The Boston Celtics were able to overcome a 3-2 defecit in their Eastern Conference semifinals against the 76ers — and as NBC Sports Boston’s Chris Forsberg pointed out, it was largely in part due to the starting lineup switch Joe Mazzulla made to revert back to the double-big lineup his predecessor Ime Udoka rode to …
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Suspended Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka won’t be returning to the NBA via a hiring by Brooklyn, despite rumors breaking last week from ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski that said he’d be the likely replacement for recently-fired Nets HC Steve Nash. Of course, Wojnarowski’s original reporting of Udoka’s suspension caused mass hysteria the night news leaked …
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The NY Post doesn’t have faith in one of its hometown teams after its most recent head coaching switch. NY Post reporter Ian O’Connor believes that the Nets hiring the formerly suspended Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka will be yet another gamble that Brooklyn will lose. According to O’Connor, Udoka will be another in …
In a franchise loaded with turmoil, the Brooklyn Nets decided to throw even more oil on the fire by reportedly hiring the former Boston Celtics head coach, Ime Udoka. Back on September 23, Brad Stevens and the Cs organization made the decision to suspend Udoka for the entire 2022/23 season for several violations of the …
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Undisputed with Skip and Shannon co-host Skip Bayless believes that the formerly suspended Boston Celtics head coach will thrive in his new role as the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets — a job he inherited in the ashes of the Steve Nash firing on November 1. Despite reporters saying that Udoka would likely never …
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Former Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka, who led the Cs to their first NBA Finals in 12 years this past June, was shockingly hired by the Brooklyn Nets on November 1 following the firing of Steve Nash. Nash’s run with the Nets was an unmitigated failure, as he won just a single postseason series …
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The Boston Celtics suspended Ime Udoka — who in his first season as head coach brought the Cs to their first NBA Finals appearance — for a multitude of reasons, some of which are already public knowledge. The Athletic’s Fred Katz questions if the Brooklyn Nets looked into any of them at all before hiring …
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Former Boston Celtics big man Kendrick Perkins, a starter on the 2007-08 NBA Championship squad and a current ESPN analyst, called this past September’s Ime Udoka suspension episode a ‘soap opera’ in a recent tweet. The message ultimately was a pro-Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown one, but in the process, he called out Udoka and …
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Things aren’t looking good for suspended Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka in pretty much every aspect of his personal and professional life after he was found to have had an affair with a member of the Cs organization. The prospect of Udoka ever returning to an NBA sideline in a head coaching capacity — …
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Just a few days before the Boston Celtics kicked off training camp, the Cs would have to deal with some of the most shocking news this franchise has ever seen. Within a few days, Joe Mazzulla was thrust into the head coaching position, and the entire team had to cope with the fact that the …
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Suspended Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka has had plenty of skeletons come flying out of his closet in the weeks leading up to the 2022-23 NBA season, and the latest may just take the cake when it comes to both juiciness and dysfunction. As we know, Udoka had an affair with a close friend of …
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Suspended Boston Celtics head coach Ime Udoka’s fiancée, Nia Long, has offered a statement via TMZ declaring her support for the 45-year-old. Per Long’s rep, ‘the outpouring of love and support from family, friends and the community during this difficult time means so much.’ Her primary concern was not her open relationship with Udoka, given …
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