had to offer, with one of the best offseasons in the NBA nearly derailed by coach misconduct, only to see current interim coach Joe Mazzulla take the reigns as Boston came out to start 2022-23 like a house on fire.

To take a look back on a wild ride of a year as well as to try and divine what might be coming down the pike for the Celtics, NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg and Boston alum and broadcaster Eddie House linked up on a recent episode of the “Celtics Talk” podcast.

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Jayson Tatum’s top pregame fits with the Boston Celtics in 2022

Tatum might not be the most avant-garde in terms of fashion in the league, but he regularly shows up to games sporting some seriously sharp threads.

When it comes to fashion and the Boston Celtics, the team’s two star wings Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are known for their keen senses of haute couture, with the former particularly known for his pre-game arrival fits the St. Louis native rocks to the arena ahead of Celtics games.

Tatum might not be the most avant garde in terms of fashion in the league, but he regularly shows up to games sporting some seriously sharp threads. And in the 2022 calendar year, the Duke alum really turned on the flames for his pre-game fits, making a grand entrance fitting of a player with his MVP-caliber profile.

To document and commemorate Tatum’s prediliction for fashion in terms of his very best 2022 pre-game fits, take a look at the clip embedded below put together by our friends at the NBC Sports Boston YouTube channel to start of 2023 with some memories of 2022.

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