Report: Celtics hire D.J. MacLeay as new player enhancement coach

https://celticswire.usatoday.com/2021/07/23/nba-boston-celtics-dj-macleay-hire/



Report: Celtics hire D.J. MacLeay as new player enhancement coach



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July 23, 2021 9:00 am



New Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka’s staff is close to if not complete with reports of the hiring of DJ MacLeay as a new player enhancement coach for the team, per The Athletic’s Clevis Murray.

MacLeay had most recently been employed by the Celtics’ Atlantic Division rival Philadelphia 76ers for the last four seasons, one of which overlapped with both Udoka’s and recently-returned Boston big man Al Horford’s tenures with that club, Udoka as a defensive specialist assistant coach. The new Celtics assistant had reportedly worked as a video coordinator over the course of the last three seasons with the Sixers.

MacLeay had played basketball collegiately for the Bucknell Bisons as a forward from 2013 to 2017, where he averaged 3.5 points and 3.1 rebounds per game.

Clevis Murray
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The Celtics have hired DJ MacLeay as their Player Enhancement Coach.

MacLeay was previously with the Sixers for four seasons and spent the previous three seasons as a video coordinator.


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MY NOTE:  WTF is a "player enhancement coach"?  Aren't all coaches supposed to enhance players?  What else are they there for?  To retrieve balls?  Coach Ime got to know this kid at Philly when he was there.  This is an interesting "6 degrees of separation" thing going on.  Ime and Stoudemire are from Portland.  Pritchard's from Portland.  Ime knew Tatum, Brown and Smart from USA basketball two years ago.  Ime knows Al Horford from their Philly days together.  I'm just wondering where Kevin Bacon comes in.


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I like the Kevin Bacon reference. While KB is 6 degrees, my boss is one degree. Myself and many others seriously think he is so well connected that he knows just about everybody! It really is amazing!!

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Kevin Bacon!! Nice reference.

I suppose that is a glorified name for a video coordinator? Didn't Spoelstra start his career as a video coordinator?