Media Day 2022-2023

Creating the thread.

This one should be a little...different.


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Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
2 minutes ago
Joe Mazzulla at the podium: “Making sure the players and I are on the same page.”


Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
1 minute ago
New Celtics coach Joe Mazzulla: “In moments like this, you have to stay empathetic. You have to stay poised and you have to stay focused on what's the most important thing. For me, that is the players and me on the same page."


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Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
1 minute ago
Joe Mazzulla on Brad Stevens giving him a strong endorsement last week for head coach: "He had a concussion that day I think."



Bobby Manning
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
1 minute ago
Mazzulla says he’s talked to Ime Udoka.


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Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
1 minute ago
Very clear: Joe Mazzulla is sticking to Ime Udoka’s play book on the court.


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MY NOTE:  This will help with consistency and on-court chemistry, he's not going to try and reinvent the wheel.  The question then is "how will Joe do with in-game changes and ATOs?"

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Ben Rohrbach @brohrbach
4 minutes ago
Malcolm Brogdon says the Pacers gave him the option to pick between a few teams for his trade, “and I picked Boston, because I want to win.” He says he’s willing to accept a reserve role if that’s what it takes.


Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
2 minutes ago
Malcolm Brogdon on playing with Marcus Smart: "I think we can be the best defensive backcourt in the league."


Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
2 minutes ago
Malcolm Brogdon on his impressions of Joe Mazzulla: "He's an incredibly impressive guy...very detail oriented."



Bobby Manning
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
3 minutes ago
Brogdon says honesty is most important in this moment. Says Mazzulla and the players are going to lean on each other. “I’m going to be prepared for anything.”

Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
2 minutes ago
Jaylen Brown on Joe Mazzulla being named head coach: "I believe in Joe, he believes in me. I'm optimistic."



Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
3 minutes ago
Jaylen Brown on trade rumors and if he's talked to team about it: "Yes and no. I've talked to my teammates, ownership, etc. I keep those conversations between us. I'm here and ready to play basketball, probably the best shape of my life. I'm excited to start the journey."
MY NOTE:  Sounds like Jaylen's comfortable with how it was handled, and that's all that matters at this point.


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Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
1 minute ago
Rob Williams on timing of knee surgery: "Just some recurring problems. It took a toll on me mentality."



Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
1 minute ago
Rob: “We trust (Mazzulla). I’ve known him for a while … we’re locked in.”



Brian Robb
Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
1 minute ago
Rob Williams on deciding to have knee surgery: "It never got back to what it was." Notes he played through a lot of pain last postseason.



Bobby Manning
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
2 minutes ago
Williams: “I was playing on it last year … it never got back to what it was.” Says he wants to do things the right way this time.


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Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
2 minutes ago
Jayson Tatum says he found out about Ime Udoka allegations on Twitter "like everybody else."

JD Davison owns the Celtic Summer League record with 41 assists.

Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
1 minute ago
Grant said he focused on shooting in situations he’s not comfortable, like being on the move, and becoming a better screener and rebounder.



Bobby Manning
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
1 minute ago
Grant says his family loved the Celtics because of Bill Russell. Says he’s honored to be wearing a 6 on his jersey this year pic.twitter.com/iTQHRwZtoG



Bobby Manning
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
3 minutes ago
Grant says he loves it in Boston and he’s focused on helping the team rather than extension talks.


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Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
2 minutes ago
White said he and Mazzulla talked about defense often last season.



John Karalis
John Karalis @John_Karalis
3 minutes ago
Derrick White says he worked this summer on being more consistent with his shot and his form, and also getting stronger. He says he hired a personal strength coach during the offseason for the first time in his career



Bobby Manning
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
3 minutes ago
White: “When I got here, it was cool to see how involved the players were … Al was kind of the leader of our team.”



Bobby Manning
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
about 5 minutes ago
Derrick White: “I haven’t heard anything (about my role)…I was excited when we brought Malcolm into it. I don’t think you can ever have enough good players.”




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Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
2 minutes ago
Al Horford on being older than his new coach Joe Mazzulla: "It’s actually pretty cool that I've been in the league that long and I'm still in the league and I feel like I'm going strong."



