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Oct 2023
1h 10m

Joe Mazzulla

ThreeFourTwo Productions | Wondery
About this episode

The coaching series is BACK and this week we're delighted to welcome in, Boston Celtics Head Coach, Joe Mazzulla. Joe was gracious enough to give us an hour of his time to cover all sorts of things. So without further ado, let's get into it.

Topics include: JJ's thoughts on the tier 1 teams in The NBA including The Boston Celtics, Los Angeles Lakers and more, then Joe joins us to talk through his sudden rise to becoming head coach of The Celtics, his recruitment of JJ to join his coaching staff, what he did to lead his team through the firing of Ime Udoka last season, how an introvert handles being a head coach, his D2 coaching journey and how he broke into the NBA, learning from his mistakes and building relationships with players, what he learned about last NBA season, his strategy of not calling timeouts at pivotal moments last season, teaching Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown, integrating Kristaps Porzingis into the offense, reacting to The Milwaukee Bucks having both Damian Lillard and Giannis Antetokounmpo, his mindset heading into this upcoming NBA season and what he learned from his father and how he applies it to coaching.

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