BOSTON – One day after he and the Celtics’ coaches thrashed local media in a pickup basketball game, head coach Joe Mazzulla explained some of his motivation for setting up the competition and thanked the reporters who participated in it. “Yesterday was very, very important,” Mazzulla said Wednesday before hosting the Toronto Raptors in a preseason game. “It will be …
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Boston Celtics “We all got to be on the same playing field … The only thing that would have made it better is if we all went out for a beer afterwards.” Joe Mazzulla takes questions from the media. Photo by Matthew J Lee/Globe staff Joe Mazzulla and the Celtics coaches beat our media team by 53 points, and it …
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BOSTON — Celtics president Brad Stevens has said throughout the offseason that the team wanted Joe Mazzulla to be its coach for a long time. It made that more than a proclamation Friday, announcing it has signed Mazzulla to a multiyear contract extension. Length and details of the new deal were not released. In a statement, Mazzulla called his new …
Read More »The Boston Celtics announced Friday that they have signed head coach Joe Mazzulla to a multi-year contract extension. The team didn’t disclose the terms of the deal, however. “We are very excited that Joe has agreed to extend with the Celtics,” said Brad Stevens, the Celtics’ president of basketball operations. “He understands the job and has a passion for the …
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