Joe Mazzulla was listed as a finalist for the NBA Coach of the Year award a month ago.
There was uncertainty about the 34-year-old’s future as Boston’s head coach after the team’s Eastern Conference Finals defeat by the Heat.
Mazzulla is not only a finalist for Coach of the Year, but he also inked a contract extension with the Celtics just a few months ago. However, following a resounding defeat to the Heat in Game 7, some began to wonder if he was still the best man for the job.
Will the Celtics decide to let Mazzulla go as a result of that? What’s new about his Boston job status:
Will the Celtics decide to let Mazzulla go as a result of that? What’s new about his Boston job status:
The players “did not accept the organization’s reasoning for doing it,” according to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, and the Boston locker room “never got over Ime Udoka’s dismissal as head coach” after Game 3 of the Eastern Conference Finals.
Wojnarowski clarified, “That doesn’t mean they haven’t accepted Joe Mazzulla as head coach.” “But this is a team that really believed in Ime Udoka and had a strong connection with him.”
