Joe Mazzulla will proceed to educate the Celtics subsequent season, Brad Stevens confirmed to reporters Thursday afternoon.
When requested if Mazzulla is one of the best head coach for the group transferring ahead, the president of basketball operations Stevens answered straight: “Yeah, I feel he’s.”
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Mazzulla, who turns 35 in late June, took over simply days earlier than coaching camp after the Celtics suspended Ime Udoka for your entire season.
Mazzulla led the Celtics to a 57-25 common season, the No. 2 seed, and Sport 7 of the Japanese Convention Finals. Whereas the season was a disappointment within the eyes of many, Stevens reiterated that Mazzulla has his full assist.
“He’s a terrific chief,” Stevens advised reporters. “He’ll solely get higher at something that he can study from this yr as a result of he’s always attempting to study.”
Stevens described Mazzulla as “accountable” and somebody who’s “always attempting to study.” He stated he “did a extremely good job” after he was “thrust into” the place, and he expects him to profit from a full offseason.
He added that Mazzulla’s expertise could be measured in “canine years,” as a result of he’s been in three Japanese Convention Finals and has been the pinnacle coach all through a type of runs.
“Was he good? Would he wish to have some moments again? Each coach would,” Stevens advised reporters. “ … On the similar time, our gamers, our employees, all people round him consider in him. We’ve bought to do our greatest to assist him transferring ahead.”
Stevens did observe that the Celtics will look to bolster their teaching employees with somebody who has substantial NBA expertise.
Brad Stevens on Joe Mazzulla: “These management qualities are exhausting to seek out.”
“Was he good? Would he wish to have some moments again? Each coach would. … And on the similar time, our gamers, our employees, all people round him consider in him.”
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He reiterated that your entire course of is a collaborative effort and doesn’t fall on only one particular person.
“We’ve all bought to do one of the best we will to get the outcomes we wish,” Stevens stated. “All of us share it when it goes our means, and all of us share it when it doesn’t go our means.”
