Ime Udoka on his message to the Rockets after losing Game 3: “Grow up, and you’re not that young anymore. You’ve been to the playoffs once, and we watched every situation just now.”
I still maintain that the best thing that happened to the Celtics in recent years is that this dude couldn’t keep it in his pants.
Mazzula being way better was unheard of and he was a relatively unknown coach, and yes I 100% agree
Brad Stevens saved Mazzulla’s job too. Ime wanted to clear house when he got the job. Brad said everyone but Joe could go and Ime agreed. A major reason why Joe got the job in the first place was cause once Ime got fired a lot of the coaching staff weren’t guys Brad had dealt with before, so Joe was one of the longer tenured coaches on the staff at that point. Then all of Ime’s coaching hires left the following year.
Brad Stevens is one of the greatest basketball minds over the past decade.
Stevens might be better than Presti. Only because Presti wasted years on Brooks and Donovan.
I think the takeaway is that Brad Stevens got lucky Ime was cheating on his wife with an employee or he also would have wasted years on Ime Udoka as a coach
Presti and Stevens are both S tier
Both have built champions, and have built their teams for long term success. I pray we get a Celtics - Thunder finals sometime cause it would be absolute ⛽️
Stevens might be better than Presti because we know Brad is also a top-tier coach. We have no idea if Presti could coach. He might be able to, but we’ll never know.
Now I want to see that, but I’m fine with Daigneault
I think Stevens is the better manager of personnel, Presti is better at scouting and drafting.
And they were possibly 1 game away from firing him in 2023 if they had gotten swept by the Heat. His job was saved by nearly coming back from 3-0.
Damn why couldn’t Miami had just finished the job in game 4 of ‘23 😭
i mean they reached the ECF
There was never any hint from the Celtics that Mazzulla was in any danger, this is just a meme.
Dude took over the team a week before the season started with a bench of Ime’s coaches (including 2 who left over the course of the season) and he still took the team to game 7 of the ECF. There was zero chance he was getting fired because Brad Stevens doesn’t run this franchise like the Knicks.
I know Mazzulla is best known for his wild soundbites, but it’s also a joy to hear the way he talks about his players. Such a healthier energy than Ime.
Yea but to be fair I don’t think Mazzula could do much with this rockets team in the stacked west either
Call me crazy but i think joe could do way better than whatever the hell the rockets r doing rn
Okay, you’re crazy. 🤷🏽♂️
Celtics should retire his pants someday
Now I’m picturing a pair of dress pants next to Russell, Bird, and Pierce jerseys in the rafters.
Another effect of this is we never would’ve been blessed with Psycho Joe quotes
Joe “My love language is violence” Mazulla
Joe is getting those quotes from his “sensei”.
Dumbass cheated on Nia Long btw
Not one of hip hop’s most referenced beautiful women Nia Long
There was a time when I hoped he would be our Pop successor. Thank god that did not happen.
It’s crazy how Mazzula would say unhinged things and I’d laugh and understand where he’s coming from, then have this coach just say unhinged stuffs and think he should be coaching better.
Joe earned his straps this year when everybody counted out the Celtics. Dude just know how to coach. Then we get his famous sound bites. Dude is basically the superstar of NBA coaches.
I hope the Celtics gave her a hefty severance package for saving the Tatum and Brown era.
honestly Tatum and Brown deserve more props in retrospect for getting to the Finals with this dumbass coaching
And people forget that Celtics sucked ass for the first half of that 2021-2022 season. Maybe that was Udoka’s fault
Fun fact, in the 2020s, the only year Jaylen Brown didn’t make the all star team was when Udoka was the coach
When Ime got fired from the Celtics I was thinking that surely they overlook whatever transgression he made because his coaching ability was worth it.
Some Sherrone Moore type shit
Terrible news story but a blessing in disguise for the team in the long run
Man that shit instantly turned yall from a very effective cannon to a well polished Death Star 😂
That Celtics staffer who took one for the team should have her own statue.
Even if mazulla didn’t pan out at least you didn’t have Doc Rivers without a ring and with an anger management problem
This guy sucks
This guy blows
This guy spits
This guy fellatios.
This guy slurps
This guy fondles
Which is exactly why he’s not coaching Boston anymore
bye felicia
Does this man ever coach or just yell at and shit on people?
“Hey Coach, can we get a set of plays for inbounding the ball or for swinging the focus of the offense when they double KD at the elbow?”
