Boston Celtics’ Joe Mazzulla to become first interim coach in NBA history to lead all-star team
Joe Mazzulla started the season as an assistant coach. He then became interim head coach of the Boston Celtics, in a most unexpected way.The 34-year-old Mazzulla and his Celtics staff of assistants will coach Team Giannis – the team that will be captained by Milwaukee’s Giannis Antetokounmpo – in the Feb. 19 game at Salt Lake City.
“It definitely hasn’t been easy the whole time,” Mazzulla said last week when asked about the challenges of the season to this point. “But it’s been fun. It’s been rewarding.” They haven’t missed a beat despite going through a tumultuous beginning of the year once Boston suspended coach Ime Udoka for the season; an investigation by an external law firm found Udoka committed multiple violations of team policies for what sources told The Associated Press involved an inappropriate relationship with a woman in the organization.
Mazzulla is believed to be the first interim coach in NBA history to have the All-Star coaching opportunity. He will coach the team that Antetokounmpo drafts shortly before the game; the captains, in a change this season, won’t pick their teams until game night in Salt Lake City.
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