Brian Robb
Brian Robb @BrianTRobb
2 minutes ago
Al Horford on being older than his new head coach Joe Mazzulla: "It's actually pretty cool that I'm in the league that long."



Jared Weiss
Jared Weiss @JaredWeissNBA
3 minutes ago
Al Horford says he is planning to play back to backs this season after preparing his body in the offseason to handle that workload.



Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
1 minute ago
Horford said the #Celtics are focusing on how they want to play defensively and moving the ball offensively. “Starting tomorrow, we’re building everything the right way.”



Bobby Manning
Bobby Manning @RealBobManning
2 minutes ago
Horford said he, Grant and Luke will have to step up and he told Robert Williams to get his health right. They’ll hold it down without him.



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Grant and Luke. lol. Sounds promising

Ime is gone!

Joe is our new coach!!

bobc33 wrote:Ime is gone!

Joe is our new coach!!

GO CELTICS!

Guy sounds pretty solid:

I watched all of the interviews earlier.

I think Joe will be fine.  To a man, the players appear to be ready to play for him and since he plans on not changing what they do there should be an easier transition.  

The players got blindsided by the Udoka fallout just like everyone else.   They could not take issue with the suspension because they do not know what really happened.  Nevertheless they appear ready to turn the page to the new season with their new coach.  They do not need to be distracted by the Udoka issue.  I hope the press will not ask them any more questions about Udoka.

If there is any good news, Ime was only on staff for 1 year. Granted the players invested a lot of their time in the hiring process getting Ime there, but it was only one year, not like a coach that would have been their forever. But that happens. Not necessarily in this way or form, but unfortunate things happen.

Coach Mazulla sounds very good and has his head screwed on straight about everything. The proof will be in the pudding. Let's get this season going. Ime is gone. The band aid has been ripped off. It hurts. But we didn't lose an arm or a leg. We lost a head coach. It happens all the time. Not quite like this, mind you, but it happens all the time. The world doesn't come to an end.

This coach looks very comfortable in who he is and what is driving him. Ime looked very good. This guy looks even better.

Go Celtics!! Please!!!

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Ime was a Celtic coach for one year, Joe Mazzulla has been a Celtic coach for 3 years.  If continuity is an issue, and it is, then Joe actually has a leg up on Ime.

Joe knows Brad's playbook.  He was an assistant coach in Maine for the (then named) Red Claws, who played Brad's playbook, he was an assistant coach behind Brad for 3 years and he knows Ime's playbook from last year.  That is, effectively, the best of both worlds.  

The unanswered question, and I mentioned this in a comment somewhere, is how will Joe do with in-game adjustments and ATOs.  You can learn all you want, it's different when it's you that has to see those things and call time outs or substitute specific players to correct them.  Once again, he has experience with both of the last two Celtic head coaches, and that's good.  Brad Stevens was considered one of the best ATO coaches in the NBA.  Three years with him is good experience.

I had never seen Joe Mazzulla before yesterday.  I had assumed, from his name, that he was Italian.  Maybe southern Italy...I had a Sicilian uncle named Duffy (short for Delfino) Mascola.  He was pretty dark too.  None of this really matters in even the tiniest bit, of course, I'm just curious.  I love the etymology of words and names.  It's a hobby of mine to try and guess a person's ancestry from their names.

Back to good ol' Joe:  He seems very steady, very team-oriented as you'd expect from someone with a lot of assistant coaching experience.  He had 2 years of experience as Fairmont State's head coach (after 3 years as an assistant coach) and 9 years total of assistant coaching experience.  Most importantly, as I mentioned above, he has 3 years coaching with the Celtics.

When Ime was tapped a year ago we were a bit concerned because he had no head coaching experience, but we were excited because he came from the Pop tree.  Joe is a fruit grafted from both the Stevens and Udoka (and therefore, from the Pop) trees.

The short amount of time between the Celtic universe rocking news about Ime to the appointment of Joe (assuming he didn't know about it a while ago and has been quietly preparing) might be a blessing.  He won't be inclined to start over from scratch, like Ime did.  We did well as a team last year, after we got past some injuries and Ime's playbook got burned in.  Our problem, as is presented now, was in the character of a few people and not the system.  Joe has the players' trust and respect and they know Ime's playbook already.  


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