GROW UP
Lol fr. I wouldn’t even be shocked to find out this guy has never drawn up a play for real. Just “get out there, you know what to do or you’re an idiot.”
“Go hard on them dudes” - Ime “Darvin Ham 2.0” Udoka
s a l u t e
Dude probably blamed his wife for him cheating on her lmao
I worked in film with his wife and she treated everyone like shit the entire time. Yelled at her pa all day. Extras as well. Fuck her too.
I dont know if you are making this up or not, but we know for sure she was on twitter blaming the woman Ime fucked after he was fired. So it kinda tracks.
I was happy to meet her because I loved Fresh Prince of Bel Air growing up lol but no she is the worst. I don’t even work in film anymore but you always remember the jerks because it’s so unnecessary. Adam Sandler on the other hand. Legend! Haha
Nia Long joined Empire (remember the hit show Empire!) in the 3rd season as a major supporting character but was promptly fired after reports of rude behavior so bad Taraji P Henson (the star of the show) stepped in and led to them beefing.
It’s just wild the ego and lack of self awareness. Maybe he knows he’s getting sacked probably but this doesn’t reflect well on him in any way
Dude just seems absolutely miserable all the time
Anger issues
I remember me and other C’s fans used to tell people this. There’s never an offensive adjustment, just shout and hope for change. It only worked with the Jay’s because the players knew what to do and were just being complacent.
Oh he does things. My favorite thing he did tonight was take out Amen and Sengun in the first quarter when we finally took the lead but kept in Jabari who had 3 FOULS and Udoka stuck him in a lineup with no playmakers. Or my other favorite, subbing out Reed Sheppard for Jae’Sean Tate who then proceeded to foul Marcus Smart on the three point line. Words can’t describe how much I hate Udoka right now.
Mans is wildin
Maturity advice from the guy that’s only coaching this team because he was fired for personal conduct off the court at his last job
So funny how he got sucked off for calling LeBron a bitch, he really defaults to insulting people
He’s 80% of this subreddits dream when they look in the mirror.. not realizing how pathetic they are/look
so he’s a lakers fanboy dream ?
What a nasty answer.
They fought hard and came back from being down 15 and put themselves in a position to win. They visibly were trying so hard and looked so upset after they lost.
The last thing they need is their coach saying these comments. Loser behavior
They are bad in clutch games all season. How much do we think they work on crunch time situations in practice? I wouldn’t be surprised if they don’t lol
Yeah this sucks the rockers literally didn’t give up and fought with a horrible game plan
That hard-ass coaching style is just not it, not a lot of people respond well to just being blasted with belittlement. Though he’s already leaned hard into that demeanor so coming out and praising their effort might just seem fake to the guys and come off as mockery lol.
Coaches can be hard asses while not insulting and belittling their players. Ime doesn’t know how to square that circle though, he’s just a bully.
Yeah, its like bro if your team is consistently failing in crunch time this might be a you problem….
Lol Ime is a dickhead
you can do that when you win
you can’t do that and get outcoached like a MF by redick, not make any adjustments despite the lakers defending them this way even in the season
We call him Reddit over here
Game 4 is probably his last game ever head coaching a NBA team
I’m glad if it is. Guy is a miserable prick.
As great as a coach as he was as a player 🤣
And even that is waiting too long
There’s losing the locker room, and then there’s whatever this stunt is. Rockets are gonna have the team going on strike for game 4.
“grow up you’re not that young anymore”
second youngest playoff lineup of all time btw
His reaction to that jesean tate fouling smart was funny though.
But ime was the one who keeps on playing the guy even though he is ass
That substitution made sense because you needed a stop on the lakers to seal the game and tate is better than Reed at that.
Right message Wrong messenger
I really think this boils down to a roster construction problem moreso than anything else. Their roster construction blows
Yea that’s fair they really got screwed with not having a good backup PG after FVV went down. Cuz Sheppard is mid and Amen is good but not the greatest playmaker yet so the offense just iso, offensive rebounds and prayers
Those morons really should’ve given something for Schroeder. It’s not like the Cavs gave the Kings anything to absorb his salary.
“Been to the playoffs once” 😂😂😂 ya man that one trip will really turn you into a battle tested team
One 7 game series is all takes to go from a group of young, inexperienced up-and-comers to a squad of wily, scrappy veterans
This guy got a 6 year extension lol rocket front office is a joke
They were the second seed last year. He brought that team out of irrelevancy.
The roster sucks ass, and trading for KD was a disaster. His extension was not unreasonable
Yeah and Dwayne Casey got coach of the year, took them to the first seed. Mike brown contributed to making the Kings relevant. Monty Williams got the coach of the year and took the suns to the finals. Doesn’t mean you give someone a 6 year extension for doing a 1 year decent job.
a 6 year extension for doing a 1 year decent job.
This part right here.
No he didn’t Dilon brooks and the team did that
People forget this really quick. He definitely helped them with their defensive identity. Yet I admit he’s been flawed on offense.
he did help with the defensive identity last year but they also traded that identity with brooks. he’s so bad at developing young players and does not know anything about running an offense other than playing iso with your best players over and over again. we lost so many easy games to tanking teams during the regular season because of his stubbornness.
The rockets should learn from the pistons on how to run a team without any shooters. They are a better defense but they are really good at handling double teams on Cade so everyone just stopped doing that. They know how to use Ausar really well too even though he’s less talented offensively than Amen. Their team did not fall apart when Cade got injured despite not having a legitimate backup pg on the roster. Their bench is way better than what the rockets have though
They might need to pull a Tom Gores and eat his whole contract to get someone new after KD is gone
Yeah. A lot of people are talking shit about him but it’s hard to criticize him with that roster. They have no guard play. Steven Adams is out. The GM deserves a lot more blame for not addressing their guard situation at the deadline.
Bingo. If anything that’s who needs to get fired. GM also brought in TEAM WRECKER KD
Our gm needs to be gone but his original plan was to bring in Harden. Ime said no to Harden
The ghost of Jakob Poeltl contract says otherwise……
You know both front office can be bad right?
Ngl, Jakob deserves it Lwk, idk why but he just seems like a good person who does nice things
I wonder whose responsibility it is to make sure all the players know what to do in a late game situation?
What losing the roster Danny Ainge built does to a mf
Yup. He had a ready made team and got instant success. Now he’s gotta develop the team and he’s showing us just how overrated he is.
I really wish I could get a peak inside that locker room after tonight .
peek
You’re right
Udoka and kd vs the rockets
@getoffmydickerson: “I don’t know that man”
I’ve heard a lot of comments from coaches from various sports. This press conference, may be the worst press conference I’ve ever seen clips from of any person associated with athletics.
On what planet is trashing your team that went to OT a good idea? Yeah they sold, but you are not supposed to do that in the media. And you are not the coach to be talking like that. Pop could get away with it. Spo could. Kerr. Phil Jackson. And maybe a few others. Ime is not that guy in any way to be saying shit like this.
This is not just bad conduct for the team. This is the conduct of a man who should not be involved in any way with athletics ever again. I don’t want him playing at 24 hour fitness or even watching any sport if this is the kinda shit he says.
Ime is a mob boss
Absolute clown this dude takes zero accountability.
The vibes continue to deteriorate
Ime getting fired after this. The bench, mind you the entire bench combined got outscored by Bronny, who had two baskets the whole game. Nobody on this team can buy a good shot, and they brick all the bad ones. Absolutely ridiculous that the Rockets are in danger of being swept by a Lakers team without Luka or Reaves. The Lakers are playing LeBron and friends, and KD or not this should be the easiest lick ever and instead they’re letting themselves get robbed blind by Marcus Smart, and dotted by Luke Kennard and Rui Hachimura
One can only hope
Ime got a 6 year extension, I’m sure he won’t. He had no guard play and no shooters and KD ruined the teams trust and chemistry. He’ll be fine. The GM seat should be flaming hot they KNEW they didn’t have a PG and he didn’t go get one
Your three 23-year-olds carry the team and basically win it with 30 seconds left, and then you sub in your 30 year old vet Jae’Sean fucking Tate with his glorious career, who fouls Smart on a 3 point attempt and flips the whole game.
And after all that, you still blame the young players? I’m not even having fun insulting this joke of a human being anymore. I am legitimately sad for the young talent in Houston who had to endure 5 straight years of shit coaching.
Airing this out to the media is an interesting strategy with an already fragile roster
Not young anymore because KD brings average age up by many years
He brings their average age up to 25 lol. Most of the team are younger than that.
Bronny James outscored HOU bench by himself. we 100% need to get better depth
That’s some crazy shit to say bout your squad when the series is still going
Lemme guess. Knicks first round exit, Knicks fire Mike Brown, and Ime leaves Houston to join the Knicks
Please no… I don’t like Brunson at all but that’s torture
Honestly, I’d have a lot more respect for the Rockets franchise if they fired him now. Before they finish the series. Show the players you won’t tolerate disrespect like this and apologize that you ever hired a piece of shit like this.
this guy seems like such an asshole lol.
i was secretly hoping his firing in Boston would collapse the Celtics somehow, but they got the complete psycho (in a good way) that is Mazulla who’s a savant and completely upgraded.
I think bro is better off just be an assistant lmaooo. He doesn’t have it in him to be a HC
He is. His best work was when he was an assistant to Steve Nash along with Mike Dantoni.
GET THIS MAN OUT OF THE ROCKETS ORGANISATION
Too bad there’s not a prolonged period of games, let’s say 82, where players like Reed can be tested and experience closing games… oh wait there is, it’s called the regular season and Ime barely fucking played the guy
Please Bulls, do not hire this man.
This dude overrated
I must be the only one that likes it when the Coach tells it like it is and puts players on blast when they fuck up. Accountability, man.
Ime himself needs to be held accountable. Who’s telling HIM like it is? He’s being out coached by a guy who’s only on year 2 in the league. Ime was an assistant to Greg Popovich during championship years on the Spurs. He’s as much to blame for this series being 0-3 as he think everybody else is.
That’s just your opinion, why do you think that?
I watch the Rockets…
Cool
Don’t think you have to do it publicly while in the middle of a series to be effective at getting the message across
Obviously whatever he’s been saying behind closed doors isn’t working
I’m with you, if I fuck up let me know I hate ppl that sugar coat shit.
Issue is, he’s the main reason the team’s losing this series that bad.
The dumbest sector of our fans actually miss this part of ime’s coaching.. they think this is ‘holding his players accountable’ but it’s actually just throwing everybody under the bus lol
wait theres nothing wrong with this answer, everyone just hates this guy lmao
Celtics would’ve won squat if he was still the coach.
I really don’t like this guy
Does he coach again in the nba after getting fired next week?
Maybe in a few years as an assistant, but honestly I think he’s done. Give the controversy around him, it was already a bad look for Houston to hire him. This gives teams an excuse to never hire him again.
Lol. Clown.
Post-achilles KD is undefeated as a coach killer. Ya ya, Ime sucks or whatever. I guarantee you KDs next coach won’t last more than a season.
They were calling for Udoka’s head before KD. And Ime killed himself. He’s not the Celtics head coach any more. Was that KD too?
“The buck doesn’t stop here, fellas!”
They have no PG. When FVV went out there is no excuse for not getting someone at least serviceable. Massive weakness and why the offense is so clunky.
This guy is a certified African father. Kudos.
They are cooked
Is coach throwing a sub at KD or…
Wow I thought this was gonna be a duped joke video…
I knew he wasn’t going to be anything in the league when he cheated on Nia Long. Mind you, I just saw him play drop coverage on Steph Curry in the finals. As soon as the cheating stuff dropped, I knew that he had terrible decision making and would never improve upon that. No matter how many teams he coaches, gets to 50 wins and the playoffs, he’s still going to be a loser.
Following the Doc Rivers school of coaching
So thats coaching? Shitting on your guys is coaching? If yes, reddit is filled with first ballot hof coaches.
Whenever I get frustrated with our coach I see some shit like this and suddenly feel the need to apologize to Quinn lol
The Mike Vrabel of NBA coaches
Rich considering the source
Casual fan here excuse my simple natured question but how does this chode and guys like doc rivers keep getting hired?
I don’t understand how such uninspiring humans end up leading others.
If this is how he deals with frustration they’re hopeless.
why is he always pissed.
No matter whats going on this guy is just angry 24⁄7
People are ragging on the coach but honest question, how far can a team go when your best player is Sengun?
Yea they got an aging KD but still, most the contending teams have a young star player who’s top 10 or top 5 in the league
Sengun is a 2 time all star has been amazing fir turkey He’ll be absolutely perfectly fine as the 2nd best olayer on a contending ti championship team with a competent coach
Udoka has clearly lost the locker room for months Along with the KD controversy thays nit helping Sengun had been innured for a while and was rushed back from injury due to Adams being injured
A competent coach and this wouldn’t happen Wouldn’t ein this season But sengun is only like 23 he wont be in his prime for another 5 years
No reason why he won’t get a lot better